Bulls Waive Spencer Dinwiddie

On Thursday afternoon, the Chicago Bulls announced that they have waived point guard Spencer Dinwiddie.

The Bulls acquired Dinwiddie earlier this summer in a trade that sent Cameron Bairstow to the Detroit Pistons. The June trade signaled that the Bulls were likely looking to replace some impending turnover with depth and youth while moving Bairstow, a player that never really had a shot at landing in the Bulls starting lineup from the day he was drafted.

Bairstow was likely to be a waiver victim himself, so the trade for Dinwiddie was viewed as a win. The Bulls didn’t have to waive Bairstow and added some intriguing point guard depth at the same time. That is why it feels strange to say the…