MIAMI — So, how many teammates? How many players have shared the same Miami Heat colors during the 11 regular seasons, 10 postseasons and five NBA Finals that Dwyane Wade has represented the franchise, earning the right to hashtag himself #HeatLifer? As he's played 871 regular-season and postseason games, scored 20,962 regular-season and postseason points, made 10 All-Star appearances, won three championships and earned the ultimate local tribute, with "Wade County" bumper stickers visible well beyond Dade's borders?
Wade scrolled through the deep, dark recesses of his memory, where the likes of Kirk Penney and Jerome Beasley, as well as Loren and Qyntel Woods, may still reside.
"I'll say..." Wade began. "I'll say...seventy-three!"
Ninety-one, actually.
So, naturally, he can name them all.
"No, man," he said, laughing.
Soon, that number will hit an even 100, since there will be eight or nine new teammates on the opening night roster, an Oct. 29 date with the Washington Wizards. It's a testament to his longevity, as well as that of Udonis Haslem, the one teammate who has been at his ...
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