HE HAS A LOT ON HIS PLATE.
ARE YOU THAT PASSENGER?
NOT YET.
MAYBE IN THE FUTURE.
MAYBE A TESLA BUT NOT THAT.
DWYANE WADE SAYS HE WANTS
ONE LAST DANCE WITH THE MIAMI
HEAT.
IT IS GREAT NEWS FOR HEAT
FANS SO HOW DID HE REACH THAT
DECISION AND HOW WILL THINGS
PLAY OUT THIS SEASON?
WE ARE JOINED BY NONE OTHER
THAN TIM MEADOWS OF THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
TIM HAS BEEN REALLY HAWKING THIS
STORY ALL SUMMER LONG.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HE WAS
COMING BACK BUT YOU SAID THIS
WAS REALLY NOT IF YOU PARDON THE
PUN A SLAM DUNK.
THIS WASN'T EVEN CLOSE TO A
SLAM DUNK.
THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS DWAYNE
WAS PLAYING OUT IN HIS MIND.
BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE WE KNOW
FAMILY MEANS SO MUCH TO DWYANE
WADE.
HE HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT
FATHERHOOD.
AND WHAT HE SAID IN THE VIDEO
THERE WAS ONE LINE THAT WAS
REALLY TELLING ABOUT AM I BEING
SELFISH.
THAT'S WHAT HE HAD TO FIGURE
OUT.
HIS WIFE GABRIELLE UNION VERY
BUSY WORKING ON THE WEST COAST A
LOT.
HIS SON VERY TO HIGHLY TOUTED
PLAYER GOING INTO HIS JUNIOR
YEAR.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS
BEING FAIR TO THEM.
IT'S HOT ABOUT MONEY LIKE WE
SAID LAST NIGHT AFTER IT -- IT'S
NOT ABOUT MONEY LIKE WE SAID
LAST NIGHT AFTER IT WAS DONE.
HE STILL WANTS TO PLAY AND HAVE
A BIG ROLE ON THIS TEAM.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE WAS
BEING FAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHO
LOVE HIM AND ARE WITH HIM
EVERYDAY.
WHAT STRUCK YOU ALSO ABOUT
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE WAY HE
DID IT?
THERE WAS A LOT ABOUT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
I KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DO A
VIDEO.
BUT JUST THE DRAMATICS OF IT.
AND WE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE
SCENES OF THAT VIDEO A LITTLE
BIT.
HE HAD SOMEONE TURN THE CAMERA
ON AND THEN HE ORDERED EVERYBODY
OUT OF THE ROOM.
THE ONLY PERSON IN THAT ROOM
WHEN HE'S TALKING IS DWYANE WADE
HE'S STANDING ALONE IN A ROOM,
MOST OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN
THIS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS
GOING TO SAY.
THIS THING WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN
TO YESTERDAY.
OR AT LEAST DOWN TO THIS
WEEKEND.
I CAN TELL YOU FOR CERTAIN
FRIDAY NIGHT HE WAS LEANING NO
BETTER THAN 50/50 AND HE SPENT A
LOT OF THE SUMMER LEANING
TOWARDS RETIREMENT.
BUT THIS WAS ABOUT AS RAW OF
DWYANE WADE AS I'VE EVER SEEN.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
FOR THOSE NINE AND A HALF
MINUTES HE SORT OF RAMBLED ON.
WE ALL KNOW DWAYNE CAN CLOSE, HE
CLOSED IT THE WAY HEAT FANS
WOULD WANT.
AND HE CAN STILL CLOSE IN A
BASKETBALL GAME AND THAT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR A HEAT
FAN.
YOU COULD MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT FOR HIM TO
PLAY FOR.
HE'S THE TEAM'S ALL TIME LEADER
IN POINTS AND ASSISTS AND STEALS
AND GAMES PLAYED, THREE NBA
CHAMPIONSHIPS SO WHAT IS THERE
LEFT FOR HIM TO PLAY FOR?
