The Miami Heat had a good run. 4 Finals, 2 championships. Not a bad few years no?
Well as it turns out. Dwyane Wade resented the last year. In a Q&A with Bleacher Report, Dwyane Wade talks about his distaste for last season.
Why wasn’t it fun?
The outsized attention? The relentless pressure?
“I don’t know,” Wade said. “It’s hard to say, man, because you want it. We wanted it. So it’s hard to say that. You don’t know exactly what’s going to come with it, but we put ourselves in that position. But sometimes you can put too much on yourself, all of us, and it becomes a black cloud around. Last year wasn’t fun. I mean, there was no stretch of it fun. That whole season, to me, it’s amazing we made it to the Finals. It’s just honest. Just this year, coming in, I can see, even the coaches, there’s just a different renewed focus and energy. No one knows what it’s going to lead to. No one knows if that’s going to lead to a Finals win or Finals loss or not the Finals at all. But right now it’s good for everyone to come in every day and want to be here.“
You could see that it got less fun every year they progressed. Especially when they went for the three peat. Think of the two championship years as the honeymoon phase. LeBron said recently that he might have stayed if they got the three peat.
I disagree. I think he wouldn’t have come back to the Heat even if he won MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and his third ring. The reason why a four peat is so hard to get is because of the constant pressure. Why did you think Michael Jordan retired? Because he was mentally exhausted. He might say otherwise but I guarantee you that was a reason.
Dwyane Wade has a new slate and I think he plans to make the most of it. I think he is rebooting himself one last time. Maybe the Heat will be back with Wade at the helm. It seems like an outside chance now but with Pat Riley, Spoelstra, Bosh and the squad. Anything can happen.
