All-Star Butler Returns To Bulls With $95.5M Max Deal

Jimmy Butler envisions the Chicago Bulls contending for a championship next season and he and Derrick Rose forming one of the NBA's best backcourts.

Now all they have to do is make it happen.

The Bulls took what they believe is a big step, announcing a maximum five-year contract for their All-Star shooting guard on Thursday. They are hoping Butler can build on a breakout season, form a dominant tandem with Rose and help them emerge from the Eastern Conference after they came up short last season.

Butler's deal is worth $95.5 million. He can opt out after the fourth season. But he insisted again that Chicago "is where I wanted to be."