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Coming Home: Dwyane Wade
Jon Jones Off UFC 200 Card Over Potential Doping Violation
Dwyane Wade is going home, making what he called "an extremely emotional and tough decision" on Wednesday night to leave the Miami Heat after 13 seasons and sign with the Chicago Bulls.
Wade will sign a two-year deal with the Bulls, one that will pay him about $47 million. Miami offered $40 million over two years for Wade to stay in the uniform that he's worn his entire career, the one in which he was an All-Star 12 times, a champion three times and the NBA Finals MVP in 2006 when his rise to superstardom was just truly beginning.
And he's taken that uniform off now for the final time.
"This was not an easy deci- sion, but I feel I have made the right choice for myself and my family," Wade wrote in a letter to Miami, released to The Asso- ciated Press.
It ends a second consecutive summer of will-he-or-won't-he talk and worry in Miami, which was able to keep him last sum- mer after contentious negotia- tions led to a $20 million, one-year deal. The Heat spoke with him on Wednesday in New York in an effort to keep him, the same day that Wade also took meetings with the Milwau- kee Bucks and the Denver Nuggets.
"Watching the Bulls growing
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up inspired me at an early age to pursue my dream of becoming a basketball player," Wade wrote in the letter. "My most treas- ured memories were watching my dad play basketball on the courts of Fermi Elementary School and developing my game at the Blue Island Recreation Center. I have never forgotten where I came from and I am thankful to have an opportunity to play for the team that first fu- eled my love of the game."
The 34-year-old Wade joins a Bulls team that has a new point guard in Rajon Rondo — who Wade has had some on- court heated moments with in the past — and All-Star shooting guard Jimmy Butler. The Bulls have plenty of time to fig- ure out how to make it work, and were going through some logistics on Wednesday night to clear the cap space that will be necessary to sign Wade when the NBA's offseason morato- rium on player movement ends
Thursday.
The Heat surely had a Plan B
in case Wade left, but clearly won't be the same team.
Chris Bosh still faces a most uncertain future because of the blood clots that ended his season at the All-Star break in each of the past two years. Udonis Haslem, Wade's teammate and co-captain in Miami for all 13 of their pro sea- sons, may move elsewhere as well. Of the 14 players who ap- peared in the 2014 NBA Finals for Miami, only Bosh is under contract with the Heat for next season.
It's a new day for Wade, which he obviously wanted.
It's a new era for the Heat, one they surely weren't ready to see start quite yet.
JON JONES
view process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanc- tions are imposed," Novitzky said.
Novitzky added that there wasn't time for a "full review before the scheduled bout."
"Therefore the fight has been removed from the fight card," Novitzky said.
White said he has not spo- ken to Jones yet and that he wasn't aware whether the sub- stance in question was a per- formance-enhancing drug.
Leaving Heat For Bulls
Interim UFC light heavy- weight champion Jon Jones has been pulled from his title unification bout against Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 on Saturday, after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency in- formed Jones of a potential doping violation on Wednes- day.
UFC president Dana White announced the move during an impromptu news conference at MGM Grand.
Jones tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of- competition sample taken June 16 by USADA, said Jeff Novitzky, UFC's vice presi- dent of athlete health and per- formance. USADA administers the UFC's anti-drug policy.
"It is important to note that under the UFC anti-doping pol- icy, there's a full, fair legal-re-
It’s Summertime And NBA BFFs Vacay With Their Wives In Spain
Spurs Trade Boris Diaw To Jazz
When summer’s out, it’s def- initely time to play!
That’s exactly what NBA BFFs LeBron James, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade are using this extra time to do. They’re spending their much deserved vacation traveling off the coast of Mallorca, Spain with their beautiful wives, and sharing some tidbits of turn-up and Black love all over Snapchat.
As the vacation began, preparations were made to en- sure that it would be one that no one would be able to forget. These days, no function is com- plete without a custom Snapchat geofilter, and James used a viral photo from his crew’s turn-up last year as the inspiration.
The couples, LeBron James and Savannah Brin-
Black Love on vacay: Dwyane Wade and his wife, Gabrielle Union, Chris Paul and his wife, Jada Crawley and LeBron James and his wife, Savannah Brinson.
The San Antonio Spurs have traded utility player Boris Diaw to the Utah Jazz for point guard Olivier Hanlan.
Diaw tweeted, "Spurs' fans, thanks for all your messages. Great years here and a ring! Leaving but San Antonio will always be a special place to me."
He added in another tweet, "Hey (at)utahjazz and (at)rudygobert27 ! I'm looking forward seeing you!"
BORIS DIAW
key member of the Spurs' 2014 championship team, averaged 6.4 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists last season. He has two year remaining on his con- tract with 2017-18 being non- guaranteed.
son, Chris Paul and Jada Crawley and Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union, soon got settled and wasted no time getting into the water and invit- ing us in on the fun via social
media.
An informal dinner turned
into a minor version of Trap Karaoke as the couples belted out hip-hop and R&B classics around the table.
The 33-year-old Diaw, a
Cavaliers To Bring Back Richard
Jefferson With 2-Year Contract
Richard Jefferson has agreed to re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a two-year deal, he announced Wednesday night on Snapchat.
Jefferson, who turned 36 on June 21, finished his 15th season by making his third ca- reer appearance in the NBA Fi- nals.
He averaged 17.9 minutes and 5.5 points in his first sea- son in Cleveland but started Game 3 of the championship series and had nine points and eight rebounds in place of the injured Kevin Love.
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acquired veteran forward Mike Dunleavy from the Chicago Bulls.
The trade was made to help facilitate the Bulls' impending signing of Dwyane Wade. The Cavs will use a trade excep- tion to acquire Dunleavy, who is under contract for $4.8 mil- lion next season.
Cleveland is likely to send Chicago a second-round pick or the rights to a player overseas, sources said.
Bulls Trade Mike
Dunleavy To Cavs
The Cleveland Cavaliers have
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