Dwyane Wade Didn't Try To Convince LeBron To Re-Sign With Heat

[russwest0]

Dwayne Wade was just an alpha trying to help a beta navigate through the tough life of being an NBA superstar.

[houston]

ok whatever wade

[ArbitraryWater]

Fudge

[GrapeApe]

I really do hope the fans in Miami cheer LeBron before the game. I know I would if I was there, but I'm not sure what to expect. I think the overall reception will be positive with a few smattering of boo's. Once the game starts he's fair game, but he deserves to get shown some love beforehand.

[navy]

Yeah, Wade has been surprisingly unsalty about the whole thing. I guess Bosh was kept out of the loop as usual.

[bluechox2]

He gave Miami 4 finals and 2 championships, Miami fans should be grateful

wade gave them 5 finals and 3 chips

20 years down the line it will be how dwade got them those chips and not journeyman lebron

[Real14]

wade gave them 5 finals and stern gave them 3 chips

fixed.

[ArbitraryWater]

wade gave them 1 chip

but that's less than what LeBron did

[BasedTom]

they cheer = lololol dumb crowd thinks lebron still plays for the heat
they boo = omg how absolutely classless of them!!@!!@ this is a worse than pearl harbor

[russwest0]

they cheer = lololol dumb crowd thinks lebron still plays for the heat
they boo = omg how absolutely classless of them!!@!!@ this is a worse than pearl harbor

[Real14]

but that's less than what LeBron did

Lebron didn't do shit.

[russwest0]

but that's less than what LeBron did

yeah but LeBron took away 1 chip from them in 2011.

[BasedTom]

You know that haters are going to find ways to hate. Oh well

[Real14]

yeah but LeBron took away 1 chip from them in 2011.

You mean 2 right?

[Hoopz2332]

Yeah, Wade has been surprisingly unsalty about the whole thing. I guess Bosh was kept out of the loop as usual.

Wade doesn't even mention Bosh as friend on the Lebron level in the full article



[quote]"It's going to be a mixture," Wade said. "How I think he should be received is a little different. The man helped take us to places we've only been once before he got here. So I think he should be received very well for that at the start of the game. And then when the game comes on, then do what you've got to do (as fans)."

That would be a much more civilized reception than what awaited James on Dec. 2, 2010, when he returned to Cleveland for the first time with the Heat, and was relentlessly cursed, hissed and mocked before and during Miami's rout. Wade's expectation would be similar to what O'Neal experienced in Los Angeles, a celebration of a shared past followed by the typical treatment of a current rival. And Wade anticipates that even if there are some boos early in the game, "it won't last long."

"At the end of the day, the guy is an amazing basketball player and everyone is a fan of the game," Wade said. "So 'oohs and ahhs,' they come before boos sometimes. I hope our fans are just appreciative of what he brought to this organization in four years."

This isn't lip service. He said his personal relationship with James hasn't changed "at all" since July 11 (when James announced he was returning to Cleveland).

[b]"At the end of the day, this is a sport," he said, and he would never let a sport come between him and the closest friends he has made through it, whether it be James, Udonis Haslem, Dorell Wright or Quentin Richardson.

How frequently do they speak?

"Very often, man," Wade said. "I think we talk as much as you can ever talk to one of your best friends, whether it's about basketball or it's about (James' sons) Bronny and Bryce and (Wade's sons) Zaire and Zion and so on. It's what we do, and what we've always done