There were reports about friction between Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler over who’s the leader and star of the Chicago Bulls. With Rose traded to the Knicks, in came Dwyane Wade who left the Miami Heat in free agency and joined the Bulls. There were some assumptions that Wade and Butler may have the same issues as Butler and Rose but the two talked and made their feelings clear. In fact, Butler helped recruit Wade to the team. Butler has made it clear that he just wants to win, really bad!
“Just what we can do if we were to play basketball together. I said look man, I’m okay with whatever role you want me to play,” said Butler to CSNChicago.com in an exclusive interview after Team USA beat Venezuela 80-45 Friday at the United Center, with Wade sitting next to Team USA’s bench. “But we can win games if you’re here with us. So that’s basically how it went.
“I was telling him, of all the things that have been said, I’m here to win. I don’t care what role I’m supposed to play, whose team it is, you come here, we’ll win games.”
“Moving forward, I’m gonna do my best, whatever it takes to help us win games,” Butler said. “I don’t think people understand how serious I am when I say I want to (freaking) win a championship. I’m not playing.”
