It would be a dereliction of duty for Bulls General Manager Paxson not to explore the possibility, but the talks never got beyond the exploratory stage.

• 对此种言论的可能性，如果公牛总经理帕克森没有仔细研究，他将有玩忽职守之嫌。幸好流言一直只停留在空中，从未兑现。