Dwyane Wade was traded to the Miami Heat last week by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Since his good friend LeBron James will be out of contract in the summer, Wade was asked at ESPN whether he would recruit James again like in 2010. He doesn’t intend to.
“No, I have nothing to do with it,”said Wade.”LeBron makes his own decisions, I know that much. So when he’s at that point, I hope he thinks about what he’s going to do. But it’s his decision, and I don’t want anything to do with it.”
As is well known, Wade had recruited James to Miami in the summer of 2010 and had reached the finals four times in four years together with Chris Bosh, resulting in two titles. In the summer of 2017 James Wade had now recruited to Cleveland, but the Cavaliers had now ventured into a complete new start in the middle of the season, with Wade also being retired.
Wade thanked Cavs-GM Koby Altman for sending him to Miami. He also said about the Cavs season:”It just didn’t work the way a championship organisation should. Victories heal all wounds, but defeats make everything look bad. It was all good when we took 18 wins from 19 games. Then came the defeats…”
Commenting on his own future, Wade said that he wanted to end his career in Miami, but he still doesn’t know when,”I’ll see how I feel in the summer,”said the 36-year-old. But he won’t be a recruiter.”I’m out of it. I can recruit when I’ve stopped playing.”