>>Jimmy Butler: The Bulls should have given him a better
>offer,
>>but we MUST not lose him in free agency this summer. He's
>>becoming one of the best 2-way shooting guards in the game
>and
>>might even score enough to fulfill the secondary shot
>creator
>>gap I've been begging to be addressed for years. Pay this
>>man.
>
>Jimmy is gonna get 12 and he'll take it and be happy.
>
>>Kirk, Taj, Noah, & Dunleavy: Supreme competitors. They all
>>know their roles and play it to perfection.
>
>If Kirk's J is falling, the other team is in trouble. This
>hasn't happened as much when Rose is playing...it needs to.
>
>>Mirotic: This kid can ball. He still makes some defensive
>>mistakes and silly fouls but overall his defense is pretty
>>good and he's a great playmaker as well as shooter. This was
>>his best game of the season so far and props to Thibs for
>>giving him the minutes.
>
>And he takes NO shit. He was throwing bows with Jordan and
>Blake all second half.
>My concern Jimmy's play when Rose is playing. He becomes a
>little timid because they don't have as much time on the floor
>together. He needs to learn he can still take over when Rose
>is there. I'm hoping they sort that out over the next 3 weeks
or so.


I think a bigger issue besides Jimmy getting his money is Thibs running Jimmy into the ground by the time the playoffs hit. I thought he was getting better with the minutes. But he's been giving Jimmy that Deng treatment...