Dwyane Wade may have only spent a single season with the Chicago Bulls, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a memorable stretch. Wade is a Chicago native, after all, and coming to the Windy City after over a decade playing for the Miami Heat was a huge deal at the time.
Wade joined the Bulls on a two-year, $47 million deal in the 2016 offseason after Miami offered a significantly smaller contract. In Chicago, the three-time NBA champion teamed up with Jimmy Butler and newly-minted Bull Rajon Rondo to create a new nucleus for the club. Wade averaged 18.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in his lone season with the Bulls, serving as an important leader for his new team.
An elbow fracture he suffered in the spring of that season derailed the experiment, but Chicago did push the No. 1 seed, the Boston Celtics, to six games in the opening round of the 2017 NBA playoffs.
However, this Bulls core quickly was dismantled, and Wade went off to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a reunion with LeBron James. It was a unique season, and one with plenty of memories. And now, the Chicago native and former Bull will be a part of the 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class.
Check out Dwyane Wade’s best plays with the Bulls, courtesy of House of Highlights on YouTube.
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