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Butler: Rose can talk 'unicorns and rainbows' as long as he helps Bulls win

Sep 30, 2015 at 10:05a ET

Sep 30, 2015 at 10:05a ET

When Derrick Rose said at media day that he was already eying free agency in 2017, it was a head-scratcher for the majority of the folks in Chicago.

Between his sneaker deal with adidas and his max-level contract with the Bulls, Rose is already among the game's most highly-compensated players, so talking about finances when his free agency is still two full seasons away certainly raised a few eyebrows.

But his teammates were mostly unfazed, and Jimmy Butler was fairly comical in getting that point across.