WHAT THERE'S LEFT TO PLAY FOR
IS THIS, THERE WERE HEAT FANS
WHO CAME OUT AND SAID I'VE BEEN
TO SOME GAMES AND IT'S GREAT FOR
ME TO GO I BOUGHT SEASON TICKETS
TODAY BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO
MISS THIS.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO GIVE HEAT
FANS THE SEND OFF THAT THAT THEY
WANT.
THEY WANT TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO
THEIR HERO.
HE NEVER WANTED THE VICTORY
TOUR, HE DIDN'T WANT WHAT KOBE
WENT THROUGH BECAUSE IT DRAINED
HIM.
HE WANTS TO SOAK IT ALL IN ONE
MORE TIME BUT ALSO GIVE HEAT
FANS THOSE 41 MORE MOMENTS PLUS
PLAYOFF HOME GAMES TOO.
SO 41 PLUS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A COUPLE
OF YEARS AGO YOU EVEN MORE
RECENTLY THAT HE DIDN'T WANT THE
WHOLE KOBE THING BECAUSE HE SAW
WHAT A DISTRACTION IT WAS.
BUT I AGREE THE FANS WANT THAT.
HE'S 36 MOST OF THE KEY GUYS ARE
EARLY TO MID-20s.
HOW IS HE GOING TO MESH WITH
THEM FOR A WHOLE SEASON IS THIS.
IT'S WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING.
HE'S MESHED WITH THEM FOR A LONG
TIME NOW.
AND THE CAPTAIN SEAT OF THE
MIAMI HEAT IS STILL A BIG DEAL.
BELIEVE ME HIS VOICE STILL
RESONATES IN THAT ROOM.
HE WANTS TO TEACH JOSH
RICHARDSON SOME MORE.
HE WANTS TO KEEP HELPING.
EVEN A BIG LIKE WHITESIDE,
WAITERS AS YOU'RE SEEING THERE,
TYLER JOHNSON THEY ALL LOVE THAT
KID.
HE STILL HAS LESSONS ABOUT WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE A GREAT PLAYER
TO MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM
BEING A GOOD PLAYER TO A GREAT
PLAYER BUT ALSO HE'S PLANTING
SEEDS.
THESE GUYS WILL BE PART OF THE
MIAMI HEAT FABRIC FOR A WHILE HE
WANTS TO SHOW HOW NICE IT IS
HERE WHEN YOU GO FROM A GOOD
TEAM TO A GREAT TEAM AND WHEN
YOU START CONTENDING FOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS HOW IT GETS TO BE
AN INCREDIBLE ATMOSPHERE IN THAT
BUILDING.
HE HAS A LOT OF LESSONS STILL TO
TEACH.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE A DWYANE
WADE STATUE?
I THINK THEY SHOULD SEE A
DWYANE WADE STATUE.
LISTEN AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A
PLAYER LITERALLY MORE SOLID THAN
UDONIS, HOW NICE WOULD IT BE TO
HAVE THOSE TWO GUYS JOINED AT
THE HIP FOR 16 AND A HALF OF THE
19 SEASONS.
IT SHOULD BE WHATEVER THEY WANT.
HIS LEGACY WILL BE UNMISTAKABLE
ON THIS FRANCHISE AND CITY AND.
THAT IS AN UNTOLD STORY THAT
THEIR FRIENDSHIP AND HOW
ENDURING IT'S BEEN.
D WADE FROM CHICAGO, MIAMI HAS
BECOME HIS HOME.
SO FOR THEM TO RIDE OUT INTO THE
SUNSET TOGETHER I THINK IS ONLY
FITTING.
TIM, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE
PERSPECTIVE AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO THE LAST DANCE D WADE AND THE
HEAT AND MAYBE IT WILL TAKE THEM
INTO THE PLAYOFFS.
LEBRON IS IN THE WEST NOW SO
MAYBE THEY CAN ACTUALLY GO