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Rose suffers a season-ending torn ACL in his left knee while trying to leap off his left foot in the dwindling minutes of an Eastern Conference first-round game against the 76ers.
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No story on the rise and fall of the Bulls can be told without remembering that day. "He had a freak accident that even to this day it still feels surreal," Taj Gibson says. "Because we had a bunch of nice talent. We had a nice core of guys that everybody just wanted to win. Everybody was unselfish."
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Says Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson: "I know it's easy to sit in this seat and say, 'Blame it all on, blame whatever happened on this injury.' But I don't think people understand how significant that turned out to be. First of all, that injury for him personally, what that meant to his physical ability and career and the mental stress it put on him, that was a huge thing. But from a business standpoint, it limited so much that we [url=http://www.authenticbruinsjerseys.com/Authentic-Torey-Krug-Jersey]Womens Torey Krug Jersey[/url] could do. If you lose that type of player, they're really going to struggle."
The injury, combined with Rose's recently signed extension, crippled the Bulls' salary-cap space. Rose decided not to return during the 2012-13 season after being [url=http://www.authenticbruinsjerseys.com/Authentic-Torey-Krug-Jersey]Womens Torey Krug Jersey[/url] cleared to do so by team doctors midway through the season, but the Bulls, led by Joakim Noah and coach Tom Thibodeau, battled their way to an impressive first-round series win over the Brooklyn Nets. They were dispatched in the next round by LeBron James and the Miami Heat, who'd bested them in the Eastern Conference finals the season before. Rose returned from the injury to start the 2013-14 season but tore the medial meniscus in his right knee in his [url=http://www.broncosauthenticsofficial.com/ty-sambrailo-jersey_c-555.html]http://www.broncosauthenticsofficial.com/ty-sambrailo-jersey_c-555....[/url] 10th game, missing the rest of the seasonRose returns in the season opener, scores 13 points and the Bulls beat the New York Knicks 104-80. But he'll tear his meniscus again on [url=http://www.officialauthenticdolphinsstore.com/Nike-Nate-Allen-Jersey.html]http://www.officialauthenticdolphinsstore.com/Nike-Nate-Allen-Jerse...[/url] Feb. 24, 2015 and won't return until April. However, it was during this season that a notable emergence occurred, a hopeful stabilizing force for the present and future: Jimmy Butler.
The 30th pick in the 2011 draft was developing faster than many in the organization ever expected. After not playing much in his rookie season, Butler started to gain more traction in his second season and turned into a consistent starter in his third, averaging 13.1 points and playing almost 39 minutes a game. Teammates and coaches raved about his work ethic and his ability to connect with people.
With Noah struggling to find a rhythm thanks to offseason knee surgery and Rose in and out of the lineup because of various injuries, Butler carried the group over the first few months of the season.
"He's confident in who he is," said Buzz Williams, Butler's college coach at Marquette, as his star pupil started coming into his own. "He knows that tomorrow he needs to work harder than he did today. And he's not caught up in the hype and the surrounding minutiae of what's going on."
Butler credits the time spent with trainer Chris Johnson as one of the main reasons he started to feel as if he could earn a place among the league's elite. Paxson looks back at drafting Butler as the best pick the Bulls have made during his tenure.
"I think, as can often happen in our business, the guys that are in school for four years tend to get overscouted," Paxson says. "And you think that their upsides aren't as [url=http://www.authenticbruinsjerseys.com/Authentic-Torey-Krug-Jersey]Womens Torey Krug Jersey[/url] great as a younger player, and I think that happened to Jimmy. "But through his diligence and hard work, he made himself into this top-10, [top]-15 player in the leagueI can't get mad about peoples' opinions, I always say that," Rose, who declined via a spokesperson to be interviewed for this story, said during a January 2016 interview.
"They got every right to say or think whatever they want to say and think. And whatever they say and think don't affect my life."
Rose still believed he could get back to an elite level, but his game no longer backed up that sentiment. As he had done so many times throughout the years, Noah defended Rose at every turn.
"The dynamic changed in the locker room, and that's always tough," says Paxson, who won three NBA championships as a player. "It's just a matter of people maturing and growing and their expectation of others around them. You do have to respect and admire the players and the teams that year after year they have that commitment and chemistry together. Unfortunately, for us that changed."
On [url=http://www.authenticbruinsjerseys.com/Authentic-Torey-Krug-Jersey]Womens Torey Krug Jersey[/url] June 22, 2016, the day before the NBA draft, the Bulls sent Rose, along with Justin Holiday and a second-round draft pick, to the Knicks in exchange for Robin Lopez, Jerian Grant and Jose Calderon. Noah would soon follow, signing [url=http://www.officialtigersproshop.com/WOMENS-VICTOR-MARTINEZ-JERSEY.html]http://www.officialtigersproshop.com/WOMENS-VICTOR-MARTINEZ-JERSEY....[/url] with the Knicks as a free agent for $72 million over four years.
Then came draft night. After having conversations with several teams, including Thibodeau's new team -- the Minnesota Timberwolves -- the Bulls decided not to part with Butler. The Boston Celtics had been a long-rumored destination for him, but the Celtics hesitated to give the Bulls the type of high, unprotected future first-round picks the Bulls desired. As for the Timberwolves, the Bulls simply didn't feel they were getting enough back in a potential deal for their best player. According to sources, the offer the Timberwolves made to the Bulls at the time centered on Ricky Rubio and the rights to [url=http://www.basketballofficialonline.com/Team/Authentic_Stephen_Curry_Jersey.html]http://www.basketballofficialonline.com/Team/Authentic_Stephen_Curr...[/url] the fifth pick, which would later become Providence guard Kris Dunn.
For his part, Butler understood at this point more than ever that his role within the organization was precarious

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