Even superstars like Dwyane Wade need to feel wanted. When it came time for the free agency period of 2010 to come around Wade had meetings scheduled with a number of teams including the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks and the New Jersey Nets. Although it was highly improbable that he was going to leave Miami Heat, the guard looks back and says he wanted Nets minority owner Jay Z at the meetings – much like he was at LeBron’s – but it never occurred.
As per Joesph Goodman of the Miami Herald :
“Dwyane Wade’s biggest takeaway from his 2010 free-agent meeting with the Nets : “Jay Z wasn’t there. He was there for LeBron.”