Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade said the decision to pay Hassan Whiteside instead of him led to his departure in 2016

Wade would join the Chicago Bulls in 2016 after failing to agree on an extension with the Heat. Later, he would sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers to reunite with former teammate LeBron James before ultimately returning to Miami to end his legendary career where it needed to happen.

Wade explains that it started when they were boarding the plane to head back to Maimi, and they started their ritual of playing cards with each other. He remembers that, like clockwork, during the game, James would ask someone to bring him his dessert of choice: chocolate chip cookies.

Dwyane Wade says LeBron James was PISSED when Pat Riley took his cookies and felt that was a sign LeBron might leave due to Riley’s micromanagement (🎥 @undergrndlounge / h/t @HeatCulture13 ) pic.twitter.com/NlJXfZZaqX

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I’ve said this before—this was the first moment I had an inkling that LeBron might not be coming back. One thing you don’t do is f*** with LeBron’s cookies. No, no, no, no. This is