Dwyane Wade on Why He Chose Ownership in the Utah Jazz Over the Miami Heat Offer | Le Batard Show
The Memoir is out today photographic Memoir he picked himself the 200 photos it’s called Dwayne and it goes on sale today can you tell us because I don’t know that uh you’ve spoken about this publicly or not Mickey arrison said you were offered a portion of the Miami Heat
That he was disappointed that you weren’t someone who Cho chose the ownership of the Miami Heat how did you make that choice to go to Utah with ownership instead of here in Miami yeah uh you know obviously whenever you’re making a a decision whether it’s business and it has some personal um
Ties to it it’s going to be a tough emotional decision um but for me I’ve I’ve always tried just like Mickey and just like you know their family you know you try to make your business decisions um based on uh you know what’s best for you business wise and the personal side
Of me yeah I love Miami the personal side of me I’m connected to it my heart is there forever the business side of me um you know my relationship with Ryan Smith and you know my opportunity and my growth here on this side on this side of
The world was just it was different and it’s something I wanted to do I I kind of wanted to then I wanted my 16e career and everything that happened in Miami um I kind of wanted to leave it as it is you know I didn’t want to to to bring
Any more you know any more hardship to it or any more this or any more expectations I signed the contract I did my obligations I retired and now I’m in my business Life as a businessman and I’m going to make the decisions um and the decisions is going to be personally
For me and this was the best decision personally for me why was that the best business decision or was it just a personal decision like were the were the finances better or was there something else involved or or or to to be able you know the one thing
Is too man it’s like this is a long journey out here and for me and like I said my relationship with Ryan and you know we’ve we built some over the years of you know I really wanted to uh to get into the tech space and you know we
Started a relationship years ago and you know to be able to grow with Ryan’s 42 man you know other owner Ryan is 41 other owner Mike is 41 and so for me and and guys that I’ve already been talking about business with already doing business with this is just another part
Of the portfolio um I’ve never did business with the Miami Heat I’ve only been a player and so sometimes you know as a player um you know it’s so many different things and so many emotions you go to so for me I want to clear
Those out and I want to be able to focus on the next phase of My Life as a businessman and not anything from being a player over to the side but you’re a conqueror and your wife’s a bit of a conqueror and I imagine as a power
Couple that you don’t want a small percentage of a team for now like you’re also thinking recruit me is this a recruitment I just I feel I feel like you I feel like the way LeBron is buying things up that that Dwayne doesn’t want to be a minority partner that eventually
Dwayne wants like I figure you guys want to own teams well I mean we’ll get to that one day you right now LeBron’s still playing basketball d a wa into his thirdy year retirement um like I said this was the best stuff for me at this point um you
Know you always want to grow of course just like Ryan Smith want to own a team of course Dwayne way would love to own a team I need a lot more money to do that um and so I got to go off and build my
Wealth um so you know that’s what I’m on this side doing Dwayne I have to ask you this because Dan and I have been doing the show for 20 years we love you I’m telling you Dan respects the house you but I need to ask you how much of a part
Did Dan play in running you out of town oh my God come on come on God no oh give perent Dwayne don’t do that to me in Miami Dwayne do not do that to me in Miami God no not at all man you know when you you know when
You’re a player though you are a little sensitive to certain things people say you know and now that I’m on this side and I’m on the TV too I I don’t Dan Dan is Great Dan has been actually pretty pretty good to me
So um I’m I’m okay with it man I I I didn’t leave Miami because of Dan Dan ain’t got that much power just a little though again check out the Memoir photographic Memoir he has always had an eye for the artistic uh thank you Dwayne
I think and I hope that you know how much we have admired you and uh somehow and I say this sincerely I really do you have somehow been uh as a as a man in teaching us things that need to be taught during this time from Trayvon
Martin to your own household you have been every bit the man that you have been as a basketball player which is a startling thing to say given the basketball player you were so thank you for making the time for us as always yeah I appreciate it and to all my Miami
Fans out there I’ll see you guys on November 18th I’ll be there see you guys soon thank you d
Dwyane Wade joined The Dan Le Batard Show in 2021 and discussed the recent news of him joining the Utah Jazz ownership group with Ryan Smith. Dan asked why he chose that over Micky Arison’s offer for an ownership stake in the Miami Heat.
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Cause he knows nobody wants him in Miami he ain't welcomed here anymore
Florida is anti LGBT.
Wade very political here
Obviously Miami offered him a bad deal where he was irrelevant minor owner instead of a relevant one like in Utah
Goddamn Arison family, always trying to keep as much money for themselves. DWade would've made things better for all the fans and people of Miami.
Lifelong Jazz fan. It's been a few years with him coming on board with the team. I've seen him courtside a few times and I watch every game. I'm still trying to find out what he does for the franchise. Is it strictly just an investment move or does he have any say in any of the operations at all?
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