Miami Heat: The Dwyane Wade Question
By Sequoia Sims
The Miami Heat To Be, Or Not To Be; That Is The Question: The saga and drama continues
Will Dwyane Wade re-sign with the Miami Heat? Or won’t he? Does Wade feel disrespected or slighted about not being more of a priority in free agency?
Does Wade have a legitimate case for wanting to be the highest-paid player on his team for the first time in his 13-year NBA career? At a reported two-year, 50 plus million contract, with an additional year potentially attach to the backend of the contract as partially guaranteed year?
There’s a lot of question marks here and rightfully so. However, it’s not all bad for the Heat because as of right now you wouldn’t really know that Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors or what will OKC do about point guard Russell Westbrook, will he sign an extension or will he be traded?
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No, now you’re talking about the Miami Heat and Dwyane Wade, and I bet that’s just how they like it. See, owner Jerry Jones of the Dallas CowBoys said, “it best, bad publicity is good publicity; no publicity is bad for business.
The Miami Heat, in the end, will come out of this looking better than some people may think, same situations as last year, in the end, both sides came to a medium ground and resolution.
Believe it or not, both sides have some level of leverage. In Wade’s case, he’s the aging gracefully superstar as of last season, “Mr. Father Prime” reinvented himself and averaged 19.0 points, 4.6 assists and 4.1 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 47 percent from the field.
But most importantly his ability to not only stay healthy but also thrive in 88 games was by far the biggest surprise of the season.
Can’t fault Wade for using his still star power and coming off one of his best seasons to his advantage.
At the same time, the Miami Heat organization, president Pat Riley and owner Micky Arison, have been loyal to Wade and supported Wade throughout his career as he battled through injuries the last few years.
In fact, Wade’s only played an average 58.5 games over the last four regular seasons. The Miami Heat still paid Wade 70 million over that span, Via Spotrac.com ,and only received just over 50% of availability from Wade.
“Two Sides To Every Coin”
In closing, regarding Wade and the Miami Heat franchise, the overall consensus has been he’ll re-sign back with the Heat.
No matter how Miami or Wade play this out, or how long this drags out, in the end, it will get resolved for the betterment of both parties.
Miami's getting its final sit-down with free agent Dwyane Wade, league sources tell @TheVertical: Meeting set with owner Micky Arison today.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 6, 2016
Families have their difference but in the end, they make it work.