Is Jimmy Butler better than D. Rose ever was?

[Axe]

Duh.

[Pointguard]

He absolutely is now. Rose's MVP year was probably the weakest I can remember since I started watching ball

Rose, in his MVP year, lead the league in 4th quarter points - most of the games were close after the third quarter. His team was a defensive team with no player in the top ten of any category. They DOMINATED the other elite 7 teams. Not one of the other top 7 teams beat them after Dec. 12th. Yeah, he was beating all the top teams, super teams, in the fourth quarter without a blemish for four months. It was one of the youngest teams and due to a ton of injuries to the 2nd and 3rd best players, well over half their games the Bulls didn't have one of the other. The Bulls had the best record in the league. There were five teams that had a better record than the Bulls at the All Star break. Please tell me an MVP that had the best record in the league with a young team, or a greatly injured team while dominating the elite teams (West coast was trashed by the Bulls that year) and dominating the elite players at his position as well.

[SpaceJammeR]

hell nahhh lol

[PeroAntic]

Rose, in his MVP year, lead the league in 4th quarter points - most of the games were close after the third quarter. His team was a defensive team with no player in the top ten of any category. They DOMINATED the other elite 7 teams. Not one of the other top 7 teams beat them after Dec. 12th. Yeah, he was beating all the top teams, super teams, in the fourth quarter without a blemish for four months. It was one of the youngest teams and due to a ton of injuries to the 2nd and 3rd best players, well over half their games the Bulls didn't have one of the other. The Bulls had the best record in the league. There were five teams that had a better record than the Bulls at the All Star break. Please tell me an MVP that had the best record in the league with a young team, or a greatly injured team while dominating the elite teams (West coast was trashed by the Bulls that year) and dominating the elite players at his position as well.

Man is spitting truth here. Rose MVP is actually underrated. Every player talking about that season is in absolute awe of what he was doing. Cue boxwatchers ten years later though...

[HylianNightmare]

Unfortunately yes

[ArbitraryWater]

hell nahhh lol

[Foster5k]

Jimmy dropping teams off left and right. At first sight, the answer seems pretty clear that Jimmy is better but pre-injury Rose was a beast.

The thing is, I'm still not scared of Miami with Jimmy to win the championship. If it was Miami, with MVP Rose, I prob would be thinking they had a shot.

Miami aint winning shit this year. Props to Jimmy though.

[SpaceJammeR]

peak for peak. rose easily. sadly people forget how much of a monster he was.

[TheMan]

peak for peak. rose easily. sadly people forget how much of a monster he was.

Yep, like they all have amnesia and only remember him as the broken body version of Rose. It's hard to imagine Rose would've gone injury free with the reckless style of play that he had but in an alternate universe where his body doesn't break down, him and Jimmy Buckets would've been a formidable duo, along with Noah, they could have won a chip or two

[L.Kizzle]

No, simple.

[Pointguard]

Jimmy dropping teams off left and right. At first sight, the answer seems pretty clear that Jimmy is better but pre-injury Rose was a beast.

It has nothing to do with sight at all. Its pure imagination on you guys part. You think Jimmy Butler could lead a young, injured, nearly talentless team to the best record in the league with a rookie coach who never had offensive schemes? What in the world has Jimmy done all these years that compares to half of that?