Rondo, who has been praised by teammates and coaches throughout the season for serving as a mentor to many players on the Bulls’ roster, defended the younger players in his post. You don’t care enough. “This is your job”.
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“There’s guys in this league that people don’t think they can play; once they get into certain situations, once they get certain confidence, they can play”, Wade said.
“What I said, you know”, Rondo said. I’ve got three championships.
I guess this means Derrick Rose wasn’t the guy who tore the Bulls apart last season.
Butler offered Hoiberg support Friday, saying he’s doing a “good job”, putting the needed preparation work in and that the players need to step up. “And it doesn’t. So I don’t know what happened”. From Jerry Reinsdorf to Michael Reinsdorf, from John Paxson to Gar Forman, from Rajon Rondo to Fred Hoiberg, and, yes, from Jimmy Butler to Dwyane Wade.
Rondo piped in via social media, criticizing Butler and Wade, though not by name, for ripping younger players in public.
The Bulls had a long team meeting on Friday behind closed doors, and afterward, while speaking to reporters, tried their best to put the incident behind them. Players don’t usually appreciate being called out in the media by their peers.
A large picture of Dwyane Wade dominated the front page of the Chicago Tribune’s sports section on Friday morning as his former teammates are in town.
They [leaders] see the willingness to accept personal responsibility – especially during tough times – as critical to winning the trust of employees and other stakeholders. Wade’s leadership efforts and example before this week resonated throughout the organization. They also need to contain the anxiety of their employees. Here’s what they said, after Chicago blew a late 10-point lead and lost to Atlanta.
This is not an apples-to-apples comparison, but conceptually the same rules apply. But he is developing into one of the game’s premier passing bigs, which was on full display in Cleveland.
The way that Trump’s early presidency and the Bulls’ season are shaping up, D. Wade channeling Michelle for his mood could describe how he feels about both.
Butler also carried the same tune in his post-game rant, a sign that he and Wade were in some sort of agreement to light a fire under the team. I love to come back myself at night, but when I came back, there were seven or eight guys here getting their work in. If anyone deserves blame, Rondo said, it’s the leadership. Those of Wade and Butler may scar their soft-minded teammates and anger their proud ones. Perhaps, Rondo’s comments were mostly aimed at him. Butler’s comments were the most interesting, as he said he liked the controversy and had no regrets about the way any of it was handled. We got to do better knowing film, knowing your personnel.
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Wade, the Bulls’ second-leading scorer behind Jimmy Butler with 19.1 points per game, has not experienced almost the same success with his new team as he did with the Heat, where he started his career and spent 13 seasons, winning three championships.
