7:59pm: The Heat have offered Wade the $2.4MM veteran’s minimum and Wade plans to accept it, Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald reports.
7:07pm: Veteran guard Dwyane Wade has decided to return for one final season with the Heat. The 36-year-old announced and explained his decision through a video he released on Twitter.
Wade cites a desire to spend more time with his family as one of the driving forces behind the decision.
After starting his career with 13th consecutive seasons in Miami, Wade spent the 2016/17 campaign with his hometown Bulls, followed by a partial season with the Cavaliers and eventually a late season return to the Heat in 2017/18.
Wade averaged 12.0 points in 22.2 minutes per game after returning to the Heat last season and raised those to 16.6 and 25.4, respectively, in Miami’s five 2018 playoff games.
At this point, there’s still no indication what Wade’s final contract with the club will look like although it’s likely to fall within the $2.4MM veteran’s minimum and the $5.3MM taxpayer MLE.
In either scenario, the acquisition will have substantial luxury tax implications.
The third greatest SG of all time behind Jordan and Kobe
I was hoping for 2 more, but I get it. Let’s do this though. We good to go.
He’s a great player, but let’s not get carried away here.
FINALLY
This dude’s killer instinct was insane.
D Wade will always be a favorite of mine, but please don’t pull that I want to spend more time with my family bit. 99.9% of players who say that are actually retiring because there body is just not letting them be who they used to be anymore.
It’s all mental. Wade isn’t as gassed as Kobe was that last game where he dropped 60.
celtics w/have won 2011 had dwade not snapped rondo’s elbow
Great he will bi back. Though Miami hasn’t covered themselves with glory after all the paycuts he has taken for the team & they reward him with a vets min.
D Wade on my all time list simply because he helped my favorite point guard of all time, Gary Payton, get a ring.