Michael Beasley opened up on what he’d change about his career:
“If I could do it all over again, I would have just listened to Pat Riley. Pat told me to get a condo for me and my mom. I got a 6-bedroom house, dogs, homies staying in… that’s where the problems came from.”
Dwyane Wade on what Bam Adebayo told him about A’ja Wilson:
“I was with Bam at the Olympics, and we were watching our women’s team play. We started talking about A’ja as a hooper and future plans. Bam cracks me up — he was like, ‘Man, my little award case….I ain’t got a chance.
Dwyane Wade responds to Rudy Gay saying his team would’ve beaten the 2013 Miami HEAT:
“I DM’d Rudy, ‘This must be an AI-generated quote because there’s no way in hell you said this.’ He told me, ‘Yeah, I said it.’ I said, ‘Boy… belt to ass.’
‘You’re not just going to win the
Michael Beasley on the toughest defender he ever faced:
“Rick Adelman, Erik Spoelstra… whatever head coach at the time.”
“Erik Spoelstra was one of the toughest defenders you ever faced?”
Beasley: “Yeah, he never put me in the game 😂….Spo, I love you. Spo’s my guy.”
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Udonis Haslem on when he knew it was time to retire:
“It was around the time we got Hassan Whiteside. I was like, ‘Ain’t no way in hell he’s getting my minutes.’ I didn’t know he can grab the rim and keep his feet on the ground. I could not get a rebound on this guy. When I saw
Dwyane Wade on why Kevin Durant was never coming to Miami
“I said this 10 years ago when the HEAT were trying to get him then… he’s not following LeBron. Why are we recruiting somebody who’s not doing that?
I didn’t like it then, and I didn’t like it now. I’m glad he’s in
LeBron James on what Erik Spoelstra taught them after losing to Dallas:
"Lot of pace, lot of space. Spo taught us that. I remember after we lost to Dallas, he went to Oregon and sat with Chip Kelly — that was their whole thing in football: pace and space. Get up to the line, run