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Bobby Portis apologizes for Derrick Rose, Pau Gasol tweets

By  Dan Cahill
   
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Bobby Portis was barely a Bull and already he had some explaining to do to Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol.

Seems the Bulls’ first-round draft choice was not a big fan of either in 2011. Portis fired off these tweets, which have since been deleted:

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The Arkansas power forward quickly made amends, though, sending this apology late Thursday night:

Did he heed the advice of Mark Cuban?

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