Dwyane Wade Talks About When He Knew LeBron James Was Leaving the Miami Heat

It was pretty easy for Dwyane Wade to realize that LeBron James wasn't coming back to Miami. D-Wade explains himself in recent interview.

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So, when did Dwyane Wade realize that LeBron James' time with the Miami Heat was coming to an end? In an interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Wade reveals that he knew when the two shared a flight last month from Las Vegas where LeBron held his basketball camp. James didn't tell him anything, but according to D-Wade, his body language said it all. 


“Yeah, I went to sleep knowing,” Wade said Friday before his annual Fantasy Basketball Camp at the Westin Diplomat Hotel. “He called me the next day. But I knew then. Obviously he still had to say the final yay or nay, but I knew. I could tell.”

But Wade isn't mad at LeBron for taking his talents out of South Beach, saying: 


“As his friend, I’m just supportive,” said Wade, who made no recruiting pitches to James. “As crazy as that might sound, I’m supportive of my friends doing what makes them happy. Obviously, same thing with him in this situation. You’ve gotta do what makes you happy -- selfishly do what makes you happy. The decision to go back home was that.”

[via For The Win]

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