Jimmy Butler

Despite the constant trade rumors that have swirled around him for the past year, it appears Jimmy Butler (or at least he says he is) is 100% committed to the Chicago Bulls organization and wants to be their cornerstone moving forward. Butler said as much when asked directly in an interview with ESPN. “Yes. I [...]

Intrepid ESPN Reporter and longtime inside source close to LeBron James, Brian Windhorst was on The Lowe Post podcast recently and gave an interesting peek into the defending champs state of mind heading into the trade deadline last week. While discussing the eastern conference contenders after the deadline and how the Cavaliers appear to have [...]

Talk about your extensive about-faces. The Atlanta Hawks seemed ready to hold a fire sale back in January after they traded Kyle Korver to the Cleveland Cavaliers. But then they took everyone off the chopping block. And then, leading into Thursday’s trade deadline, they traded for Ersan Ilyasova. And then, after that, they targeted Jimmy [...]

Do you buy into the notion that the Chicago Bulls aren’t shopping Jimmy Butler? Or that the Indiana Pacers won’t even listen to Paul George offers with the possibility of signing him to a designated extension, should he qualify, still in play? The Boston Celtics sure don’t. Or maybe they’re just hoping against hope things [...]

If the NBA is going to play host to another blockbuster deal ahead of the Feb. 23 trade deadline, it won’t include Jimmy Butler. Apparently. As ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst said (via HoopsHype): The Bulls are telling other teams that everyone except Jimmy Butler is available for trades and believes the team is more inclined to [...]

Give the Boston Celtics this: They are persistent. Thanks to their droves of draft picks, prospects and reasonably priced contracts, the Celtics are mentioned in just about every imaginable blockbuster scenario. Everything turns out to be noise, though, because their position is almost too powerful. Why fork over so many assets for a star when [...]

Good news, Chicago Bulls fans: Jimmy Butler remains day-to-day with his right heel contusion, meaning he’ll be a game-time decision until he actually plays, meaning he should be fine in due time, meaning your team doesn’t have too much to worry about. Bad new, though: Butler sounds like he’s in more than day-to-day pain. Per [...]

The Chicago Bulls are hella lucky star restricted free agents never leave. And they’re infinitely more lucky that the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement which makes it more financially rewarding for them to stay beyond that second deal. Case in point: Whatever the actual hell happened when the Bulls tried to get Jimmy Butler to [...]

Jimmy Butler is playing untouchable-level basketball, but rival league executives told the Chicago Tribune‘s K.C. Johnson he might not be so untouchable as the NBA nears its Feb. 23 trade deadline: There are rival executives who believe the Bulls and Celtics will rekindle trade talks centered on Jimmy Butler before the Feb. 23 deadline. The teams [...]

The Chicago Bulls locker room and team harmony seems to be eroding at the seams, as an underachieving (not in my opinion) veteran laden 23-24 Bulls team that is led by some outspoken veterans has resulted in a number of stories as players make statements in the media about their dissatisfaction with one another. Dwyane [...]