Add another item to the laundry list of issues the disappointing Chicago Bulls have had to face this season.

Guard Chris Duhon, who was benched for the Bulls' game against the Detroit Pistons Sunday for missing the team's morning shootaround, was disciplined a second time by general manager John Paxson for making flip comments about the punishment.
It's unclear what action Paxson took Monday, but it's expected Duhon will be benched a second straight game Tuesday when Chicago takes on the Utah Jazz.

"I did meet with Chris," Paxson said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "We obviously talked it out. Obviously when things go badly, they go badly. I'm disappointed in what happened in the last couple of weeks, but ... I've dealt with it the way I feel was right and we'll move on from there."

During Sunday's telecast, it was revealed that Duhon had not received permission to attend Saturday's college basketball game between his alma mater, Duke, and North Carolina. He reportedly slept through the shootaround.

Duhon's response to the benching may have led to the second discipline.

"I don't play anyway, so it doesn't have that much of an effect on me," Duhon said, according to the Sun-Times.

Duhon later was interviewed on WMVP-AM 1000 and said he didn't expect to return to the Bulls next season.

"I probably won't be back," Duhon said, according to the newspaper. "I don't know what the summer has for me."

Soap opera or not, this has been a season-long drama, and the Duhon episode wasn't the only twist within the past week. Tyrus Thomas decided to skip Wednesday's practice, drawing a two-game suspension from management, and rookie Aaron Gray reportedly mouthed off to Boylan during a game against Memphis last week.

rookie Aaron Gray reportedly mouthed off to Boylan during a game against Memphis last week.

Well, that kind of surprises me. Aaron Gray is the last person I would have imagined mouthing off to a coach. I guess it depends on what he said b/c this could just be reporters trying to make something out of nothing. But, if it was a significant argument, I think that shows how bad things really must be in regards to how much the players dislike Boylan.

Where's Duhon?
Chris Duhon sat on the bench in street clothes for the second straight game after not traveling to New Orleans because of illness. "He still has some symptoms from some things he has," Boylan said vaguely. Duhon isn't expected to play again this season after falling out of favor with management.