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Boston Celtics fans will be encouraged by the way in which their newly drafted forward Jaylen Brown is preparing for his first year in the league. The NBA preseason is around a month away but the grind has already started for the Georgia native. ON Twitter, he shared footage of him working out on a […]

Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler is back on the Internet waves of Instagram. This time, he’s playing some mini-golf in Mexico with teammate Doug McDermott on Wednesday. After feeling good about himself a little too much with recent comments he made through an ESPN interview, saying he could take Demaryius Thomas’ and Antonio Brown’s as NFL […]

Men’s apparel company Bonobos is set to debut a TV ad campaign on September 12 and will showcase their new brand ambassador. Chicago Bulls guard/forward Jimmy Butler will headline the 9-year-old retailer’s first commercials set to be launched with the tagline “Wear No Doubts.” The endorsement deal only goes to show how much the Marquette product’s […]

Doug McDermott and Jimmy Butler were very disappointed with their respective seasons last year. They had hoped to carry the Chicago Bulls to the playoffs, but were simply unsuccessful in doing so. Now, they are planning to rebound. Yesterday, there was a video going around of Doug McDermott and Jimmy Butler working out at the […]

The Instagram battle over illusions of grandeur has once again resumed. Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler made claims in an ESPN interview during his stay at the Rio Olympics that he’d be a better NFL wide receiver than Denver Broncos’ Demaryius Thomas and Pittsburgh Steelers’ Antonio Brown. Butler took to Instagram on Tuesday, saying that Thomas was […]

A very interesting ride-along happened just recently when the number three pick of the Boston Celtics, Jaylen Brown, had a ride with Chicago Bulls star Jimmy Butler. Butler was heavily considered for a Celtic trade around the draft period but eventually that did not happen. A major trade card from Boston was also that same 3rd pick which landed them […]

Now that the Thunder have finally managed to bring Alex Abrines over from Spain, they have reached their 15-man roster limit. If the team wants to make a deep run into the postseason though, then they are not even close to being finished. Thunder General Manager Sam Presti has always managed to sneak in some […]

The rift between New York Knicks point guard Derrick Rose and Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler has always been over analyzed and misstated. There have been plenty of reports about tensions between the two stars playing together in Chicago, and not enjoying playing with each other. The reports have been denied by both players multiple times, but the subject never […]

Jimmy Butler is not one to shy away from sounding overconfident in his own athletic abilities, and recently he proved just that. Butler went out at the Olympics and declared that he believes he would be one of the best wide receivers in the NFL if he wanted to go that way. Here is what […]

Team USA‘s performance at the Rio Olympics received plenty of mixed reviews. Regardless, the team, led by four-time Olympian Carmelo Anthony, got the job done once again. The United States left Brazil with an undefeated 8-0 record and a 96-66 win over Serbia to earn a third consecutive Olympic gold medal. So how well did […]

The U.S. Men’s Basketball team squared off last Friday against Spain in the semifinals of the Rio Olympics’ basketball tournament. Many considered the match-up as a battle of two of the best teams in the world, with the Spanish team having a number of current and former NBA players in their roster. It was also […]

ESPN spent some time with Team USA before practice and had a hilarious light-hearted discussion about Jimmy Butler‘s credentials as an NFL talent. In an ESPN video, Butler boldly proclaimed to a reporter that he would be a much better NFL receiver than Demaryius Thomas if he choose to play in the NFL. I really […]

In a more competitive Olympic Games this year, Team USA finds themselves in the semifinal round against Team Spain. The U.S. team has managed to remain undefeated so far, but a loss now would be at the worst time. In order to win Olympic gold, they must secure these next two wins in the tournament. […]

Nikola Mirotic is ready to face Team USA. Team USA struggled through the end of pool play at the Rio Olympics but escaped undefeated at 5-0. In the quarterfinals, the Americans looked much improved with a 105-78 dismantling of Argentina. Now Team USA must face a strong Spain teaming the semifinals. Before the game can […]

The 2015-2016 NBA season was amazing in its own right. The Golden State Warriors breaking the Chicago Bulls‘ all-time regular season wins record, the retirement of greats like Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan, as well as LeBron James leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first ever title. One of the most dazzling plays in the game […]

The relationship between Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg and guard Jimmy Butler appears to have stabilized. Hoiberg told CSN Chicago that there are no issues between he and Butler: We had a lot of conversations and I don’t see any issues with Jimmy Butler and I. The biggest thing as a staff is we […]

One of the best things to happen for Team USA is the accomodations. That is because some of the apartments in the Olympic village weren’t up to safety standards, so the majority of US athletes are staying aboard the Silver Cloud cruise ship docked in Rio. After Coach K  ranted on a reporter who questioned […]

Team USA teammates DeAndre Jordan and Jimmy Butler doesn’t want to be like Mike, he wants to be like a WNBA player. The NBA captured Jordan and Butler on twitter video having a hilarious conversation about who their games resembled, from the U.S. Women’s National Basketball team. Jordan said he’d be Elena Delle Donne in comparison, but Butler doesn’t […]

Stephen Jackson may actually be serious about attempting an NBA comeback. Jackson announced his retirement a year ago and hasn’t played in an NBA game since January 2014. Not only has he been preparing to make a comeback, but players around the league have been recruiting him, mainly Jimmy Butler and Rajon Rondo of the […]

