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beijing time on october 3, according to ball don't lie, derrick rose announced his retirement last week. jimmy butler, now the star of the heat, expressed his respect to rose, his old teammate from the bulls, in an interview.

"i think everything he's done for the game of basketball, everything he's done for the city of chicago, everything he's done for this chicago bulls organization, and everything he's done for me, i think we all we should be grateful for the opportunity to compete with him, and i am grateful for the opportunity to compete with him," butler said. "when i came into the league at 21 years old, i felt like he was the guy and he was intimidating to a lot of people watching him. it's over and i'm happy for him because he's happy. he's going to continue to do whatever he wants to do, but he ended his career the way he wanted to."

butler and rose were teammates in the bulls and timberwolves, and the two played in a total of 144 games together.

source: nba official website