It’s been five months since the Bulls were embarrassed in Game 6 of their playoff series against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The blame of the collapse was directed at the rumored (emphasis on “rumored”) tension between rising superstar Jimmy Butler and former league MVP Derrick Rose.
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Word began to spread that Butler was unhappy with Rose and both were struggling to play together on the floor during the Bulls’ six-game series loss to Cleveland.
Throughout the summer, Rose stayed in his own lane and worked out in California, while Butler took his new spotlight and constantly squashed any kind of thoughts towards a beef with Rose on and off the court.