The Bulls plan to meet with Jimmy Butler after the playoffs to express their support for keeping him, writes Joe Cowley of The Chicago Sun-Times.
The session will be separate from routine exit interviews, and Cowley describes it as an attempt to repair a deteriorating relationship. John Paxson, the team’s vice president of basketball operations, will attend the meeting, but it’s uncertain if GM Gar Forman will be there.
Butler was reportedly angered after hearing his name mentioned in trade rumors around the deadline and last year’s draft. He received a $95MM contract extension two years ago, but never felt like the team really committed to him.
A source told Cowley that Butler has communicated to the front office and to teammates that he wants to stay in Chicago. He is expected to repeat that sentiment in the upcoming meeting, with a warning that the Bulls should stop leaking his name in trade rumors if they really want to keep him.
Butler is signed for two more seasons with a $19.84MM player option in 2019/20.
Wes Matthews ( just for contract matching ) Dwight Powell or Sala Mejri and our lottery pick this year for Butler!!
Where do you work, so I can know where I can work that won’t drug test
Lmao
it’s worse than drugs..it just being plain stupid !
And people laugh when I say Crowder, Rozier and a Nets pick…
Butlers gonna have to toughen up. Everyone’s name gets leaked these days, there’s no avoiding media rumors.
they won’t be able to get enough good players to surround him. He should want to leave Chicago.
I hope he doesn’t want to leave, for my own selfish reasons. I’ve been a lifelong Georgia native, and a lifelong Bulls fan. With that being said, Butler is honestly the only player on the team that’s even worth watching.
They could and would get a very solid return for Butler, but I have ABSOLUTELY ZERO faith in the Bulls front office!! So, I highly doubt they could even handle a trade of that magnitude, much less come out on top.
This front office has done absolutely NOTHING to improve this team, nor are they even making an effort to build towards the future. They cannot draft nor evaluate talent to save their lives, and every trade they make ends up being completely lopsided, obviously favoring the other team.
The Bulls will drown in mediocrity until they can get a new GM, and a new coach that can actually garner the respect of his players.
Yes, the Bulls have suffered through some tough and untimely injuries to their main “core,” but they should have back-ups capable of filling in when a player goes down. This team has ZERO depth!! Honestly, ever since the Bulls had their own infamous “Bench Mob,” which was really pretty well loaded with quality role players, one by one by one the Front Office has let EACH AND EVERY quality bench member leave Chicago without even getting anything of value in return.
To think their roster once had D.Rose, Luol Deng, Jimmy Butler, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Kyle Korver, Taj Gibson, Richard Hamilton, Omer Asik, Ronnie Brewer, and CJ Watson.
PG: Rose/Watson
SG: Butler/Korver/Brewer
SF: Deng/Hamilton/Brewer
PF: Boozer/Gibson
C: Noah/Asik
The rotation today:
PG: Canaan/Carter-Williams/Grant
SG: Wade/Valentine/Carter-Williams
SF: Butler/Zipser/Mprrow
PF: Mirotic/Portis
C: Lopez/Lauvergne/Felicio
Yeah, THAT team, A.K.A the shtshow that took the court today, that was just a truly sad reminder of how far this team has fallen!!…AND the majority of the blame rests solely on the shoulders of a TERRIBLE JOB BY MANAGEMENT!!
#Rant_Over
Butler is a secondary star at best. Guy looked like a bum this playoff series against Boston. TURRIBLE
Butler is a poor-man’s Scottie Pippen.
THE ENTIRE FRONT OFFICE AND COACHING STAFF NEED AN ENEMA!!!!!