<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free agent Dwyane Wade and Miami are progressing in talks on a likely multi-year deal, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/616295857894244352">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Another one off the list for the Lakers? LOL Don't nobody wanna play with Kobe.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heat understood from the start they can't afford to let Wade walk. Would hurt their perception among the next wave of free agent stars.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/616296663930564608">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
While I agree with the general idea that people don't want to play with Kobe, I don't think that had anything to do with Wade. He was always re-signing.
Wade is probably looking to be in a winning situation, and the Lakers are in rebuild mode. That "nobody wants to play with Kobe argument" is not really valid at this point because he only has one year left on his contract. Saying no to the Lakers is saying no to joining a budding team with the likes of Julis Randle, D'Angelo Russel, Jordan Clarkson, and a tonne of cap in the future. That is fine if you're a veteran looking to be in a competitive team immediately, but for stars entering or in their prime, the Lakers are actually quite the ideal place to be.
Makes sense, I knew Wade's value in the open market wouldn't be anymore than what Miami would realistically offer him.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/DwyaneWade">@DwyaneWade</a> I knew we weren't finished!Let's get it!You are the best Teammate/Friend/Neighbor I could ever ask for <a href="http://t.co/vsQOHCRE1v">pic.twitter.com/vsQOHCRE1v</a></p>— Chris Bosh (@chrisbosh) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisbosh/status/616749677996806145">July 2, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
After "I knew we weren't finished" Bosh wanted to write "like with that other guy last year", but PR stopped him
