.It hit me earlier today. FiveThirtyEight gives the Miami Heat less than a one percent chance of making the playoffs. Barring some improbable events, Dwyane Wade’s NBA career will end on Wednesday. And he leaves the Heat with a legacy that fans can only hope to see for a player.
Wade wasn’t supposed to be a franchise player, or one of the 30 best players to ever pick up a basketball. According to NBA trainer Tim Grover, Pat Riley called him the day of the 2003 NBA Draft and asked him if he would take Wade or Chris Kaman.