Jimmy discusses playing with Rose/trade rumors on The Jump [ESPN] & The Herd [FS1]

Poohdini1 · Post #21 » by **Poohdini1** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:08 pm

That being said he didn't really clarify about "it had to be one of us" meant, and is kinda troubling that he doesn't know if he'll be on the Bulls by the end of the season.

Paxson43 · Post #22 » by **Paxson43** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:11 pm

FriedRise wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/ChiSportUpdates/status/748245343620501504[/tweet]
[tweet]https://twitter.com/Josh_Frydman/status/748241851862368257[/tweet]

No, no! Jimmy said it had to be one of them because he was looking out for team chemistry and for Fred!!!

:rofl:

DarthDiggler69 · Post #23 » by **DarthDiggler69** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:15 pm

KingJordan23 wrote:Jimmy isn't scared of the pressure.

Not much pressure when you are not a good team

MissileMike · Post #24 » by **MissileMike** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:15 pm

Jimmy handled himself incredibly well on Colin's show.

Hangtime84 · Post #25 » by **Hangtime84** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:20 pm

WHHHOOOA tons of shots fired and Jimmy just handles it like a boss. He has a future in politics

Post #26 » by **Rerisen** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:28 pm

Jimmy's going to recruit at Team USA, or at least make some friends.

This sounds like a positive step.

Post #27 » by **RedBulls23** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:30 pm

Rerisen wrote:Jimmy's going to recruit at Team USA, or at least make some friends.

This sounds like a positive step.

Jimmy is just a naturally charismatic guy. Him making friends is easy for him.

Maybe he does get friendly enough with KD. A man can dream.

The Explorer · Post #28 » by **The Explorer** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:32 pm

Hangtime84 wrote:WHHHOOOA tons of shots fired and Jimmy just handles it like a boss. He has a future in politics

He has a good teacher in Gar

NewEra21 · Post #29 » by **NewEra21** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:32 pm

Butler also name drops Kyrie Irving as one guy he would like to play with and says he's a friend of his. And as we all know Kyrie said he wants to play with 1 on 1 with Jimmy everyday during the Olympics. Didn't realize these guys were that close.

The Explorer · Post #30 » by **The Explorer** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:37 pm

NewEra21 wrote:Butler also name drops Kyrie Irving as one guy he would like to play with and says he's a friend of his. And as we all know Kyrie said he wants to play with 1 on 1 with Jimmy everyday during the Olympics. Didn't realize these guys were that close.

This is the biggest reason why the Bulls should keep and build around butler. He seems to have many friends around the league and would be a great recruiter. If they hope to score any free agents this summer or next, he would be their best pitch man.

Hangtime84 · Post #31 » by **Hangtime84** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:39 pm

The Explorer wrote:
Hangtime84 wrote:WHHHOOOA tons of shots fired and Jimmy just handles it like a boss. He has a future in politics

He has a good teacher in Gar

Lame...

ChiefILL53 · Post #32 » by **ChiefILL53** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:44 pm

Am I the only one that thought Jimmy missed a prime opportunity when they asked him "Who do you wanna call?" Cuz I was singing "ghost-bustersss!!"

D_GoLow · Post #33 » by **D_GoLow** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:49 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheRealC_Los/status/748269648181866496[/tweet]

Ctownbulls · Post #34 » by **Ctownbulls** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:54 pm

drbg43 wrote:Seems like Jimmy is resigned to the idea that they couldn't have played together. I think he just wants to be the guy and Rose is too ball dominant for his liking and desire to be the PG lol, t's simple. He wanted Rose gone which sucks. A lot of pressure on him now honestly, a hell of a lot.

I think Jimmy cared more about Rose being terrible all around and not going all out and giving up his body for the team than simply being a black dominant point guard. If he was deserving of the rock because of his performance than I doubt JB would have cared but it was the opposite.

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meekrab · Post #35 » by **meekrab** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:04 pm

drbg43 wrote:Seems like Jimmy is resigned to the idea that they couldn't have played together. I think he just wants to be the guy and Rose is too ball dominant for his liking and desire to be the PG lol, t's simple. He wanted Rose gone which sucks. A lot of pressure on him now honestly, a hell of a lot.

I think he wanted to win basketball games, and the way Rose played last season they weren't going to.

D_GoLow · Post #36 » by **D_GoLow** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:04 pm

Poohdini1 wrote:You know rationally I've been saying we need to get rid of Jimmy and commit to a rebuild, but every time I listen to him I think this is the kind of guy you build around.

It really is a shame Derrick had to be a causality for missing the post season, but without him I think Jimmy can take it up 1 more level. Maybe they could have figured it out, maybe not, but it wasn't gonna happen with Hoiberg and things have to change when you miss the playoffs with Rose/Butler/Pau on your roster. Hopefully the Bulls don't waste his prime and he stays here long term.

I have confidence that we can build a solid team around Jimmy.

Robin is a solid big man/replacement for Noah, Dougie is getting getting better, Niko should be better, hopefully Grant can show promise (I think he can)....

Jimmy shouldn't be playing with a bunch of scrubs next season.

bad knees · Post #37 » by **bad knees** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:08 pm

D_GoLow wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheRealC_Los/status/748269648181866496[/tweet]

This was a very unfortunate quote from Jimmy. No need to say it, and it just corroborates the talk about the power struggle between him and Derrick. It's the quote that all the media is highlighting from his interviews. Not good.

Paxson43 · Post #38 » by **Paxson43** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:23 pm

bad knees wrote:
D_GoLow wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheRealC_Los/status/748269648181866496[/tweet]

This was a very unfortunate quote from Jimmy. No need to say it, and it just corroborates the talk about the power struggle between him and Derrick. It's the quote that all the media is highlighting from his interviews. Not good.

What if it's, ya know, the truth?

theanimal23 · Post #39 » by **theanimal23** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:24 pm

D_GoLow wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheRealC_Los/status/748269648181866496[/tweet]

Is there a video clip of this quote?

bad knees · Post #40 » by **bad knees** » Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:35 pm

Paxson43 wrote:
bad knees wrote:
D_GoLow wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheRealC_Los/status/748269648181866496[/tweet]

This was a very unfortunate quote from Jimmy. No need to say it, and it just corroborates the talk about the power struggle between him and Derrick. It's the quote that all the media is highlighting from his interviews. Not good.

What if it's, ya know, the truth?

It may well be the truth, but he certainly did not have to say it. In fact, the question he was asked was what was his reaction when he heard about the Rose trade. He could have said any number of things and not lied. Instead, he chose to make the point that he was not surprised, because "one of us had to go." That's the quote that Friedell is highlighting on his Twitter account as well. I imagine that we will have several articles about the quote now. And then Derrick will be asked about Jimmy's quote. All as we head into FA. We could do without this conflict being highlighted right now.

It's not a big deal because we are not planning on being big players in FA. But still. More unnecessary damage to the franchise's image, Jimmy essentially saying that he and Derrick could not co-exist.