Wade, James happy to be reunited in Cleveland
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (AP) — They have an unmatched chemistry on the floor, a connection that has led to NBA championships, Olympic gold, worldwide fame and strengthened an unbreakable bond.
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade aren’t just friends. More like family — basketball brothers. “It’s like peanut butter and jelly, man, we just go together,” Wade said. Reunited with the Cavaliers after their four-year run with the Miami Heat ended with an abrupt split after two titles, Wade and James are again teammates — a fact that neither of them can believe.
“Every time we walk by each other in the locker room and everywhere, we just look at each other and shake our head because it just don’t seem real,” Wade said Friday. “It’s like, ‘How did this happen? How did we get here?’ We just start laughing every time we walk by each other.
“It wasn’t planned, it wasn’t expected, but when it happened, it happened, and everything happened fast. It’s definitely cool. It’s definitely good to have a friend here, somebody that you respect here.” Here. Cleveland. Surreal. Wade signed a one-year, $2.3-million contract on Wednesday with the Cavs and was introduced by the team on Friday following a practice. The workout didn’t include James, who rolled his left ankle during Wade’s first workout with the team and is being listed as day-to-day with the injury.
“I’ve been around Bron, I’ve been around this organization for a while from afar, so I knew everybody,” Wade said. “It was seamless.”