Dwyane Wade will be in a Heat uniform next season.
The 36-year-old guard had been contemplating retirement this offseason. But, he announced Sunday in a Youtube video he was returning to Miami for “one last dance.”
One Last Dance. https://t.co/amr0xjgDun pic.twitter.com/flRbAK6X8m
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) September 17, 2018
“This is the hardest decisions that I’ve ever had to make,” Wade said in the video. “I’ve gotten here because I’ve done things because the way that I feel that is right for me, that is right for my family. And what I feel is right is to ask you guys to join me for one last dance, one last season.
“This is it. I’ve given this game everything that I have and I’m happy about that and I’m going to give it for one last season … when I walk away, I’m still going to love it.”
Wade said his decision to play in 2018-19 was “bigger than the game of basketball.”
“This decision don’t have nothing to do with the talent that I have in my body,” he added. “Yeah, I’m not as quick as I used to be. Yeah, I don’t jump as high as I used to … but there’s things in this game that I have that I can write a book on, that I can still do, that I can still accomplish.”
Wade spent the first 13 seasons of his career with the Heat, winning three championships. He played for the Bulls in 2016 and signed a one-year, $2.3 million contract with the Cavaliers last September.
Wade appeared in just 46 games for Cleveland before he was dealt back to the Heat in February. He averaged 12 points per game for Miami after the trade.
The Heat fell to the 76ers in the first round of the 2017-18 playoffs. Wade averaged 16.6 points per game in that series.
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