CHICAGO — When the Chicago Bulls kicked off training camp at the end of September, a roster largely unchanged was greeted with one central question: Is this Derrick Rose’s team or Jimmy Butler’s?
The story had been bubbling for a while, with reports of tension between the two stars dating back to the 2015 playoffs and some eyebrow-raising comments from Butler about wanting to take more of a leadership role.
Butler was exceedingly diplomatic in his response.
“I think it’s all of our team,” he said at media day. “I can’t do it all by myself. [Rose] can’t either. If we work together as a team, we just want one goal, and that’s to win a championship. Everybody would be a winner then, not one person more than another. I don’t think it’s any one person’s team. It’s everybody’s team.”
Still, as Butler’s star continues to rise, and Rose’s remains shrouded in health concerns, the narrative refuses to go away. Like Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City, Rose and Butler’s relationshi ...
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Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler Tension Shouldn’t Derail Chicago Bulls
October 8th, 2015 by Sean Highkin Leave a reply »
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