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Secondly, by not signing that extension now, Wade is making Miami less appealing to potential free agents in 2010. If Riley knows Wade will be in Miami, the focus could be more on putting together the best team possible next year.
It is really not a hard concept to understand.
Finally, if Wade really did care about winning, he should realize that his future contract could be a hindrance to putting together the best possible team. He doesn't have to sign a maximum deal, but he obviously will because that's all that really matters to him, anyway.
I don't care what anybody says, there isn't a player in sports who truly, deeply cares about winning and gets paid for that.
I'm not saying I wouldn't take the most money made available to me, but I am saying I wouldn't then hold it against my team if they couldn't get better guys around me.
I just wish Wade wouldn't be so short-sighted.
He should be looking towards this season with optimism that they are building toward something positive. Instead of viewing each season as "Championship or Failure," he needs to understand how lucky he was to catch lightning in a bottle once already.
If he does that, he might also realize a few other things. Instead of having a first round sweep and the worst record in the league in the two seasons following a championship, he might have a team with the ability to compete for a championship for a very long time.
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