Bulls' Jimmy Butler says Derrick Rose has 'always been in my corner'

transplant · Jul 19, 2015

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"The only reason that it (discord between Butler and Rose) came up is because we lost," Butler said. "I don't think we have any beef or whatever you want to call it. I think we just want to win. We didn't win, so now [people say] we're beefing, now we have a problem with each other, and I don't think that's the case."
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Butler, who will be 26 when the new NBA season begins, believes he has to take an even bigger leadership role next year for the Bulls.

"I have to," Butler said. "I feel as though we have a lot of different leaders on the team, guys that lead emotionally like Joakim [Noah], guys that have done it before, that's won, Pau [Gasol]. Guys that are really great players in Derrick. You need a guy that can kind of be a little bit of everything. That's going to have to be me. I'm going to have to take a bigger role now because I've stepped in and I've made my name in this league, so I have to be a guy that people can count [on] night in, night out. Not to only perform on the floor, but to lead there also."
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It's clear that Butler wants and will take a leadership role on the team. To me, it's a good thing.

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