If the rumor mill is to believed, the Bulls avoided a mini-disaster by re-signing Jimmy Butler and Mike Dunleavy to multi-year deals, ensuring their core will have a great chance of returning intact for Opening Night.
They avoided Butler taking an offer sheet from another team and didn’t give Dunleavy a chance to be wooed by LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, in a move that would’ve dealt a huge blow to the Bulls while boosting the Cavaliers to an even greater advantage over their rivals.
For the past year, James was the big bad bully the Bulls were focused on, literally fearing no one else in the Eastern Conference.