Dwyane Wade has looked every bit as vigorous as other veterans at his age have looked throughout the years, yet there is a sense that the Miami Heat icon has more years to give to the sport, despite announcing this will be his last season in the league prior to the start of his 2018-19.

Wade signed a one-year deal to retire with the Heat, fully knowing he'd like to go out his own way, not being forced out by the sport like many others playing late into their 30s and 40s have been:

“I know I can play a solid two more years, especially in this role that I’m in now,” Dwyane Wade told Shams Charania of The Athletic. “I can play another two, three years, definitely.

“People around me want me to keep playing. But I made the decision to say this was my last season and I wanted to walk away the way I’m walking away now and have no regrets about it.”

Plenty of longtime rivals have seen him deliver time and time again throughout this season and thus asked him to reconsider his retirement, while others have admired his decision to go out on his own terms.

Dwyane Wade has very much integrated himself to this new-look roster, hoping to play and have an impact, but also mentor his teammates as he waves one last goodbye to the NBA hardwood:

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“It has been a challenge at times to figure out when and how much to do and how much not to do. I want to be part of being the young guys’ go-to, and not getting in the way of that, but there’s moments where you feel you can bring a lot to the game. There’s games where I feel like I can do it like I used to. I’ve been trying to figure it out all year. Some games, I do well with it. Some games, I don’t. Some games, it might take me out of it because I’m trying to give them their way.

“I’m just enjoying passing what I can to the next generation.”

The former No. 5 overall pick of the illustrious 2003 NBA Draft has put up averages of 14.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game through his 16th season in the league, all while shooting a career high of 32.7 percent from deep in his swan song from the NBA.