Do you believe Dwayne Wade’s comments?
Wade spoke with the media on Saturday morning about how his contract negotiations with the Miami Heat went down and his feelings toward Pat Riley.
“There’s going to be a lot of stuff that’s said about me and Pat. First and foremost, I love Pat Riley. He’s been someone who has been a figurehead in my life since I got drafted here at 21. But at the same time, he has a job to do. He has a different hat to wear. That hat sometimes is not to be my best friend. That hat is to be the president of the organization, and to be a businessman. And it sucks. Because you love somebody so well, you guys love each other, but the business side comes out. You know?”
“I know I heard a lot of stuff back and forth. I’m never bashing Pat Riley. I’m never bashing the Miami Heat organization. I’m never saying nothing negative about them, out of my mouth, about them. Does the way that the process goes down, are you angry? Yes. Do you feel a certain way about stuff? Yes. I feel that way about my parents. But I love them to death. And my kids feel the same way about me when I got to punish them and I don’t do what they want me to do. But they love me to death. And that’s the way I feel about this organization. Like I said, the business side just comes into play sometimes, and it’s an ugly, ugly side. But at the end of the day, there’s nothing but love from me.”
Today’s generation of the NBA doesn’t have much loyalty unless you’re Kobe or Tim Duncan so the best thing Wade can do is move on and focus on playing with his hometown Bulls.
