Dwyane Wade has agreed to a new long-term contract with the Miami Heat

[Spectrum]

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/mia...ane-wade-agrees-long-term-contract-miami-heat

Dwyane Wade has agreed to a new long-term contract with the Miami Heat and is expected to finalize it as early as Tuesday, sources told ESPN.com.


With the Heat's recent moves, including getting commitments from Chris Bosh, Luol Deng and Chris Andersen and signing Josh McRoberts, Mario Chalmers and Danny Granger, the Heat have positioned themselves to give Wade a contract that starts at about $15 million per season. Wade is expected to sign for up to four years.

Wade played just 54 regular-season games in 2013-14 as he dealt with various knee injuries and the Heat often held him out to rest him. He averaged 19 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game on a career-high 55 percent shooting. He averaged 17.8 points per game during the playoffs.

He is taking roughly a $5 million pay cut from the two years and $42 million he opted out of to become a free agent last month. He will make it up by getting more long-term money.

His pay cut, the second time in his career he's taken less to help the Heat, helped free up money to give Bosh a full five-year, $118 million max contract and Deng a two-year, $20 million deal.

 

[Flawless]

they are paying him too much

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I think hes worth 15 a year.

 

[alexw]

these mofos are going to suck

they overpaid bosh by 30 mil

and now they just overpaid this broken down dude

 

[Flawless]

I think hes worth 15 a year.

still too much, I bet he is going to be injured most of the season and still wont perform well

 

[Djmarkxr7]

these mofos are going to suck

they overpaid bosh by 30 mil

and now they just overpaid this broken down dude

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

these mofos are going to suck

they overpaid bosh by 30 mil

and now they just overpaid this broken down dude

You cant pay enough to cover up the fact they lost the goat.

 

[Mr. Met]

A 'thanks for the memories' contract.

Makes sense given what he's done for the franchise.

 

[Coldchi]

dont expect either one of them to ever opt out again....
they gonna opt in for every penny when that time comes...

 

[BDR]

Good he got a chip for the franchise before anyone

Now what he need to do when he sign is go right to Germany for that Kobe treatment, come back and dominate for 1-2 yrs

 

[alexw]

A 'thanks for the memories' contract.

look how that is killing the lakers tho

kobe is making 20+ mil this year

 

[spider705]

I'm sorry but this is still Greek to me.

Why couldn't they have offered this contract first then hit Bosh off at 18m a year. That's 30m right there..... Give Bron 20-25m and u still left with roughly 20m to play with before going into the luxury tax......

It's like they didn't try until Bron left

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[Winslow Wong]

$22M IS STILL MORE THAN $15M

Opting out cost him alot of money and I know people are going to say he got a longer contract but $44m for 2 years and then his next contract fr 2 years is 12M - he still would be up -

Pockets First

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

look how that is killing the lakers tho

kobe is making 20+ mil this year

Kobe is making a little more than 20. Hes no lebron, he knows hes worth much more.

 

[LSN]

$22M IS STILL LESS THAT $15M

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I'm sorry but this is still Greek to me.

Why couldn't they have offered this contract first then hit Bosh off at 18m a year. That's 30m right there..... Give Bron 20-25m and u still left with roughly 20m to play with before going into the luxury tax......

It's like they didn't try until Bron left

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They knew bron was leaving. Bron knew he Was leaving a year or two ago

 

[Give Me 3ft.]

Wade said im staying home too!

'My house'.

Jab!

 

[therealjondoe]

Wrong.
Its a 2 year deal giving the Heat big money for 2016

 

[BDR]

Wrong.
Its a 2 year deal giving the Heat big money for 2016

17 mill a season

So he only took a cut of 4 mill...



Let the hate begin

 

[Mr. Met]

look how that is killing the lakers tho

kobe is making 20+ mil this year

I know.

But D-Wade got and ego and you can make a case he did more for a lame franchise like Miami than Tobe did for the more established Lakers.

Ewing did the same thing back in 97 with that 4 year 64 million dollar contract.

Basketball wise he was on the downside but business wise it works for both parties as far as legacy and future earnings down the line.

But yeah, Miami 'fans' come look forward to this on the regular in the future...lol.

 

[Skinnie Talls]

Wade & Bosh have been in cruise control for the past 4 years & haven't been allowed to be themselves. They're about to be a force this year. No distractions from the magnified media of the "Lebron show".