As Team USA awaits their next opponent in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, the NBA stars have to find a way to pass the time. With the NFL season gearing up to start in a month, All-Star players Jimmy Butler and Klay Thompson decided to show off their many talents on the football […]

It’s now time for Team USA to work on some serious business as the Rio Olympics has begun. But when leading by a very huge margin in the second half, with no fear of dropping the game whatsoever, they kind of get the license to do extra-curricular stuff on the floor. Towards the end of […]

Due to the well-documented poor conditions of the Olympic Village apartments in Rio, Team USA decided to stay on a secured luxury cruise ship called the Silversea Silver Cloud, docked in Rio’s port. This sounds like a fantastic backup plan, opposed to staying in tiny single cot rooms that leak water from the walls. However, […]

If you thought Draymond Green‘s last Snapchat incident would stop him, think again. Green was back at it again on Thursday, reviewing and analyzing his own head and roasting his teammates’ hair texture and hairlines. According to Green, teammates Jimmy Butler and DeAndre Jordan‘s hairlines were considered extremely rough, while giving Kyle Lowry a ‘real rough’ […]

Back in the 2014 NBA Draft, Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker were the consensus top two picks. While Wiggins began performing in line with his lofty expectations last season, Parker is still coming into his own. After a solid start to his rookie campaign, Parker tore his ACL in December of ’14 and missed the […]

If Dwyane Wade was going to leave the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls always seemed like the most fitting destination. The face of a franchise just doesn’t leave for any team. Wade, a Chicago native, is excited to play for his hometown team. Going back to his roots was certainly a factor in this decision, […]

One of the more surprising moves this NBA free agency was Dwyane Wade leaving the team he spent his entire career with in the Miami Heat and going back home to Chicago to likely finish up his career. Although, it should not have come as much of a shock because of the disrespectfully low contracts […]

Jimmy Butler is currently focused on winning a gold medal in the Rio Olympics next month, but that doesn’t mean he’s not excited about the Chicago Bulls‘ makeover during the offseason. After losing Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah, Butler is now joined by Rajon Rondo and Dwyane Wade. Butler posted about his new teammates on the […]

The exhibition game against Venezuela started slow with Team USA displaying cold shooting from the outside early. It went on to the second half and the result was a rather low scoring game for the Red, White, and Blue as they finished with only 80 points. The crowd was still sent to its feet a […]

Jimmy Butler and Derrick Rose weren’t a perfect fit together. The Chicago Bulls had to make a choice. Butler was the obvious pick to stay, and Rose was eventually traded to the New York Knicks. There has been some speculation that Butler played a role in the decision to trade Rose and to let Joakim […]

DeAndre Jordan is notorious for being one of the worst free throw shooters in the NBA, and perhaps ever. For his career, he’s shot a horrendous 42 percent from the charity stripe. Those struggles were on full display last night as the United States Olympic men’s basketball team annihilated China in a exhibition game at […]

The video below starts out promising. The slow-motion and focus on D’Angelo Russell has you thinking the young Laker is about to take Jimmy Butler to school. Then, the opposite happens. “Get that weak stuff out of here, young blood.” – Jimmy Butler, probably. D'Angelo Russell vs. Jimmy Butler Advantage: Jimmy 'No' Bucketshttps://t.co/RRaLtcilXt — Bleacher […]

The Chicago Bulls have had a roller coaster of an offseason thus far. From appearing to be headed for a rebuild, they have managed to get themselves back into the East’s upper echelon, thanks to a couple of big additions. After being involved in a number of trade rumors, Jimmy Butler has finally solidified his […]

Heading into the offseason, there was a strong belief around Chicago that the Bulls would either have to unload Jimmy Butler or Derrick Rose. It wasn’t that they didn’t get along; their styles of play simply clashed. Both guys need the ball in their hands to reach their optimal levels of production, and it wasn’t […]

Jimmy Butler has risen to be quite the stud on the Chicago Bulls team. He has seen consistent great results when he able to stay healthy, and he attributes this success to the hard work he puts in with his trainers. In the video below, he shows the world a glimpse of everything he does […]

The Boston Celtics are always mentioned when a trade rumor for a big name player is circulating around the NBA. It’s no secret that they want to create a big three, replicating successful ones such as Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish, as well as Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett. It seems […]

The Chicago Bulls’ free agency moves were overshadowed by Kevin Durant’s decision to join the Golden State Warriors. Nonetheless, the departure of Derrick Rose, Pau Gasol, and Joakim Noah, as well as the addition of Dwyane Wade, and Rajon Rondo could have dominated the headlines had this been any other year. The confluence of these […]

The Chicago Bulls have supposedly been open to trade discussions surrounding their star player, Jimmy Butler, over the last couple of months. The former Marquette man has been involved in numerous rumors that had him leaving the Windy City. Heading into the NBA draft, the Bulls were said to be in talks with Tom Thibodeau’s […]

Newly acquired Bulls‘ point guard Rajon Rondo answered questions for reporters during a team practice in Chicago, speicifically discussing the upcoming Bulls’ locker room situation next year. With other veteran superstar Dwyane Wade entering the Bulls organization this upcoming campaign, many have felt that there will be some hardships in the Bulls pecking order, especially in […]

Following the recent acquisition of both Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo, as well as the Derrick Rose trade that brought in Robin Lopez and Jerian Grant, the Chicago Bulls have had what many consider to be a successful offseason so far. When Chicago’s own Rose was traded to the New York Knicks, many assumed that […]