In the lane

LOOKING BACK: With the Cleveland Cavaliers in town this past week, Dwyane Wade reflected on his Feb. 8 trade to the Heat, saying he knew that when it was time to know, he would know. “I didn’t feel it coming,” he said. “I never concern myself. Maybe because I haven’t had to, but when they’re talking about trades and everything, you can’t control that as a player. So I never put anything into it. If something is going to happen, you’ll get the call and nowadays you’ll read it on Twitter.” Asked if his 46-game Cleveland tenure would even register when his career story is told, Wade said, “It may be a forgotten chapter in my book from whomever [is] writing it, but definitely if I’m writing it, I’ll definitely put a little blurb about it.” Of course if the Heat meet the Cavaliers in the first-ever playoff series between the franchises, it may yet be a chapter worth telling. INTERESTING APPROACH: So how did the Boston Celtics avoid the potential uncomfortable situation of Gordon Hayward being with the team on the road this past week against the Utah Jazz, the team he left in free agency? They sent him to the Miami Open on Key Biscayne instead. Hayward, a huge tennis fan, received tennis-related pitches from his suitors in July, including from the Heat. “We actually organized for him to go down to Miami for a couple of days this week with the ATP tour down there and watch some tennis, which is one of his favorite things to do, and continue his rehab there,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens told the media in Salt Lake City. “We’ve tried throughout his whole process to kind of mix it up for him, just to kind of keep him in a good mindset.” THE BIG SPEND: As part of his interview with HBO’S Real Sports, Shaquille O’Neal regaled with his story of binge shopping when he was traded from the Heat to the Phoenix Suns just before the 2008 NBA trading deadline. “I get traded from Miami and I go to Phoenix. And I’m very impatient,” he said. “They’ve already got the apartment set up, but I ain’t got nothin’. I ain’t got no towels. I ain’t got no pots and pans. I ain’t got no TVs.” So, $70,000 later at Walmart he had all he needed. “I have the highest purchase in Walmart history,” he said. Only he almost didn’t. “I get to the cash register and click it and it says, ‘declined.’ And I’m like, ‘Declined?’ So I wipe it off. Declined. So the security team from American Express calls me like, ‘Hey man, somebody stole your credit card. They at Walmart.’ I go, ‘No sir, that’s me.’ “ BACK AT IT: Heat television broadcasters Eric Reid and Tony Fiorentino will hold their “Call of the Game” dinner on April 7 to benefit Lauren’s Kids, which works to prevent child sexual abuse and assists survivors to heal, as well as the Dade Schools Athletic Foundation, which supports athletic programs in Miami-Dade public schools. The event, which runs from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, this year will honor Joe Namath and CBS4 sports anchor Jim Berry, among others. Details and ticket options are available at reidandfiorentinoevents.com.