Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade will miss the rest of the regular season due to an elbow injury he sustained in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Even the most avid Chicago Bulls fans are not sure what to make of this 2016-17 version of their team. There have been times when the Bulls play extremely well, but those short-lived stretches are often followed by periods of inconsistency.
One moment, players are living up to expectations. The next, those same players struggle with making an impact when they’re on the court.
This is hardly an ideal position to be in this late in the season.
Through 69 games, the Bulls are 32-37 and have produced just two wins in their last 10 games, placing them in the 10th spot in the Eastern Conference.
With 13 games left on the schedule, the Bulls’ chances of making the playoffs were already somewhat slim. However, with the recent news about Dwyane Wade being out for the duration of the regular season due to an elbow injury, those chances have taken a significant hit.
Wade says he won't have surgery -- he'll be re-evaluated in a week. But he is done for the rest of the regular season.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) March 16, 2017
Although anything is possible in an ever-changing Eastern Conference, this latest development is not good for the Bulls. That being said, here are the most notable takeaways from Wade’s injury.