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- Updated: September 26, 2016
MIAMI (AP) — It’s not like Dwyane Wade has never dealt with change before.
He played for three head coaches in 13 seasons with the Miami Heat, helped orchestrate one of the most scrutinized free-agent hauls in NBA history when LeBron James and Chris Bosh came to play alongside him, and had 112 teammates along the way.
So going into a new locker room doesn’t figure to overwhelm him.
Wade’s first official day of work with an NBA team other than Miami comes on Monday, when he goes to media day on the eve of his first training camp with the Chicago Bulls – the team he grew up rooting for, a club he has faced off against 64 times as an opponent and now the franchise he’ll be asked to help lead.
”It’s going to be difficult, 100 percent. I’m fine with it, though,” Wade said in an interview with The Associated Press. ”For me, it goes back to the whole challenge thing. It’s not like I haven’t done this before. At the end of the day we’re all wearing the same jersey right now and we have to come together, just like any team. And that’s going to be tough.”
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