Dwyane Wade agrees to deal with the Chicago Bulls

[Who]

I am happy to see Wade finally join the Bulls. It has always felt like his 2nd home.

Rondo and Wade together is a problem. Rondo will need to be moved to the bench. Chicago needs a new PG who can shoot the ball. Playmaking is less of an issue with both Wade and J.Butler on the floor together. Calderon can shoot but he cannot defend. Hopefully the Bulls find someone better than him. I really like Jerian Grant but he will need to improve his shooting considerably to worthy of such a role. Looks like they need a new FA signing to start at PG.

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so given that butler and rondo recruited Rose, I assume this means we can stop with the Butler thing.

Probably for now... not that Butler controls whether he's traded. But something tells me Rondo, Wade and Butler isn't exactly a match made in heaven.

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I am happy to see Wade finally join the Bulls. It has always felt like his 2nd home.

Rondo and Wade together is a problem. Rondo will need to be moved to the bench. Chicago needs a new PG who can shoot the ball. Playmaking is less of an issue with both Wade and J.Butler on the floor together. Calderon can shoot but he cannot defend. Hopefully the Bulls find someone better than him. I really like Jerian Grant but he will need to improve his shooting considerably to worthy of such a role. Looks like they need a new FA signing to start at PG.

Calderon's gone. So's Dunleavy.

[SHAQATTACK]

Chicago will be the most interesting/ laughable  team to watch .

I predict this Bulls team will surpass even the Kings in disjointed Basketball at supposedly the highest level....


I see this as a HIgH end " Tank Job" .....

Tanking while providing fans with at least Star players to watch .  And at least they get a little something. Or reason to go to a game .  Where Philly provided nothing but 5 dollar seats .

Bulls with ...." Class" tank job ........tanking and taking care of the Fans at the same time .....and keeping the media busy writing up  the ex stars and the Bulls in headlines......LOL

I like it.

[Who]

I am happy to see Wade finally join the Bulls. It has always felt like his 2nd home.

Rondo and Wade together is a problem. Rondo will need to be moved to the bench. Chicago needs a new PG who can shoot the ball. Playmaking is less of an issue with both Wade and J.Butler on the floor together. Calderon can shoot but he cannot defend. Hopefully the Bulls find someone better than him. I really like Jerian Grant but he will need to improve his shooting considerably to worthy of such a role. Looks like they need a new FA signing to start at PG.

Calderon's gone. So's Dunleavy.

Ahh, okay.

Calderon to the LA Lakers. I don't think he plays there. They already have J.Clarkson, D.Russell and Lou Williams. Calderon does not deserve minutes in that backcourt.

Dunleavy to the Cavaliers. Oh, that is a good move for them. Dunleavy will be lethal playing off of LeBron and Kyrie. Big time (for a bench player) acquisition for them.

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I am happy to see Wade finally join the Bulls. It has always felt like his 2nd home.

Rondo and Wade together is a problem. Rondo will need to be moved to the bench. Chicago needs a new PG who can shoot the ball. Playmaking is less of an issue with both Wade and J.Butler on the floor together. Calderon can shoot but he cannot defend. Hopefully the Bulls find someone better than him. I really like Jerian Grant but he will need to improve his shooting considerably to worthy of such a role. Looks like they need a new FA signing to start at PG.

Calderon's gone. So's Dunleavy.

Ahh, okay.

Calderon to the LA Lakers. I don't think he plays there. They already have J.Clarkson, D.Russell and Lou Williams. Calderon does not deserve minutes in that backcourt.

Dunleavy to the Cavaliers. Oh, that is a good move for them. Dunleavy will be lethal playing off of LeBron and Kyrie. Big time (for a bench player) acquisition for them.

Yes, the Dunleavy move makes tons of sense for them. Was disappointed to see it.

[meangreenmachine]

So this presumably means the Bulls will have Wade as the shooting guard and Butler as the small forward (since Butler is 6'7 whereas Wade is 6'4)?

I can see Rondo, Butler and Wade making it work and finding their way into the playoffs at the expense of Miami or Detroit. Rondo is the Wild Card.

