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Will Dwyane Wade leave Miami?
March 9, 2010
Will Dwyane Wade leave Miami?
After failing to acquire another legitimate player to help Dwyane Wade before the trading deadline expired in the 2010 NBA basketball season, the Miami Heat should consider going to their initial plan of getting a free agent in the offseason.
While the New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls, the Washington Wizards, the L.A. Clippers, and the Sacramento Kings made a surplus of combined trades to give them major cap relief after the season, the Miami Heat were caught on the sidelines watching their advantage fade away.
Chicago and New York were already expected to make a run for Dwyane Wade, but now they can offer him the chance to possibly play alongside LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Amar’e Stoudemire, or Joe Johnson.
”You pay attention and notice what’s going on around the league because you’re a player in this league, and there’s also a business factor,” Dwyane Wade said of teams looking to join the summer sweepstakes.
”But no team is more important than the team you play for, and seeing your team put itself in position to win at a high level for a long time.”
A Chicago Bulls tandem with Derrick Rose or any of those names would have to be enticing for Wade. If Miami isn’t able to convince him the team will contend next year, the Chicago native would have a hard time saying no to a Bulls offer like that.
Same goes for New York. Would Wade really pass up the chance to play alongside LeBron James at The Garden?
With so many teams free to enter the bidding for the max free agents, the odds for everyone landing two of these guys became diluted at the deadline. With seven franchises all targeting the same three or four players, it’s hard to imagine more than one or two teams walking away with a pair of All-Stars.
Pat Riley’s chances of bringing in a superstar to pair with Wade aren’t looking as good anymore and that’s got to be chilling for him. If the Heat doesn’t make a major upgrade, if they don’t land any of the big names, how could they expect Wade to stick around?
Riley has shared his vision of the 2010-11 season with his perennial All-Star. Wade has no reason not to trust him either. After all, Riley’s delivered a championship roster before. But if things don’t work out how they’re supposed to, the franchise will have all but assured Wade walks. Riley has kept him waiting for two years with promises of a dynasty, Wade won’t wait another.
So while other teams made moves to increase their chances of free agency gold, Miami has fallen back with the rest of the herd. Being able to offer two max deals isn’t so special anymore. Instead of Wade recruiting LeBron to the Heat, it may just end up being LeBron recruiting Wade to New York or Chicago.
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Orlando Magic 7-1
Boston Celtics 5-1
Denver Nuggets 12-1
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