Jamal Crawford might not be starting for the Chicago Bulls and he might be the subject to many trade rumors, but do not expect him to sit back quietly and await his fate.

Crawford, upset at team captain Jalen Rose?s leadership and defensive effort against the Kings, openly challenged Rose in front of team mates after the team?s loss.  According to K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune Rose, already unhappy with only playing nine second-half minutes, held up a box score as Crawford exited the showers, showing Peja Stojakovic's 3-for-11 shooting performance.

Witnesses said that Crawford was respectful while doing it, and that he was not alone in his thoughts.  Players have downplayed the incident.

Controversy surrounding Rose does not end there.  Paul Ladewski of the Daily Southtown reports that Rose is the latest Bull to voice their displeasure at the triangle offense, joining Jay Williams, Eddie Robinson and Jamal Crawford as others who wouldn?t mind seeing a change.

"If they decided to try a different system, I wouldn't be against it at all," said Rose. "We're a team that starts three second-year guys and one rookie. If they have to think so much about where to go and what to do next, it creates hesitancy and doesn't always play to their strengths."

Added forward Eddie Robinson, "Our system has no diversion. You have to run it thoroughly to get anything out of it, but we can't be patient when we're down by a lot of points. We need another offense that gets us quick-hitters."

Rose believes that the Bulls will continue running the triangle offense as long as Jerry Krause is GM of the franchise, regardless of who the head coach is.  It was Krause who insisted that Phil Jackson and Tim Floyd run with the offense created by Tex Winter many years ago after failing to get Doug Collins, now with Michael Jordan and the Wizards, to conform.

"To be honest with you, no matter who the coach is, this team will run the triangle as long as Jerry Krause is here," Rose says. "That's something that I found out when I got here. When you go to the Bulls, you will run the triangle on offense."