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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 […]

The NBA had yet another seismic change in the league as 13-year Heat veteran Dwyane Wade announced last night that he will be leaving his Miami franchise to return to his hometown team, the Chicago Bulls. Yet, despite being the franchise leader in points, assists, and win-share, Wade shared on ABC’s “Live With Kelly” that […]

When the Chicago Bulls decided to trade guard Derrick Rose, they clearly had to make a move to acquire a point guard to lead their team. A couple of days of talking to teams and mulling his options after a very successful, one-year stint with the Sacramento Kings, unrestricted free agent guard Rajon Rondo has […]

Last week, the Chicago Bulls traded the one-time league MVP Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks for a package headlined by Robin Lopez. They couldn’t demand more because Rose would be labeled as damaged goods if he was sold at a supermarket. Until now, we hadn’t heard former backcourt partner Jimmy Butler‘s thoughts on the […]

Just three days after announcing his participation on the Spanish National Basketball team in the upcoming 2016 Olympics, Chicago power forward Pau Gasol opted out of his contract with the Bulls to become an unrestricted free agent as expected by most pundits around the league. Gasol will by 36 next week, yet his dynamic play […]

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein and The Vertical’s Woj, the Minnesota Timberwolves tried pushing to trade for Jimmy Butler on Thursday throughout the draft, including after selecting rookie sensation Kris Dunn. The Bulls were said to be high on Dunn, but ultimately rejected any and all trade scenarios with the Wolves, even after trading former […]

There was a frenzy of trade rumors surrounding Jimmy Butler during the NBA draft on Thursday night, all of which fell to the wayside in the end. The reports with the most traction had Butler going to the Minnesota Timberwolves to play for his former coach, Tom Thibodeau. Both Marc Stein of ESPN and Adrian […]

In the wake of the Derrick Rose trade, there has been a bounty of rumors about the Chicago Bulls possibly moving their best player, Jimmy Butler, as well. On Bill Simmons’ podcast a couple weeks back, Butler was quite confident that he would remain in Chicago, and he insisted that he’s been able to block […]

Sources say Jimmy Butler is going to be headed to the Minnesota Timberwolves. This 26 year old shooting guard has played for the Chicago Bulls since being selected in the first round, 3oth overall in the 2011 NBA draft. ESPN’s Marc Stein gives the confirmation of the idea being tossed around. Rising optimism on the […]

The Chicago Bulls officially traded Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks on Wednesday in a shocking move that surprised many fans. Derrick Rose was a Chicago native and the regular season MVP in 2011 but was never able to return to full form in seasons since. The Bulls are looking to make some major […]

Despite all of the big-name players who have dropped out of the Rio Olympics this summer, Team USA will still be stacked with talent. As he’d been hinting at all summer, Carmelo Anthony confirmed that he’ll be on the American Olympic squad this summer, according to The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The prospect of winning his […]

With the biggest off-season news so far coming today, Derrick Rose is as good as gone,  and will be in a different uniform the next time you see him on the court. Rose was traded just a day before the 2016 NBA Draft. The blockbuster trade came unexpectedly, and now big changes are ahead for both the Chicago Bulls and […]

Danny Ainge has made it very clear to the rest of the league that the Boston Celtics‘ third overall pick is on the table for the taking, for the right price. It was reported over a week ago that the C’s are aggressively shopping their heralded number three pick (not to the surprise of anyone), […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves have not produced a winning record since the 2004-05 season. The closest they have come to breaking this streak was three years ago when the team went 40-42. The following year the T-Wolves traded away superstar Kevin Love, and the team could only muster a meager 16 wins. This season, the team improved, […]

Ever since the Bulls missed the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons a few months ago, guard Jimmy Butler has found himself among some of the heaviest criticizers of his career. The Bulls 26-year-old leading scorer found himself dealing with some locker room conflict in the beginning of the season. There was an […]