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Bulls roll the dice on controversial point guard

They can't be too much worse off with this signing.

The Chicago Bulls were kind of a mess last season at point guard as Derrick Rose played in only 66 games —- still five more games than the previous two years combined —- and Aaron Brooks ended up getting a lot more minutes than he probably anticipated. Now with Derrick Rose gone to New York in a massive trade, the Bulls desperately need a good starting point guard and may have just gotten one in free agency.

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According to Marc Spears of The Undefeated, the Bulls signed the league leader in assists per game from this past season.

While many people —- mostly Bulls fans —- are probably groaning about this deal, it's actually quite a steal for the Bulls. $14 million a year isn't all that bad in today's market. Chris Paul, Damian Lillard and Derrick Rose all make $20 million or per year and none of those guys led the league in assists while playing for a bad team like the Sacramento Kings.

Just to show how much better that was than Chicago's situation, here's a stat for you:

So while Rondo might be a headcase to some, he's still a guy that can help you win games and would surely play well with some of the guys Chicago already has like Doug McDermott, Jimmy Butler, Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic.