Bulls' Dwyane Wade: Buyout still a possibility

Bulls VP of Basketball Operations John Paxson said Thursday that the Bulls would cooperate if Wade is seeking a buyout, Cody Westerlund of 670 The Score reports.

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The two sides have seemingly been butting heads behind the scenes after the Bulls all but cleared house over the summer, sending All-Star Jimmy Butler to Minnesota and shifting toward a long-overdue rebuild. Wade opted into the nearly $25 million remaining on his contract for the 2017-18 season, but that was before the Butler deal, and with the Bulls looking like a high-lottery team, it's been widely speculated that Wade will seek a buyout -- likely in hopes of joining a contender -- at some point. In the words of Paxson: "If [Wade] doesn't want to be here, then we want to do it."