Dwyane Wade Traded to the Miami Heat

He's back: Luke Babbitt has been traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Okaro White! Rejoice, Heat Nation. Your prince has returned to Miami to pursue an NBA championship. Oh, and your king is comin' home, too. Yes, Dwyane Wade is once again a member of the Miami Heat. No shit...

By Ryan Yousefi

February 8, 2018

Photo by George Martinez

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He's back: Luke Babbitt has been traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Okaro White! Rejoice, Heat Nation. Your prince has returned to Miami to pursue an NBA championship.

Oh, and your king is comin' home too.

Yes, Dwyane Wade is once again a member of the Miami Heat. No shit. Serious. For reals, for reals.

In a stunning turn of events sure to get Heat fans' hearts pumping, the Heat traded a heavily protected second-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for the rights to, eh, yanno, JUST THE GREATEST ATHLETE IN SOUTH FLORIDA SPORTS HISTORY. Oh, and Wade comes at a fraction of the $20-million-plus contract he would've earned this season if he'd accepted Miami's offer two off-seasons ago.

Pat Riley. Still the GOAT of this NBA GM game.

Cleveland is trading Dwyane Wade to Miami, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 8, 2018

OK, now that we've all danced around and hugged one another, we can get back to reality: Dwyane Wade is a past-his-prime player who will serve limited roles for the Heat this season. Seriously, this is probably not a big deal.

LOL. NOPE. STILL FEELS GOOD. DANCE BREAK.

As you might have guessed, Twitter had a reaction to the news that DWYANE-FREAKING-WADE WAS TRADED TO THE MIAMI HEAT.

Welcome home! pic.twitter.com/xvOQkQgqXI
— Brendan Tobin (@Brendan_Tobin) February 8, 2018

Me getting my HEAT gear out the closet and believing in the Culture again pic.twitter.com/2cq9licgIO
— Eric Lauzin (@Lauzin) February 8, 2018

pic.twitter.com/aBdcLc8CVD
— Chris Joseph (@byChrisJoseph) February 8, 2018

Welcome home @DwyaneWade pic.twitter.com/LU6kSFZ17I
— Billy Corben (@BillyCorben) February 8, 2018

My reaction to @DwyaneWade coming home. pic.twitter.com/q06lEIZVOK
— Donovan Campbell (@donovanc7sports) February 8, 2018

Anyone have crazy glue? pic.twitter.com/dPEG4ypgEK
— Penelope (@ipeneIope) February 8, 2018

Welcome home @DwyaneWade . #WadeCounty pic.twitter.com/WsNezyYYDm
— Miami PD (@MiamiPD) February 8, 2018

We'll update you more once this is triple-confirmed to not be some sort of sick joke. If it is, we're definitely canceling our Twitter subscription.

(UPDATE: IT'S A TRUE THING. HE'S BACK.)

Whose house? Welcome home, Dwyane.

pic.twitter.com/dEY8129Xzp
— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) February 8, 2018

And welcome back, Gabrielle!

305 HOME!!!! Let's goooooooo HEAT!!!! Can't. Wait.
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) February 8, 2018

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Ryan Yousefi, a sports journalist and MBA holder in business healthcare management, has been a dedicated weekly contributor to the Miami New Times since 2013. Beyond his sports journalism career, he's held leadership roles in web3 gaming companies. He enjoys southeast Asia travel, pho, and whiskey, but most of all, being Lincoln's dad.

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