The Cleveland Cavaliers are blowing it all up.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Cavaliers have traded guard Dwyane Wade to the Miami Heat, part of a cavalcade of trades overhauling half the team’s roster.
Cleveland is trading Dwyane Wade to Miami, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 8, 2018
Miami will send a heavily protected second-round pick to Cleveland for Wade, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 8, 2018
There are a lot of levels to this. First, Wade and LeBron James are notoriously close. Wade is also a Miami Heat lifer, and according to Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst, this move has been in the offing for quite a while, especially with Cleveland remaking their roster on Thursday.
As Cleveland remade its roster with young, athletic wing players, organization gave him a chance to return home to Miami and worked out a deal to send him back to the Heat, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 8, 2018
The Cavs coaching staff was considering reducing Dwyane Wade's playing time and he's been agitating for a return "home" to Miami in the future, sources said. Both fixed.
— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) February 8, 2018
In the end, it works out for everyone. It’s safe to say that the Wade move didn’t work out for Cleveland, and in retrospect, it always looked doomed to fail. Now he gets to go home to Miami while the Cavaliers remake their underperforming roster.
