Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 9:00 am  |  78 responses

Wade Says No to Knicks Well Before 2010

by Marcel Mutoni

The New York Knickerbockers’ epic summer of shopping, beginning on July 1, 2010, isn’t off to the most promising of starts. Dwyane Wade, one of the highly-prized free agents next year, has made it clear that he has no interest whatsoever in joining Gotham’s hoops team.

Wade, who’s in the New York area to shoot a movie, also expressed his desire to stay in Miami for a long time (regardless of his real estate dealings).

The NY Post and NY Times have the quotes:

“Not in my mind,” Wade said yesterday when asked if the Knicks and Nets had a shot at his services. “I’m not thinking about the Knicks or the Nets. Only when we play them.”

“I want to be in Miami, and I hope everything works out that way,” Wade said Thursday. “I want to be one of those players that stays with one franchise for his entire career…Next year will be a big year for myself and for the team, but the plan has always been to stay with the Heat, and that’s still the plan,” he said. “I think everything will work out.”’

This, of course, makes all the sense in the world. Miami can offer Wade the most money out of all the teams in the L, and their future looks a hell of a lot brighter than the mess they’ve created in New York.

I’d be surprised to learn that other big-time free agents aren’t thinking along the same lines as Wade.

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  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com/ Moose

    LeBron is thinking along the same lines, he’s just holding it in. That’s my prediction. We’ll see if I’m right later.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    LeBron has a better shot at playing for the Knicks than D Wade. His hometown ain’t MJ-land.

  • http://www.manutd.com Z

    Plattsburgh is like a suburb of Montreal.

  • http://slamonline.com Russ Bengtson

    I don’t believe anything an athlete/coach/agent/owner says about future plans.

  • vmcb

    I don’t know why New York is referred to as Gotham, since Batman’s Gotham borrows more from Chicago than New York. Unless there’s some other meaning here that I’m missing.

  • http://slamonline BossTerry

    I hope he stays with Miami… Knicks seem to try to cut corners while in rebuilding phase.. I want to root for them, just dont have much to cheer for.. I understand the media and fans are impatient and want a good team yesterday, but every team goes through growing pains..

  • LA Huey

    I don’t see much of a reason for Wade to leave South Beach for NYC. I guess he’d make more potentially in endorsements but basketball-wise, Miami looks better than NYC. Plus, the Heat can pay more, better weather, no income taxes in Florida, ….and the womenz.

    vmcb: Yeah, I thought it was especially clear in Dark Knight that Gotham is Chi-town.

  • http://www.shoenut.blogspot.com ShoeNut

    He might change his mind when the Heat don’t even make the playoffs next year. The Heat really need to get a big man playing with him. There is no way he can win a championship by himself. If he only cares about money, then who cares, but if he wants another ring, he might want to consider another team.

  • http://sevendeu2u.wordpress.com/ Seven deuce

    HAHAHA knicks, how the might have fallen.

  • Harlem

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Harlem

    YYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ern

    i understand what you saying ShoeNut but if D-wade wants a another team to win a chip it sure as hell isnt da KNICkeRbOcKErS

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    @ Huey: Gotham is actually New York City. The movie Dark Knight was shot in Chicago, though.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/officerbarbrady what

    Well the Eagles said no to Vick well before they signed him too…

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Blinguo

    So wayno change your name to WadeNo(in 2010).

  • http://joeloholic.wordpress.com Joel O’s

    I don’t see how New York’s team is a mess, though. Sure, they lack star power, but this team has a lot more to believe in and play for than the Knicks of a season or two ago.

  • http://www.lkz.ch Darksaber

    Ha! loved the comments here. especially the hotness discussion. And Juk’s (nearly) the nail on the head with his first answer. NYC ladies are more into the fashion (sure, they have seasons in their city) but Miami ladies seem to take a more, ummm, liberal view on clothing items…. i’m in the NY camp, wayyyyy hotter when a girls got brains too.

  • Sean C

    like i said earlier, wade if he leaves the heat, he will go to a championship contender.

  • tom

    wade and bron in the ny. it would be the greatest franchise since bill russels celts!

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com/ Moose

    tom, there could be a chance that those two megastars together wouldn’t work out. Just think about how many shots a night both of these guys take and need to take.

  • http://www.tagged.com/edilvia4sho viaaa

    CHICAGO.. would be nice

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Wade and Bron on the Knicks with Mike D’Antoni would be the funnest freaking Team to watch EVER.

  • stevie

    thank God he’s staying

  • Basketball Jones

    I’m just glad that there’s still some loyalty left in the L.

  • http://www.realcavsfans.com Anton

    Shawn Marion is a contract slut

  • chintao

    Gotham is definitely New York. Metropolis is supposed to be Chicago.

  • chintao

    Paul sounds like a Cablevision plant. Ease back, son. I thought that message board manipulation was only supposed to happen in China. As someone who has been a Knick fan for the past 30 years, I can say that I honestly do not see how the team can be a playoff squad in the foreseeable future. D’Antoni is player-friendly? I bet Stephon would not agree with that assessment. The Knicks are hot garbage, and they will remain hot garbage until the front office and the coach get some act-right.

  • http://www.shoenut.blogspot.com ShoeNut

    I just watched the video above. Jordan still has the best fade-away ever! Good clip. He schooled that kid.

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