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The Ripple Effects Of Dwyane Wade Signing With The Chicago Bulls

By Gerald Bourguet

Mar 22, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter of a game at the Smoothie King Center. The Heat defeated the Pelicans 113-99. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 22, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (3) against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter of a game at the Smoothie King Center. The Heat defeated the Pelicans 113-99. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 13, 2016; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat guard Tyler Johnson (8) takes a breather during the first quarter in game six of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Toronto Raptors at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /

Brooklyn Nets

Poor Brooklyn Nets. They were having a moderately successful summer, despite turning Thaddeus Young into an injury-prone combo guard, Caris LeVert.

Agreeing to terms with Jeremy Lin on a three-year, $12 million contract was the first significant victory of new general manager Sean Marks‘ career. Getting Trevor Booker helped the frontcourt depth and giving Justin Hamilton a two-year deal represented the kind of buy-low, swing-for-the-fences kind of pick this team needs to be indulging in.

By making a backloaded four-year, $50 million offer to restricted free agent Tyler Johnson, Brooklyn was aiming to capitalize on Miami’s limited cap room, assuming — like the rest of the world — that the Heat would be obligated to spend it on the greatest player in their franchise’s history.

With Wade departing for Chicago, that’s no longer the case, and the Heat will more than likely match Brooklyn’s offer to keep their talented combo guard who averaged 8.7 points per game on .486/.380/.797 shooting splits in his second NBA season.

Losing Johnson doesn’t really move the needle much either way for a team coming off a 21-win season, especially since they will almost certainly be surrendering their first round picks over the next two years to the Boston Celtics.

But with no incentive to tank and little pull to attract free agents, Johnson would’ve been a big contributor to Marks’ impressive offseason haul. Instead, life as a Nets fan may continue to suck for the foreseeable future, even with Brook Lopez and Linsanity back in full swing.

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