Star guard Dwyane Wade revealed Thursday both he and LeBron James had the Chicago Bulls atop their wish list during free agency in 2010, according to Vincent Goodwill of CSN Chicago, but the Miami Heat's ability to sign the pair along with Chris Bosh was ultimately the decisive factor.
"My eyes were here; LeBron's eyes were here," Wade told Goodwill. "Miami put a monkey wrench in the plan when they could fit all three of us."
Wade added that if Luol Deng had been traded from the Bulls to the Los Angeles Clippers that summer, "it would've been a different story."
But Wade doesn't have any regrets, as he told K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune:
Wade disputed the notion that he and James had been planning the 2010 summer years in advance, per Goodwill:
The trio of Wade, James and Bosh would go on to reach four straight NBA finals between 2010 and 2014 with the Heat, winning two in the process. But James returned to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the summer of 2014, Wade signed with the Bulls this summer, and Bosh likely will never play for the Heat agai ...
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Dwyane Wade Says He and LeBron James Were Interested in Joining Bulls in 2010
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