If the Chicago Bulls go ahead and buy out Dwyane Wade‘s contract to push ahead with a franchise reboot, there’s a lot of talk that Wade ends up with old friend LeBron James in Cleveland.
That talk escalated a bit on Tuesday when a Cavaliers reporter said on a podcast there are people close to the two who are “fairly confident” Wade could end up with the Cavaliers if a buyout comes. Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com said on the Wine & Gold podcast that he’s heard people think a deal with the Cavs happens should the Bulls look to buy the veteran out.
As of right now, people close to James are fairly confident that, at some point this year, Dwyane Wade is going to end up on the Cavs.
That doesn’t necessarily mean a buyout is coming, and there’s good reason for the Bulls to want to hang on to Wade for a bit longer rather than cut the cord before the season starts. But it’s interesting to note that Vardon mentions sources earlier in the podcast and who to trust. There’s been plenty of talk about who is saying what and who to believe in Cleveland this summer, with reports of James and Kyrie Irving meeting, or not meeting, or wanting to fight one another.
As NBC Sports notes, Vardon says there are only five people you should believe if a source is labeled as “close” to LeBron: LeBron himself, his wife Savanah, Rich Paul, Maverick Carter and Adam Mendelsohn. If he’s that serious about sourcing, then it sounds like we should take his sources about Wade’s destination seriously.
Then again, Wade’s children are already back in school in Miami. So not everything is exactly adding up this offseason. Maybe it’s best not to read the tea leaves unless you know for sure what’s going to happen.
