5 reasons why the Derrick Rose signing is a terrible idea for the Cavaliers

4. Derrick Rose poor three-point shooting won’t provide floor spacing

Alright, so the first reason was somewhat jovial — even though there was a lot of truth behind it. This one is more fact-based than the first one. Derrick Rose has never been a perimeter shooter in short career.

His offense has been primarily predicted on driving the basket to the hoop and scoring at the rim. Similar to LeBron, Rose likes to play a lot of bully ball, but his 6-foot-1 frame can only handle so much abuse.

Last season with the New York Knicks, Rose averaged 0.9 three-point attempts per game, connecting on only 22 percent of those shots. It’s slightly worse than his career average at 9.8 percent, but it’s far worse than what the Cavaliers are accustomed to with their guards.

LeBron loves to be the primary ball-handler, drive and kick out to a three-point sniper. With Rose and James on the floor together, defenders will sag off the former MVP and dare him to shoot the deep three-pointer.

Based on what history shows, Rose won’t connect on that shot very often, which doesn’t bode well for Cleveland. Maybe the former Knick can find his stroke and bump that up to ~35 percent to at least pose a threat as a shooter, but this adds to the reasons why it’s a poor signing.