Assuming Irving is traded, Rose could help keep the Cavs atop the Eastern Conference if he reverts to being more of a set-up man.
"Wait, what?"
That's what the entire Chicago Bulls fan base said in unison upon hearing that their one-time hometown hero, Derrick Rose, signed a one-year, $2.1 million contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The memory of Rose's Bulls-era playoff losses to the LeBron James' Cavs and Miami Heat still burn Chicagoans -- but it apparently doesn't faze Rose. As has been the case with many NBA superstars (or, in this case, former superstars) over the last decade, the MVP of the 2010-11 season decided that since he couldn't beat James, he'd join him.