Notice "Butler and Rose have certainly showed no outward signs of a falling out. "

As always, it's always better to wait for things to develop and become reality than to accept the 'hair on fire' rumor-mongering and spin the media and others push.

http://www.blogabull.com/2015/6/16/...down-max-offer-from-bulls-in-favor-of-shorter

 

What Deeks isn't saying is that if Butler accepts the Bulls' QO, he's a FA in a year.

There's no way the CBA allows a team to deny a player free agency.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q44

"A player can elect to accept his qualifying offer and play the following season under its terms. This is sometimes done in order to become an unrestricted free agent the following summer (see question number 46)."

So they risk pissing him off and losing him sooner.

 

"It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later"
-- Baghdad Bob