Chicago Bulls attempt to clear air with team meeting

Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler apparently have no hard feelings one day after Chicago Bulls teammate Rajon Rondo criticized the team's veterans in an Instagram post.

Rondo fired back at Wade and Butler after the two Bulls' stars questioned the team's commitment to winning in a long-winded post on his Instagram account Thursday night.

The Bulls held a team meeting before Friday morning's shootaround in an attempt to clear the air.

"Everyone gets opportunities to express themselves," Wade said after the shootaround in preparation for Friday night's home game against his former team, the Miami Heat. "That's how (Rondo) chose to express himself. ... I have no hard feelings."

Butler expressed similar thoughts.

"I don't have any problem with Rajon," Butler said. "He spoke his mind. I spoke my mind. Move on."

Bulls general manager Gar Forman said he was "extremely disappointed" in players criticizing their teammates.

"We have visited with the players who spoke out at length and dealt with it internally," Forman told reporters Friday. "We've talked about it with the entire team."

After the Bulls' 119-114 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday, Wade said, "I'm 35 years old, man. I've got three championships. It shouldn't hurt me more than it hurts these young guys. They have to want it. ... It has to change. It has to hurt inside to lose games like this."

Butler echoed his remarks, saying: "(Expletive teammates) just got to care if we win or lose. At the end of the day, do whatever it takes to help the team win. You play your role to the T. Be a star in your role, man."

Rondo, a four-time All-Star and member of the Boston Celtics' 2008 championship team, posted a picture of himself with former Boston teammates Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett accompanied by pointed criticism of Wade and Butler's remarks.

Rondo did not mention either Wade or Butler in his Instagram response, but pointed to the behavior of Pierce and Garnett when the Celtics lost games.

"My vets would never go to the media," Rondo wrote. "They would come to the team. My vets didn't pick and choose when they wanted to bring it. They brought it every time they stepped in the gym whether it was practice or a game. They didn't take days off.

"My vets didn't care about their numbers. My vets played for the team. When we lost, they wouldn't blame us. They took responsibility and got in the gym. They showed the young guys what it meant to work."

The Bulls fell to 23-24 after Wednesday's loss despite getting 40 points from Butler and 33 from Wade.