For those of you who read the article, you know that Peter was surprised by Wade's candid answers, and the completeness and direct way with which he handled the interview. Wade went on to tell Peter that he and LeBron had conspired back in 06 to keep their options open, for the possibility of perhaps playing on the same team one day.
Dwayne Wade wrote:"Before we agreed to terms, LeBron and I had a couple conversations," Wade said. "I can't recall exactly what we said, but the gist of it was we wanted to give ourselves the flexibility and the option to play together.
"A lot of times in this league, players usually wind up going where they can get the most money. We're both blessed within that area. We've made a lot of money. So we wanted to base our decision on two things, the organization and the ability to win a title. And that's what we'll do. When the season is over, we plan to sit down and talk about it.
"I'm not saying it will happen. But I'm intrigued by the idea.
"I probably couldn't have handled playing with someone like LeBron earlier in my career, but I'm older now. You're talking about two big egos and meshing them. That'd take a lot of sacrifice on LeBron's part and it'd take a lot of sacrifice on my part to succeed. But we would succeed because we know winning takes care of everything."
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As Peter finished up his story, he noted that Dwayne Wade had all but ruled out coming to Cleveland, although Wade never mentioned anything about Cleveland (or Miami for that matter). How Peter came to his conclusion is anybody's guess, but I thought that it would be a good topic to discuss with other fans (of the Cavaliers), once they had seen what Dwayne had said.
So, now that you know what Wade has said, and you know where we are as a team, and where the other clubs are as franchises, what do you think the chances are of LeBron James bringing Wade here? Note that Wade said that he couldn't play with other stars; but with LeBron it was different. To me it almost sounds as if they will both either play in Miami or here in Cleveland. Wade also said that the Organization had a lot to do with the decision.
Should we assume that they will definitely be playing together, or is this perhaps another mis-direction; a hatched plan that they both came up with to keep everyone guessing what they would do? Remember, LeBron already said he wouldn't answer any more questions regarding his free-agency.
