Wade leaves no doubt: Bulls are ‘Jimmy’s team’

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Dwyane Wade was introduced Friday in Chicago as a member of the Bulls and made it clear that this is Jimmy Butler’s team.

After 13 years with the Miami Heat, Wade signed a two-year, $47 million contract to return to the city in which he was born. Wade took the stage Friday with Bulls general manager Gar Forman, and the second question he was asked was about Butler, the team’s 26-year-old star.

Veteran guard Rajon Rondo, another offseason acquisition of the Bulls, described the threesome as “Three Alphas” when he was introduced as a Bull, but he also said it was Butler’s team.

Dwyane Wade was all smiles at his introductory news conference Friday, saying playing for the Bulls “is a dream come true.” David Banks/USA TODAY Sports

Wade was asked was how the three would fit together.

“This is Jimmy’s team,” Wade said. “It won’t be a tug and pull whose team it is.”

Wade recalled what happened back in 2004, when Shaquille O’Neal was traded to Miami in the offseason.

“We had no championships at the time and I remember his press conference,” Wade said. “I was playing in the Olympics at the time, like Jimmy is right now. And I remember Shaq said, ‘We’re not going to go through this all year. This is Dwyane Wade’s team.’

“So, we’re not going to go through this all year. This is Jimmy Butler’s team. Myself and Rondo are here to bring what we bring as athletes to this team and to this city. He’s the young Bull on this team. He’s a 26-year-old who can play 40 minutes if coach wants him to and maybe more. I ain’t trying to do all that. And we’re going to depend on …

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