Jimmy Butler had issues with Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah on the Chicago Bulls

Butler didn’t respect Karl-Anthony Towns or Andrew Wiggins

TJ Warren and Butler got into it during the 2019-20 season

Jimmy Butler is one of the best players and competitors in the NBA. He has worked for everything he has earned in the NBA. The small forward was a bench player when he first got to the Chicago Bulls in 2011-12, but through hard work and dedication, Butler cracked the rotation in Chicago and became an elite two-way player.

Butler has a strong personality. He doesn’t sugarcoat things. He’s always going to speak his mind and he doesn’t care if his teammates get offended on the basketball court because he knows he’s speaking for the betterment of the team.

Butler has played for the Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves, Philadelphia 76ers, and Miami Heat. In Chicago, Minnesota, and Philadelphia, Butler had issues with teammates and coaches. His stint with the Heat has been great thus far, but Butler did develop beef with an Indiana Pacers player in 2019-20 while playing for Miami.

Jimmy Butler And Derrick Rose Had Tension Behind The Scenes With The Chicago Bulls Starting In The 2015 Playoffs

Jimmy Butler’s breakout season was in 2014-15. He averaged 20.0 points and made his first All-Star team. The Marquette product also won the Most Improved Player of the Year Award.

Butler started to see himself as the leader of the Chicago Bulls, but since Derrick Rose was a former MVP, he was still considered the “alpha.” That dynamic started to cause some tension between Rose and Butler.

The Bulls lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the 2015 playoffs in six games. During Game 6, Butler scored 20 points on 22 shots, while Rose finished with 14 points on only 16 shots. Many people in Chicago wondered why Rose looked passive in Game 6. According to Dan Bernstein of CBSChicago.com, Rose may have been playing lethargic on purpose.

“Sources describe a passive-aggressive reaction from Rose that was the culmination of tensions building in recent weeks with Butler’s emergence as a primary scorer,” Bernstein wrote.

Before the start of the 2015-16 season, Joe Cowley of The Chicago-Sun Times reported that Butler didn’t respect Rose’s work ethic. The 2015-16 season was Rose’s final campaign with the Bulls. He was traded to the New York Knicks in the summer of 2016, and after the trade happened, Butler said, “I can’t say that I was surprised but I knew that it had to be one of us to tell you the truth.”