Dwyane Wade wants to ‘retire in Heat jersey’
Dwyane Wade would like the last jersey he wears in the NBA to be that of the team who drafted him in 2003, the Miami Heat.
Wade is now on his third team after signing a one-year deal with the Cavaliers and reuniting with LeBron James. Wade spent last season with Bulls, but he will forever be remembered as a member of the Heat. When it’s time to call it quits on his Hall of Fame career, that’s who he would like to retire with.
“Miami, the door’s always unlocked,” Wade told the Associated Press. “One day I want to retire in a Miami Heat jersey. I don’t know how that will happen, but I definitely want to make sure than when I decide to hang it up, that jersey is on. Whether it’s being back there or signing a one-day deal like Paul Pierce, I want to make sure that I go out the way I came in.”
Wade is the best player in Heat franchise history and is its all-time leader in nearly every meaningful statistical category. It seems a near certainty Wade would get his wish.
Many were surprised Wade became a free agent last year. There were reports of a frosty relationship between he and the organization. Gabrielle Union may have been shocked Wade joined the Bulls, but it should be a surprise to no one to see Wade in a Heat jersey one more time.
