Chicago Bulls: Revisiting D-Rose Knicks trade four years later

What the Knicks got

It’s really hard to tell who got the upper hand in this trade between the Bulls and Knicks. Neither team really got any significant level of longevity from any of the more important pieces of the original trade package. The only active player for either of the two teams, as it stands at this moment, is Dotson for the Knicks.

Yet, we’ll take the first focus here on what the Knicks got out of D-Rose in his sole season playing in the friendly confines of Madison Square Garden. At least in terms of his per game averages, D-Rose was still seemingly playing well during the 2016-17 campaign with the Knicks. He played in 64 games (all of which he started) in that one season with the Knicks.

Rose averaged 18.0 points per game, 3.8 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.3 blocks. He shot 47.1 percent from the field, a measly 21.7 percent from beyond the arc, and 87.4 percent from the free-throw line. But all that led to was him registering a -1.0 box plus/minus rating, .068 win shares per 48 minutes, 3.0 total win shares, and a 53.0 true shooting percentage.

Meanwhile, Holiday played in all 82 regular season games for the Knicks in 2016-17 (starting in just four of them). He averaged 7.7 points per game, 2.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.8 steals, and 0.4 blocks. Holiday shot 43.3 percent from the field, 35.5 percent from beyond the arc, and 82.5 percent from the free-throw line. That amounted to Holiday registering a -0.3 box plus/minus rating, .073 win shares per 48 minutes, 2.5 total win shares, and a 54.9 true shooting percentage.

Dotson has played in 165 career regular season games with the Knicks. In that span of games, he’s averaged 7.8 points per game, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.4 assists. He shot 41.9 percent from the field, 36.1 percent from beyond the arc, and 72.1 percent from the free-throw line.