The long-thought impossibility of Dwyane Wade leaving his home in South Beach became a reality when Chicago Bulls forward Jimmy Butler reached out to the 12-time All-Star and asked him to join the team.

Now, very much a reality, Wade has turned over the reins to Butler, but has provided much more than his talents on the court.

“I'm a chef, he's a cook,” Wade told reporters Monday, according to ESPN's Nick Friedell. “I'm trying to make him a chef. He's on a fast track to doing that.”

The 34-year-old has adapted his game to address the needs of the team, and has asked of Butler to do the same. Both now non-hesitant three-point shooters.

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While Butler leads the charge with 25.8 points per game, his Marquette counterpart is filling every hole in the offense and defensive end, showing his worth by means of leadership more than the reflection of statistics.

Wade has found the perfect formula of letting Butler's true talents shine without having to fully disappear from games in order for him to do so. The five-year forward is spearheading the offense and a major cog of theBulls' perimeter defense, and Wade has been happy to play the role that Shaquille O'Neal once did for him.

“The league is on notice. Everybody is on notice that Jimmy Butler is a player,” Wade told The Vertical's Michael Lee. “What everyone is seeing this year, I think everyone has been a little surprised, but we all knew he could play. You've seen the potential. Obviously, he's been an All-Star the last two years, he's averaged over 20 (points) a game, but what he's doing nightly now, on both ends of the floor, he's a complete player. And it's for real. It's not one week of doing it. He's been doing it all season, and I don't see him slowing down.”