{"id":37964,"date":"2025-02-27T23:35:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T23:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=37964"},"modified":"2025-02-27T23:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T23:35:51","slug":"dwyane-wade-admits-what-offended-him-during-tenure-with-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=37964","title":{"rendered":"Dwyane Wade Admits What Offended Him During Tenure With Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article aria-label=\"Dwyane Wade Admits What Offended Him During Tenure With Heat\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/wp-content\/cache\/webp-cache\/0f1f5681c5d4a65409a5f32a91a55eac.webp\" alt=\"Dwyane Wade Admits What Offended Him During Tenure With Heat\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dwyane Wade spent 15 years with the Miami Heat and is considered an icon of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean he always saw eye-to-eye with the team.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there was one move from the front office that really upset Wade and he is being honest about it now years later.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wade, the team\u2019s decision to pay Hassan Whiteside before him while they pursued Kevin Durant rubbed him the wrong way.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey wanted to go after Kevin Durant. We had Hassan Whiteside, a player that came out of the G League, had a great year, and was up for $100 million. I\u2019m sitting here like, I want young fella to get his money\u2026 but y\u2019all about to pay him over me?Take care of me first. Then, let\u2019s take care of young fella. Because I\u2019ve shown it. I\u2019ve proven it. This is proven. And they didn\u2019t do it. They didn\u2019t get Kevin Durant, either,\u201d Wade said, per NBACentral.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dwyane Wade was offended when the Miami Heat chose to pay Hassan Whiteside before paying him<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wanted to go after Kevin Durant. We had Hassan Whiteside, a player that came out of the G League, had a great year, and was up for $100 million. I\u2019m sitting here like, I want young\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/zLdmOyIkxh<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dwyane Wade was offended when the Miami Heat chose to pay Hassan Whiteside before paying him<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey wanted to go after Kevin Durant. We had Hassan Whiteside, a player that came out of the G League, had a great year, and was up for $100 million. I\u2019m sitting here like, I want young\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLdmOyIkxh\">pic.twitter.com\/zLdmOyIkxh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1895128379072094453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<article aria-label=\"Dwyane Wade Admits What Offended Him During Tenure With Heat\">\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s not often that Wade publicly speaks about any qualms he had with the Heat so it\u2019s interesting to see him admit how his incident bothered him.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this move, Wade was the centerpiece of the Heat, which is why he felt he deserved to get paid before Whiteside did.<\/p>\n<p>But the team was attempting to do a few things at once: they wanted to keep Wade and Whiteside but also add more talent like Durant.<\/p>\n<p>That was a very tricky proposition, and it required a lot of moving pieces and big paydays.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the Heat felt they had earned Wade\u2019s loyalty, and that is why they paid Whiteside first.<\/p>\n<p>This was not a great moment for Wade, but it ultimately didn\u2019t hurt his relationship with the team because he ended up retiring with them, remains a fan favorite, and is still close with the organization.<\/p>\n<p>No NBA relationship is perfect, and this statement from Wade is proof of that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Dwyane Wade spent 15 years with the Miami Heat and is considered an icon of the franchise. 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