As the end of August approaches and training camp continues to loom closer, the Miami Heat is still waiting on Dwyane Wade’s decision on whether he’ll return for a 16th NBA season or opt to retire.
Heat president Pat Riley, in attendance at a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for the Miami HEAT Sports Medicine Center at Miami Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Institute in Coral Gables, said the team’s hope for the 12-time All-Star remains the same.
“We want him back,” Riley said.
It’s just a matter of when Wade makes his decision. Riley, who just returned from a vacation on Italy’s Amalfi Coast with Heat owner Micky Arison, said he has been in communication with Wade’s agent Leon Rose.