For most of the season I have been saying the Chicago Bulls should, not blow it up, but gut their team for the betterment of their long-term future. By that I mean ditch Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah.
We all know that Jimmy Butler is the leader now, he is the reason they win games most of the time. Rose and especially Noah are not anymore. I know it won’t happen but it really should. Even though Butler is the best player on the team, for some reason if the Bulls are going to trade anybody, he would be first on the block, which confuses me.
But don’t get it twisted, nothing is happening as it pertains to Jimmy Butler. Or is it? Even though the Bulls are keeping zipped about everything, the Celtics continue to provide insight on their creeping of sorts.
A league source tells CSNNE.com that the Bulls, while still open to listening to offers for Butler, are telling teams that are inquiring about his availability that their plan for now is to keep him in the fold.
And while there was some thought that a top-3 pick coupled with a few decent players might be enough to entice the Bulls to pull the trigger on a deal to trade Butler, CSNNE.com has been told such an offer would have to include at least one “legitimate, NBA starter” for the Bulls to even possibly consider trading him.
“And that might be a stretch,” the source indicated.
Blakely, Celtics Insider providing that news, also said that out of all the Celtics players, Jae Crowder would be the first person to be offered.
So the Bulls aren’t saying anything but they must be saying something since the Celtics are doing all this poking around.
I hope the Bulls see sense and rip off the bandage. It will hurt Bulls fans but this is the perfect time to get something while Rose and Noah look half decent.
