For Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat, business got personal.
As a result, Wade—an iconic 13-year veteran for whom a Miami exit seemed impossible—agreed to a deal with the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, as first reported by Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. According to Vincent Goodwill of CSN Chicago, he'll earn $47.5 million over two years.
Wade's decision proved the last few days of meetings with other teams were more than bluffs. More than leverage plays.
They were the manifestation of real dissatisfaction.
The Heat happily accepted Wade's sacrifices in recent seasons; he took less money to facilitate the construction of the Big Three in 2010 and then renegotiated his contract during 2014, leaving $11 million on the table so the Heat could spend it on others. And then, this year, when Miami prioritized signing Hassan Whiteside and chasing Kevin Durant ahead of compensating Wade with a new offer, well...it seems that was just too much.
So Wade left, spurning a Heat entreaty of two years and $40 million that was at least $10 million short of the offers he got on the open marke ...
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