On Wednesday, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks agreed to a trade that will send Derrick Rose, Justin Holiday and a 2017 second-round pick to the Big Apple for Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant.
For the Bulls, the trade marks a clear intention to put the Tom Thibodeau era behind them and look toward the future. For the Knicks, it indicates they are going to make every effort to get back into the playoffs, even if it means having little chance of advancing once they get there.
In assigning the grades for each team, we kept those intentions in mind.
Chicago Bulls: B+
Outgoing
After Rose won the 2010-11 MVP, one could make an argument that he was as popular in his hometown of Chicago as any athlete in America. That’s no longer the case.
After a protracted injury history, a plethora of verbal gaffes and a failure to recover his once magical splendor, a significant contingency in the fanbase soured on him.
Rose and “his camp” also seemed to have constant problems with the organization an ...
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