The Chicago Bulls were eliminated in the play-in tournament this season by the Miami Heat, who are now in the NBA Finals as the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference. To add insult to injury, the Heat are led by former Bulls star Jimmy Butler, who Chicago traded away in 2017.
Since then, Butler and Miami have gone on to have great success. They are about to appear in their second NBA Finals together. Meanwhile, the Bulls went through a rebuild and are a middle-of-the-pack team. KC Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago thinks Butler’s success should be enlightening, and that the Bulls cannot settle for mediocrity.
