Dwyane Wade to Bulls: Top Takeaways from Star’s Introductory Press Conference

Two weeks after signing with the Chicago Bulls, Dwyane Wade was officially introduced by his new team and spoke about the process of coming back to his hometown after 13 seasons with the Miami Heat. 

“This is one of those moments for me that is a dream come true,” Wade said, per Bleacher Report’s Sean Highkin. “I’m a Chicago kid. I grew up here.” 

The early stages of Wade joining the Bulls actually started before he was drafted in 2003. He said they were “the only team he had two predraft workouts with,” and he didn’t think the Heat were interested in him with the fifth pick, per Highkin.  

In 2010, when Wade was a free agent, he had multiple meetings with the Bulls at a time when they were on the rise with a young Derrick Rose one season away from being named NBA MVP.

Wade wound up re-signing with the Heat, who were also able to secure the services of Chris Bosh and LeBron James to form the first superteam of this NBA era. He said Friday he wanted to join the Bulls six years ago, but Miami was the only team with enough cap space to add talent like Bosh and James, per Highkin. 

Before Wade could officially move on to the Bulls, he did address his previous team. Per Highkin, the 12-time All-Star said he has “no rift with Pat Riley” over the way things played out this summer and that it “was a decision solely for me.”

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