They will be alright.

 

[Give Me 3ft.]

17 mill a season

So he only took a cut of 4 mill...



Let the hate begin

You say 'only 4 mill'!

Do you have 1 mill?

Fuck you talking about?

 

[1900KiLLa]

they are paying him too much

wayyy too much.. he deserves 7 if that nigga missed 28 games to stay "fresh" so you know he'll miss at LEAST 30 this year.. So the heat are paying for him to MAYBE turnup in the playoffs #Losing

 

[Spectrum]

$22M IS STILL LESS THAT $15M

Opting out cost him alot of money and I know people are going to say he got a longer contract but $44m for 2 years and then his next contract fr 2 years is 12M - he still would be up -

Pockets First

It's not 15 a year though. It STARTS at 15 and escalates annually. 2 years from now, it might be possible that Wade wouldn't even get another 2 year contract. He missed almost 40 percent of the regular season games. I seriously doubt his knees will get "better". He'll definitely make more money with this contract and the Heat will take care of him even more post-retirement.

 

[BDR]

You say 'only 4 mill'!

Do you have 1 mill?

Fuck you talking about?

Don't worry bout my finances clown make sure your bread is good cause I know mine is good

Now comparing other players melo took a 1 mill more pay cut than wade

 

[Spectrum]

All BS aside, Wade missed a lot of games to rest him for the playoffs and he played like shit in the FINALS, but he also shot 55 percent during the regular season. I bet he comes back for the season IN SHAPE to prove a point that he's not finished. He's still going to be good for 20 points and 6 assists per game. He's not done YET.

 

[spider705]

They knew bron was leaving. Bron knew he Was leaving a year or two ago

Bullshit....No way they knew he was leaving.

The success they had in Miami was enough to warrant a serious look at staying, especially when u know that there's plenty of role players available who'd kill to play with LeBron in the weak east and win a chip.

Morey FUCKED up and I've said that more than once, but to me this shows a lack of preparation on the part of the Heat management to keep the best player on the planet.

This team had DYNASTY written all over it and they had no plan in place until their hand was forced to create one or sink to the bottom of the NBA.

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[largebillsonlyplease]

good for him

 

[BDR]

All BS aside, Wade missed a lot of games to rest him for the playoffs and he played like shit in the FINALS, but he also shot 55 percent during the regular season. I bet he comes back for the season IN SHAPE to prove a point that he's not finished. He's still going to be good for 20 points and 6 assists per game. He's not done YET.

Well he played great in the playoffs up until the finals

Guess it came full circle

Bron played like shit in the finals against Dallas and now wade played like shit against the spurs lol they even

 

[Spectrum]

Bullshit....No way they knew he was leaving.

Lebron didn't know he was leaving until after they got served by the Spurs. An asswhooping like that will make you question a lot of things.

 

[HeathCliff]

Good for him.

 

[largebillsonlyplease]

Lebron didn't know he was leaving until after they got served by the Spurs. An asswhooping like that will make you question a lot of things.

Yup that's bs. he ain't know he was leaving until he knew that riley and them weren't going to do what it takes to REALLY compete.

now they're putting a "cool" team together with the players that they should've signed before lebron decided to go...

but didn't

and blamed bron for them not signing with the heat..

bs.

 

[Flawless]

Lebron didn't know he was leaving until after they got served by the Spurs. An asswhooping like that will make you question a lot of things.

Ginobli was the only reason the Heat won last year. The heat defense and offense suck against any good team

 

[HeathCliff]

All BS aside, Wade missed a lot of games to rest him for the playoffs and he played like shit in the FINALS, but he also shot 55 percent during the regular season. I bet he comes back for the season IN SHAPE to prove a point that he's not finished. He's still going to be good for 20 points and 6 assists per game. He's not done YET.

That fuckin Tim Grover man

 

[therealjondoe]

I know.

But D-Wade got and ego and you can make a case he did more for a lame franchise like Miami than Tobe did for the more established Lakers.

Ewing did the same thing back in 97 with that 4 year 64 million dollar contract.

Basketball wise he was on the downside but business wise it works for both parties as far as legacy and future earnings down the line.

But yeah, Miami 'fans' come look forward to this on the regular in the future...lol.

The New York knicks are the definition of lame