Chicago Bulls News: Dwyane Wade Out For Regular Season
Chicago Bulls shooting guard Dwyane Wade will miss the rest of the regular season with an elbow injury.
The Chicago Bulls‘ playoff chances were already on life support and Thursday’s news does not make the future any brighter for the organization.
The Bulls’ announced on Thursday that veteran guard Dwyane Wade will miss the rest of the regular season with an elbow injury. A MRI taken on Thursday revealed that Wade suffered a fracture in his right elbow during the Bulls’ loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Wade described the injury while speaking with reporters on Thursday.
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"Technical terms would be a sprain or whatever, but things like that. But the good thing about it is it did go back in. Obviously it’s a big injury in baseball when it comes to baseball and pitchers — the Tommy John word that everyone in baseball and pitchers are afraid of – so it was big in that way.But I was lucky that it went back in and now the biggest things is about protecting it, making sure it heals the right way, so I can get back to my football passes on the basketball court."
Wade averaged 18.6 points per game while shooting .434 from the field in his first season with the Bulls. With Wade out for the remainder of the regular season, the Bulls will face an uphill battle in their attempt to make the playoffs. The Bulls currently sit in 10th place in the Eastern Conference and are 1 game behind the 8th-seeded Detroit Pistons.
The bigger question for Wade and the Bulls is will the Chicago native return to the team next season?
Related Story: Dwyane Wade growing frustrated with Chicago Bulls' organization
Wade can opt out of his $48 million deal with the Bulls this summer and become an unrestricted free agent. Wade has expressed frustration with Bulls’ head coach Fred Hoiberg throughout the season in addition to the team’s front office. Wade could very well opt out his deal with the Bulls this summer and seek one more championship run. Considering the free fall of the Bulls’ organization, no one would blame Wade..