Fred Hoiberg seemed to have a contentious relationship with Jimmy Butler during his first season with the Chicago Bulls.

Hoiberg and Butler have worked to improve upon it this offseason.

“Jimmy and I have had a lot of conversations,” he said. “There’s a lot of things (that happened) last year. The big thing was the comment after the New York game…We got it handed to us and the comment was made.”

Butler called for Hoiberg to “coach us harder” after a two-game stretch in December.

“We had a lot of conversations and I don’t see any issues with Jimmy Butler and I,” Hoiberg said. “The biggest thing as a staff is we have 15 guys that we gotta coach and hopefully put them in situations and utilize their skill sets and get the most out of them.”