Free-agent guard Isaiah Canaan reportedly agreed to a two-year, $2.2 million deal with the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday, per Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com. USA Today Sports' Jeff Zillgitt confirmed the report.
Canaan averaged 11 points per game last season with the Philadelphia 76ers. He started a career-high 39 games in the process, albeit with a 76ers team that went 10-72 for the season.
He'll be entering a much different situation in Chicago, which will have a new-look rotation at the point guard position.
Since the last weeks of June, the Bulls have traded away Derrick Rose to the New York Knicks in return for Jose Calderon and Jerian Grant, signed Rajon Rondo and then dealt Calderon to the Los Angeles Lakers in order to make room for new signing Dwyane Wade.
With that kind of talent in the backcourt, there is little chance Canaan will come remotely near that 39-games-started mark he set last season.
He is not an effective shooter, with a career field-goal percentage of 36.8 and a three-point percentage of 36.3 while averaging just 1.8 assists per game in h ...
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