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Wade, Chalmers have mini reunion
Pair run into each other at Miami gym
Dwyane Wade, right, and Mario Chalmers back when they were the backcourt for the Miami Heat.
MIAMI — Reunited and it feels so . . . familiar.
Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers are back working together, the starting backcourt that helped the Miami Heat to 2012 and ‘13 NBA championships.
This time the collaboration comes at DBC Fitness, the Miami gym founded and directed by David Alexander, who has trained LeBron James both during and since James played for the Heat,
Wade and Chalmers found themselves together working up a collective sweat over the weekend.
“Just got this good work in at the office, ya all know what it is,” Wade posted on his Snapchat. “Look who I run into? That’s the twotime champion over there, ya dig?
“We out here, man. We keep it going. Keep working. Trying to get skinny.”
“I am skinny,” Chalmers chimed in during Wade’s selfie video. “I’m trying to get skinnier.
“I’m trying to get a six pack, that’s all I want. I got one right now.”
That’s when Wade added, “We just working on our summer bodies right now. That’s all we’re doing right now. It’s June.”
Wade and Chalmers were Heat teammates from Chalmers’ NBA rookie season in 2008-09 until Chalmers was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies on Nov. 15, 2015, in move to save against the NBA luxury tax.
Wade, 36, last month took a playful shot at Chalmers, after Chalmers had claimed credit for a steal that led to the iconic photo of Wade passing to James for a 2010 dunk against the Milwaukee Bucks, with Chalmers posting on Twitter, “All that came from my steal, LOL.”
As it turned out, Chalmers was not even on the court for the Heat during that play.
That led Wade to post on Twitter four consecutive emoji representing faces with tears of joy, followed by the word “busted!”
Chalmers, 32, returned to the NBA this season after sitting out 2016-17 with a torn Achilles.
Both Wade and Chalmers are impending free agents, Chalmers after spending the season with the Grizzlies, Wade after finishing the season with the Heat.
The NBA free-agent negotiating period opens July 1.