[Donoghus]

So this presumably means the Bulls will have Wade as the shooting guard and Butler as the small forward (since Butler is 6'7 whereas Wade is 6'4)?

I can see Rondo, Butler and Wade making it work and finding their way into the playoffs at the expense of Miami or Detroit. Rondo is the Wild Card.

I think they'll found their way into the playoffs due to a weak East but Rondo/Wade/Butler is a horrible combination to have out there.

[Who]

So this presumably means the Bulls will have Wade as the shooting guard and Butler as the small forward (since Butler is 6'7 whereas Wade is 6'4)?

I can see Rondo, Butler and Wade making it work and finding their way into the playoffs at the expense of Miami or Detroit. Rondo is the Wild Card.

I think they'll found their way into the playoffs due to a weak East but Rondo/Wade/Butler is a horrible combination to have out there.

The rest of the team looks pretty solid

PG: Rajon Rondo, Jerian Grant
SG: D-Wade
SF: J.Butler, T.Snell
PF: N.Mirotic, T.Gibson, B.Portis
 C: R.Lopez

They got 4 solid big men there. Good starting wings in Wade and J.Butler.

I like Jerian Grant and Tony Snell. I think they can be solid bench players.

Either Rondo or Wade must come off the bench though for the good of the team.

[meangreenmachine]

So this presumably means the Bulls will have Wade as the shooting guard and Butler as the small forward (since Butler is 6'7 whereas Wade is 6'4)?

I can see Rondo, Butler and Wade making it work and finding their way into the playoffs at the expense of Miami or Detroit. Rondo is the Wild Card.

I think they'll found their way into the playoffs due to a weak East but Rondo/Wade/Butler is a horrible combination to have out there.

The rest of the team looks pretty solid

PG: Rajon Rondo, Jerian Grant
SG: D-Wade
SF: J.Butler, T.Snell
PF: N.Mirotic, T.Gibson, B.Portis
 C: R.Lopez

They got 4 solid big men there. Good starting wings in Wade and J.Butler.

I like Jerian Grant and Tony Snell. I think they can be solid bench players.

Either Rondo or Wade must come off the bench though for the good of the team.

Don't forget about McBuckets off the bench.

They'll compete if, and this is a big if, Rondo has it together.

[Granath]

Ain't a [dang] one of them who can shoot from the outside.

Butler is about 32% over the last 3 years from 3 point land.
Rondo is about the same.
Wade is around 24%
Grant was 22% last year.

Defensively it's going to be fairly easy for teams to just crowd the middle and not respect the outside shot. I foresee a lot of difficult mid-range two's for Chicago and that's no way to win in the modern NBA.

[slightly biased bias fan]

Ain't a [dang] one of them who can shoot from the outside.

Butler is about 32% over the last 3 years from 3 point land.
Rondo is about the same.
Wade is around 24%
Grant was 22% last year.

Defensively it's going to be fairly easy for teams to just crowd the middle and not respect the outside shot. I foresee a lot of difficult mid-range two's for Chicago and that's no way to win in the modern NBA.

I really have no idea what Bulls front office is trying to accomplish, no spacing and Wade couldn't really function with ball dominant Dragic so how will he do any better with Rondo? They have one of the worst front courts in the league now too without Noah or Gasol...a very unbalanced team so far.

[mmmmm]

That backcourt of Wade and Rondo might be the worst 3 pt shooting guard tandem in the league.

Fun fact:  Since leaving Boston (a 118 game span), Rondo has shot 36.2% from 3PT range on 1.9 attempts per game.

Is Rondo an example of the reverse-Boston-shooting effect, where everyone we bring via trade/FA in seems to shoot worse in Boston than their career averages?

FWIW, Chicago has at least a couple of very good outside-shooting 'semi-bigs' in McDermott & Mirotic.  The plan for that team will obviously be to try to pull one big out of the paint, use Lopez' strength to hold a seal and then have Wade/Rondo/Butler drive & attack.   Lopez isn't a terrible roll option, either.  Rondo will probably make him look about as good as he made Zeller look.

And Wade is a really good and creative cutter when off the ball.  He used to work that a lot when Lebron was dominating the ball.   God.  Saying anything positive about Wade almost makes me puke.

I'll stop now.