Coming into the 2014-15 season the Chicago Bulls with a healthy Derrick Rose, new additions in Pau Gasol, Nikola Mirotic and Aaron Brooks, as well as Jimmy Butler’s expected elevated play, the Chicago Bulls were expected to be tops in the East all season.
Well, some guys have gotten hurt, like Rose, Gasol, Hinrich and Taj Gibson and the Bulls, at times, have seem flat.
But one thing remains true, the elevated play of Jimmy Butler is real. Butler is averaging 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists a game and playing well for Chicago.
Now as far as winning a ring, well that may be still up for debate. According to Butler though, it’s not a question. It’s the Bulls championship to lose.
Here’s what Butler had to say to USA Today Sports.
Before starring at Marquette and being drafted 30th overall in 2011, the Tomball, Texas, native was homeless at the age of 13 when his mother put him on the street (with his father playing no part in his life), and he later lived with an adopted family.Butler has long since found his way, and he’s convinced the Bulls (8-5) will do just that by the time the end of this season rolls around. When asked last week if this is a championship team, even with the recent rash of injuries, Butler told USA TODAY Sports, “Hell yeah, it’s a championship team. We’re going to win
that (expletive).”
Butler went on to say…
“Whatever everybody says on the outside we don’t pay attention to because we’re the ones who have to go out there and win games,” Butler said. “It’s us against the world. Some people are on our side, and some people aren’t. That’s how it is.
“We’ve got a team full of NBA players just like everybody else. One guy goes down, and the next has to step up and produce. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t want anybody to get hurt, but we still have a team full of good guys and we can still win games… We’re a good team. We play hard. You know, everything doesn’t go your way, but we can only control the things that we can control.”
What do you think about Jimmy’s bold statements?
