The Chicago Bulls can be really good at times, while other moments show the veteran group coasting a little bit — resting on their laurels.
Jimmy Butler is the grinder of the group, so he knows nothing about coasting or half-assing. Butler openly questioned the Bulls fight — even after an impressive 8-4 start under new coach Fred Hoiberg.
“I don’t think we bring that fight every single night,” Butler told reporters after Monday’s practice. “I think we’re starting to get back to that, but early on we weren’t the hardest-playing team every night. We always need to and have to be the hardest-playing team.”
Butler rose from obscurity to become an NBA All Star, so he know what he’s talking about. He further elaborated as well.
“I just think that at times we take for granted how talented we are as a whole and with all the guys upon this roster,” he said. “We think we can come out and just go through the motions at the beginning of a game, dig ourselves a little hole, and think we can just pick it up at any point and time, and it just doesn’t work like that.”
The Bulls have been on a roll of late, but will look to rebound from that spanking Golden State put on them.