Dwyane Wade wants to win another championship, and that could entail bouncing on the Miami Heat at the end of this season when he can exercise and opt out clause.
The Miami Herald is reporting that Wade is open to and considering leaving the Miami HEAT.
Though Wade prefers to stay with the Heat, where he has spent his entire 12-year career, he is now open to leaving if the Heat does not raise its offer, according to two sources with direct knowledge.
Wade smartly had the option put in that would allow him to forgo the $16.1 million he’s owed next season and opt out in a few weeks.
Wade said last summer that he was curious to see what he could command in the summer of 2016, when the cap is expected to skyrocket from $67 million to $89 million. That led to the belief that Wade would opt-in this summer.
But according to associates, there’s sentiment in the Wade camp for Wade to opt out this summer, with the hope that the Heat would give him a lucrative three-year deal that would extend past his 36th birthday.
Wade is coming off a season where he averaged 21.5 points and 4.8 assists on 47-percent shooting.