cause that muthafukka don't have it health wise to be starting lol....if he wants to extend his career, he's gonna have to come off the bench and give that spot up....if he takes a manu type role, coming off the bench against lesser talented comp, playing less mins, he can easily play another 3 years....also, him coming off the bench helps keep the team together....cause you can tell bron don't wanna have to carry the team the reg season so they can rest wade for the playoffs...yea, he likes the end result if they win the ship, but that shyt is taking a toll on him, and he don't want that...he wants to catch/pass mj, and the best way to do that is if he doesn't have to carry as much of the load the whole season...
people act like coming off the bench is a bad thing...its not....hell, it's that foolish pride why ai's career was cut short....
Man wade is not coming off the bench, now if you wanna talk about a paycut thats understandable, but he's not taking a 6th man role and Riley wont even consider it