Bulls sign Daequan Cook

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The Chicago Bulls signed Daequan Cook to a prorated portion of the veteran's minimum on Sunday.

Cook cleared waivers from the Houston Rockets on Friday.

The move leaves the Bulls slightly below the hard salary cap of $74.307 million, which means they still could sign players to 10-day contracts or add another prorated veteran's minimum in March.

Via K.C. Johnson/Chicago Tribune

 

[jonathanlambert33]

I really like this signing. If Rose comes back and returns to form Chicago once again has good offensive talent.

Cook doesn't really do anything at the NBA level other than shoot the three, but in a league where coaches often say "we want to stop this guy and force these guys to beat us" I think Cook has some value. He has the ability to knock down open shots when teams throw too much attention at other guys, much like how he did in Game 5 of the WCF's last season. Chicago has some guys that the opponent can throw double or even non-aggressive triples and Cook can benefit from that if used correctly.