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“I didn’t sign in Cleveland for 82 games in the regular season. I signed with them so I could be there in the playoffs to be there for the winning or the success and trying to take down one of the greatest teams of all time,” Wade said Sunday.
“I wanted to be a part of that. I thought the team we had, we went through rough stretches, but for the players we had, I thought we had guys that would have been big in the playoff moments. But things happened the way they happened for everyone. Jae Crowder got the best out of it with Utah. Isaiah [Thomas] went to L.A. and had fun, got his confidence back. I came to Miami. So everything great happened for the guys that left. But the reason I was there? I was there for that moment. So, I definitely thought I could have made a difference. But hey.”
Wade said seeing the Cavaliers and James struggle without him wasn’t hard on him at all.
“I mean they traded me. I got traded. It didn’t make it hard at all,” said Wade, who was reacquired by the Heat for a heavily protected future second round pick. “I mean [LeBron is] my guy. He’s one of my best friends in this game of basketball. I knew he was up against a tough task no matter who was on his team. You’re playing against some amazing talent over there in Golden State and those guys it seems like from afar they get it.
“I didn’t sign in Cleveland for 82 games in the regular season. I signed with them so I could be there in the playoffs to be there for the winning or the success and trying to take down one of the greatest teams of all time,” Wade said Sunday.
“I wanted to be a part of that. I thought the team we had, we went through rough stretches, but for the players we had, I thought we had guys that would have been big in the playoff moments. But things happened the way they happened for everyone. Jae Crowder got the best out of it with Utah. Isaiah [Thomas] went to L.A. and had fun, got his confidence back. I came to Miami. So everything great happened for the guys that left. But the reason I was there? I was there for that moment. So, I definitely thought I could have made a difference. But hey.”
Wade said seeing the Cavaliers and James struggle without him wasn’t hard on him at all.
“I mean they traded me. I got traded. It didn’t make it hard at all,” said Wade, who was reacquired by the Heat for a heavily protected future second round pick. “I mean [LeBron is] my guy. He’s one of my best friends in this game of basketball. I knew he was up against a tough task no matter who was on his team. You’re playing against some amazing talent over there in Golden State and those guys it seems like from afar they get it.
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