Dwyane Wade is back in Miami after a whirlwind week that saw much of his former team in Cleveland get shuffled throughout the league.
Wade spoke to ESPN on Monday and said he thinks Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman made the most of the situation, giving everyone involved a happy resolution at Thursday’s deadline.
Asked what went wrong, he said losing was the primary problem that made tensions high. But Wade said he didn’t want to blame anyone in particular, and he thinks Atlman did a “hell of a job” in retooling the Cavs.
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“I thanked him for putting me in a good position and also I told him he did one hell of a job. To bing the guys that he brought into the organization. And it’s not nothing negative against the guys that wasn’t there, but it just wasn’t working. It wasn’t fitting the way that a championship organization wants to see it fit. And they brought in some good pieces.”
Wade says he plans to stay in Miami until his career is over, though he doesn’t want to hang around and make it weird. That would certainly mean he’s happy with where he ended up. But he pointed out that other former Cavs jettisoned from Cleveland last week seem to be happy with the decision.
“They’re happy. I’m happy. Isaiah looks happy. You know? Jae Crowder went to a place where his father played. Like, guys are happy,” Wade said. “I don’t want to talk bad about the guys that were there like it’s their fault. No, it just didn’t work. And that’s OK. Everyone’s on to their respective places. And everyone’s happy.”
It seems like, for now at least, Wade is right. Players are happy, and the Cavs are likely in a better position than they were a week ago to reach the Finals. But as Wade noted, losing brings trouble. And not everyone can keep winning. Once the initial happy fades, the wins need to come.
