It appears that the Chicago Bulls have reached their tipping point. Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler recently ripped the team following a home loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Butler and Wade took to the media to express their displeasure with some guys having a lack of effort and no desire to win. But then Rajon Rondo fired back on Thursday with a strongly worded instagram post, killing not only his teammates but the management.
So what’s the fallout? It appears the trio of passionate veterans were handed fines for their comments about teammates and the Bulls management. Rajon Rondo, Dwyane Wade, Jimmmy Buler and Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg spoke to the media today.
Following from Nick Friedell of ESPN.
Gar Forman says "we were extremely disappointed," in players speaking out in media and social media.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Butler said he wasn't bothered by Rondo's comments.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Butler says he will still go to "war" with Rondo. Says he'll prepare the same way he always does.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Butler: "When you win there's no problem." Says the losing has helped create the distractions.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Butler on the comments: "it's distracting. It's definitely distracting."
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Wade: Everybody has a chance to express themselves. Says he had no hard feelings towards Rondo.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Wade says he has no regrets about what he said.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Rondo: "I wasn't angry. It wasn't a rant." Says he was upset by what happened behind closed doors.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Rondo says he used his voice to backup young guys who didn't have a voice.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Rondo: "We should have addressed this as men, face to face, in the locker room."
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Rondo on meeting: "Nobody came in with boxing gloves." Says everybody got a chance to speak. Said there were no confrontations.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Rondo said he spoke to KG after he sent out his instagram post. Said it was the third draft of his post.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Hoiberg says it was disappointing and unacceptable that players aired out their grievances publicly.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Hoiberg has said that Bulls will "move on" about seven times already. Ok.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Hoiberg says he met with Butler, Wade and Rondo privately on Thursday.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
Hoiberg says there were fines. No suspensions. For Wade, Rondo and Butler.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) January 27, 2017
