Missed Opportunity: How the Chicago Bulls Almost Formed a Big 3 with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh

Without a doubt, the Miami Heat is one of the most popular teams among NBA basketball fans.

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were in charge of driving the increase and the taste among the fans; as they reached four NBA Finals and two consecutive titles.

But that story could be very different, since the Chicago Bulls were close to bringing James, Wade and Bosh together in the summer of 2011; This was stated by the insider of the respected Chicago Tribune: KC Johnson, journalist, who has been covering the team for nearly 30 years.

“If the Bulls had been able to trade Luol Deng to the Clippers, which they were negotiating, that Big 3 would have been in Chicago,” he said on the Bulls Talk Podcast.

However, the Bulls could not transfer Luol Deng to the Los Angeles Clippers and burying any possibility of the transfer, a young Derrick Rose ended up arriving alongside Joakim Noah.

Chicago had the opportunity to attract the top three free agents available, but fate had a very different story in store for them.

2023-08-18 01:25:00
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