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2016 NBA Offseason Grades For All 30 Teams

By Gerald Bourguet

May 30, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) is congratulated by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) after game seven of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 96-88. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
May 30, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) is congratulated by Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) after game seven of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 96-88. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 21, 2015; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Bulls guard Jimmy Butler (21), center Joakim Noah (13), and guard Derrick Rose (1) during the second half against the Phoenix Suns at the United Center. The Bulls won 112-107. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Wierzbicki-USA TODAY Sports /

Chicago Bulls

“The Chicago Bulls had a very odd summer, even if they somehow averted the crisis of hastily trading away their next franchise superstar. It was the league’s worst-kept secret for the last two years or so, but now it’s undeniably out in the open: The Bulls are Jimmy Butler’s team.

The only problem is that even after the Derrick Rose trade, even after avoiding trading him for two high-upside, unproven players, and even after Chicago’s marquee free agents repeated the same thing verbatim, most of the Bulls’ summer didn’t feel like it was about making this Butler’s team.

Even if Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo, two historically ball-dominant, accomplished players who have almost always functioned as alpha dogs, somehow defer to Butler, and the lack of shooting doesn’t come back to bite them, and everything else is completely hunky-dory somehow, what’s this team’s ceiling?”

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Grade: C-

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