Michael Carter-Williams says Bulls felt like Dwyane Wade could have been better leader at times.
After Dwyane Wade spent the first decade-plus of his NBA career playing for the Miami Heat, he signed with another team in the summer of 2016. Specifically, he signed a two-year deal with the Chicago Bulls, his hometown team, as he’s a Chicago native.
But Wade’s stint in Chicago wasn’t all that memorable. He spent just one season — which ended in a first-round exit — with the Bulls before the team agreed to a buyout with him prior to the start of the 2017-18 campaign.
Former NBA guard Michael Carter-Williams, who was also a member of the 2016-17 Bulls along with Wade, recently said that there where times when the team perhaps felt like the 13-time All-Star could have done a better job as a leader during his short tenure in Chicago.
“Yeah, I mean, I think D-Wade was in, honestly bro, in a tough position,” Carter-Williams said regarding stories that Wade wasn’t fully bought in with Chicago or a positive figure in the locker room. “Comin’ from Miami, towards the end of his career, in a new place. I don’t know if he knew exactly what his role was.
“I think that havin’ Jimmy [Butler] and havin’ [Rajon] Rondo, I just, again, I just think he was tryna figure it out. At times, I could see why people would say that, like, ‘He’s not bought in.’ He was injured a lot of the times. I think us as players needed to realize, like, ‘He is older.’”
Carter-Williams explained that due to injury reasons and his age, Wade wasn’t always able to be a full factor in practice, which might have led to some misconceptions about Wade’s level of buy-in.
Former NBA guard Michael Carter-Williams, who was also a member of the 2016-17 Bulls along with Wade, recently said that there where times when the team perhaps felt like the 13-time All-Star could have done a better job as a leader during his short tenure in Chicago.
“Yeah, I mean, I think D-Wade was in, honestly bro, in a tough position,” Carter-Williams said regarding stories that Wade wasn’t fully bought in with Chicago or a positive figure in the locker room. “Comin’ from Miami, towards the end of his career, in a new place. I don’t know if he knew exactly what his role was.
“I think that havin’ Jimmy [Butler] and havin’ [Rajon] Rondo, I just, again, I just think he was tryna figure it out. At times, I could see why people would say that, like, ‘He’s not bought in.’ He was injured a lot of the times. I think us as players needed to realize, like, ‘He is older.’”
