A recent encounter between Dwyane Wade and Miami Heat president Pat Riley may have served as a precursor to the trade that allowed the sides to reunite Thursday.
According to the Associated Press' Tim Reynolds, Wade and Riley hugged and made amends last month at the funeral service for Wade's former agent, Henry Thomas.
"The hug that we embraced was real and it was all we needed," Wade said, per Reynolds. "That's it. That's all we both needed. I walked away and I felt better about everything, without even getting into anything.