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Did Wade & Rose die, or?
I get that they are past their prime, but you're acting like they still can't be effective...
Wade averaged 18/4/4 last season
Rose averaged 18/4/4 last season
Granted, they obviously won't do that in Cleveland with so many options but these guys can still ball in supporting roles. Let LeBron, IT and Love carry the majority of the scoring and Wade/Rose can do what they do.
Wade, at 36 (by the time IT is healthy), will be close to death on the court
IT may not even be 100% until 2018...
Rose is a bum... he's not going to help...
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Rose’s three-point shooting hit a career-low last season (21.7 percent) and he hasn’t hit over 30 percent of his threes since the 2013-14 season. Rose’s value as an NBA player is in doubt as it is. His inefficiency on offense and defense placed him 51st among 82 point guards per ESPN’s Real Plus Minus, and since missing the entire season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2012-13, Rose hasn’t ranked in the top half of the league’s most efficient scorers, per Synergy Sports. In fact, he hasn’t been worth more than a replacement player per Basketball Reference’s VORP.
To make the fit in Cleveland even worse, Rose scored just 0.8 points per possession when used as a spot-up shooter last season, with an effective field goal percentage of 39.2 percent, placing him in the bottom 20 percent of the league. He scored just 1.07 points per possession on cuts to the basket, also ranking him in the bottom 20 percent. Rose was even worse on his catch-and-shoot opportunities: 9 for 42 overall and a woeful 4 for 19 on wide-open attempts.