Dwyane Wade Comments on Bulls Fans Booing During Loss vs. Bucks

After a 113-82 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Monday, one might have expected Dwyane Wade to be in a good mood. Instead, Wade took exception to Chicago Bulls fans who booed the team last Friday night at the United Center after it fell to the Milwaukee Bucks, 95-69, for its third straight loss.

CSN Chicago's Vincent Goodwill shared Wade's comments:

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I'm an honest guy. I was very disappointed our fans booed us. We're trying to figure it out. We win home games against Cleveland, San Antonio. And then we get our butts kicked against Milwaukee. I don't think we deserved to get booed. We're out here trying. I'd like to see more patience and more support from everybody. Like I said at the beginning of the year, we're not winning a championship today. We're not winning a championship tomorrow. We got stages and levels to get where we want to get to. And everyone gotta understand that.

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It's easy to see where Wade is coming from. Despite the embarrassing 26-point loss to Milwaukee, Chicago is 14-13 this year and sitting sixth in the Eastern Conference.

Expectations were relatively low for the Bulls coming in to the 2016-17 campaign. They missed the postseason last year, and whether Wade, Jimmy Butler and Rajon Rondo could fit in to one team was a major question mark. 

Before the season, Bleacher Report's Adam Fromal projected Chicago to finish with a 39-43 record and 10th in the East.

Considering the Bulls are in a playoff position, the fans' frustration seems misplaced. Signing Wade wasn't going to make Chicago a title contender overnight, and growing pains are inevitable for a team that made as many moves as the Bulls did in the offseason.

If anything, Chicago's encouraging start might have set unreasonable expectations. With a 4-6 record in December, the Bulls are falling back to earth a bit.

Considering the team's response was beating the Pistons by 31 points, though, maybe fans should consider booing the Bulls a little more often.