After taking a personal leave of absence to determine his NBA future, Derrick Rose is returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers but there won’t be a return to the starting lineup. Instead, he’ll come off the bench and share point guard duties with Dwyane Wade.
At least Cavs head coach Tyronn Lue alluded to as much when explaining why Wade wouldn’t need to be the point guard of the second unit to maintain his success:
(Quote transcribed by cleveland.com’s Joe Vardon)
“There’s still ways to get him the ball,” Lue said. “Just coming off the second side, still running the same action, so he can handle or D Rose can handle.