Bulls’ stars Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler ripped into their teammates after Chicago’s 119-114 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night. The Bulls led 110-100 with 3 minutes left but came undone down the stretch.
NBA: Dwyane Wade Hasn’t Spoken to Pat Riley ‘I know how he is. If you’re not w/ him, you’re against him’
The Miami Heat will host the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night. It will also be Dwyane Wade’s first return to the American Airlines arena since he signed a two-year contract with the Bulls this summer. Wade says he has not spoken to Heat president Pat Riley since the last season ended. After contract talks broke down with the Heat, Wade left to sign with his hometown team, leaving the team he had spent his entire 13-year NBA career with. Now that’s he’s returning to play against them, Wade revealed that he’s spoken to everyone but Riley because he knows how Pat is and has seen how he’s treated other players that left in the past.
NBA: Dwyane Wade Says Rajon Rondo is ‘the Best Point Guard I’ve Ever Played With’
The Chicago Bulls will look significantly different this year with eight new players including stars Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo joining whom they call the team leader, Jimmy Butler. They’re not worried however, Wade and Rondo believe their prior experience will help the team be way better than before.
NBA: Eddy Curry Says He Regrets Skipping College & He Was ‘Babied’ in Chicago
Eddy Curry is getting back on the court soon as part of the new Champions Basketball League, but during a speaking engagement at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, IL, the big man reminisced on his NBA playing days. Curry was speaking to a group of 30 high school athletes, and talked about what life was like as a professional athlete. He noted how much he wished he had gone to college, how he was babied in Chicago, and that affected him when he got to New York which was way different.
NBA: Jimmy Butler Tells Dwyane Wade He’ll Play Whatever Role: ‘I want to f–kin’ win a championship’
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!
NBA: Wade Makes His Choice To Leave Miami
So Dwayne Wade made his choice! No, he’s not staying with the Heat, and he’s not taking that huge offer from the Nuggets either. Keep reading to find out where he chose to rest his basketballs…
