Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski had reported teams would begin courting Wade with the “belief his contract impasse with Heat has him considering move”. One of the many teams he’s interested in is the Heat.
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Rondo will sign somewhere, of course, and with the money that is going around, there’s a good chance he gets a better contract than the one-year, $8 million deal he signed last year.
“I’ve played on eight teams since college – from Reno to Sioux Falls to Sichuan, China”, Whiteside said in his post.
It makes sense that Wade is looking to maximize his earnings, as he has taken under market value deals in recent seasons to help open up cap space for the Heat.
Hassan Whiteside of the Miami Heat is in his own class of free agency when compared to team mate, Dwayne Wade. “I’m not ready for their to be a ninth”.
The Herald’s Miami Heat Beat writer Manny Navarro said Wade doesn’t want to leave, but also doesn’t want to be underpaid. He proved that last season by averaging 19.6 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, 4.6 assists per game, and 1.1 steals per game in 74 games.
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Heat president Pat Riley had indicated just how important re-signing Whiteside was after the team lost to the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. Unfortunately, retaining Whiteside will be the hard part. While Wade has been wearing a Heat jersey all of his career, a recent report has mentioned that there is a possibility of him leaving Miami and joining another title contender instead. Then, around 4 a.m., Whiteside took to his Snapchat account to inform his followers “Free Agency decision coming soon on snap”. 7 blocks last season at an incredible PER of 25.69. “Great to have you back bro!” Similar to the roles Joel Anthony, Chris Andersen and Ronny Turiaf played on the Heat’s championship teams with LeBron James, Mozgov could do the same if the Heat were to acquire Durant.
