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When Dwyane Wade was traded back to the Miami Heat, he understood that he wasn't going to be the star of the team anymore, and he isn't the same player who led the team to NBA titles. However, he was ready to be home and take on any role that was asked to help the team win games.
If he was asked to start, he would start. If he was asked to be the sixth man, he would do that. And above all, he wanted to be a veteran leader for the team.
He recently sat down with USA Today to talk about his new role with the Heat, and how he has embraced it.
Article Continues Below“I started embracing it when I was at the previous team, because I'm a winner,” Wade said. “I'm always about doing whatever I can to help whatever team I'm on be in its best position. I've done that my whole life. It's not just now. I've done it in the Olympics, I've done it all over the place. It takes nothing away from who I am or what I've accomplished.”
“I want to be my best self,” Wade said. “If I'm on the bench to start games, if I'm on the bench to end games, as long as we're winning. That's all I care about.”
Wade has always been a team-first guy but in his younger years, stats were important to him, but as he gets older, he really just wanted to enjoy the end of his career.
Wade and the Heat are in a good position to make the playoffs. They are currently sitting in the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference, but they are four games ahead of the Detroit Pistons who are in ninth place.
With Wade's leadership back on the bench, maybe they have a magical run left in them.
