Jimmy Butler has been increasingly wary of Bulls GM Gar Forman since their failed negotiations on a would-be extension in 2014, and remarks Forman made last month indicating that he wouldn’t rule out trading him struck a sour note with Butler, sources told K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. Still, the Bulls aren’t eager to deal the swingman they signed to a five-year contract last summer and would require at least one marquee player and a minimum of two first-round picks in any such deal, Johnson hears.
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Sign and trade Dwight to Chicago for Butler, Bulls let Gasol walk. Rockets could trade Ariza. Butler at SF and Harden at SG.
Yeh Howard is just the locker room leader the Bulls need…sheesh.
Taking bets on who misses more games Rose or Howard.
Why on Earth would the Bulls do that? They don’t want to get rid of Butler for nothing and they don’t want Dwight Howard.
Why would the Bulls do that? Howard had been terrible, Bulls is worth way more than Howard.
*Butler
I love Jimmy but I wouldnt mind Demarcus cousins.