Report: Wade offered US$25m over three years by Chinese team
WITH his NBA future still undecided, Dwyane Wade is apparently being courted heavily by teams in the Chinese Basketball Association.
According to a report from Chinese journalist Zhang Dou, the Zhejiang Golden Bulls have offered Wade US$25 million over three years.
A report over the weekend indicated the Xinjiang Flying Tigers were preparing to offer Wade a “monster deal.”
Wade, who made just over US$2.3 million last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat, is in the middle of a marketing tour in China after signing a lifetime contract last week with Chinese apparel company Li-Ning, which he’s represented since 2012.
Wade announced the lifetime deal Wednesday in Beijing while unveiling his new Way of Wade 7 shoe.
Financial terms of the deal were not announced, but the contract calls for him to increase his presence at developmental camps and clinics in China and around the world.
The 36-year-old has been in no rush to decide whether he will continue his NBA career, after he averaged 11.4 points and 3.4 assists in 22.9 minutes per game, all career lows, across a combined 67 games for Cleveland and Miami last season. He bumped those numbers to 16.6 points and 3.6 assists in 25.4 minutes in the Heat’s five-game postseason series loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
The 15-year veteran last made an All-Star team in 2015-16. — Field Level Media/Reuters