Back before the trade deadline earlier this season, Jimmy Butler made his rounds on the rumor mill as there was talk about him possibly being traded away from the Chicago Bulls.

Now that the Bulls have been eliminated from this year's playoffs following a 105-83 loss to the Boston Celtics on Friday night which ended their first round series 4-2 in the Celtics favor, trade talk involving Butler is likely to begin very soon.

However, the 27-year-old wants to put an end to the speculation before it begins and let Bulls fans know exactly where he is going to be next season before they start to hear rumors about him possibly playing elsewhere.

Speaking to ESPN after his team's loss to the Celtics on Friday, the three-time NBA All-Star has: "repeated his desire to stay with the Chicago Bulls for the long term."

Alongside himself, Butler has said he would like to see Rajon Rondo's team option be picked up by the Bulls this summer. He said: "He's been huge for us this year, man.

"Molding these young guys into the type of player that they need to be on this basketball floor, in that film room, around everybody. And obviously, the way he plays the game, getting everybody involved, yeah I love playing with him. Him and D-Wade, all these other guys. But I don't know what the future holds for anybody. So I'll sit back and wait on that time to come."

Dwyane Wade, on the other hand, hasn't quite confirmed his status with the Bulls next season.

He said: "I have a lot of time. I'm far away from that now; just got through this, 14th NBA season. It's, for me, identified with championships. If I'm not winning a championship I'm never satisfied from that standpoint, but you take things out of it, you go back and look at the season and see what you could have done better individually.

"You put that [in the head] and go from there, so that's what I will look at. I am not worried about my future because I know it's basketball; I'm not really concerned with it now."

Alongside the fact a lot of Bulls fans were chanting 'Fire Hoiberg' late in the fourth quarter at the United Center, there is a possibility that basketball in Chicago could look a lot different next season.