It seems like Cleveland Cavaliers unofficial GM, LeBron James, was able to do Dwyane Wade a solid by facilitating a trade that allowed the Chicago Bulls to offer Wade more money than the Heat.
Earlier today, the Bulls were frantically trying to unload assets to make an offer to Wade and the Cavs were willing to use their trade exception to take Mike Dunleavy off of their hands which eventually allowed Wade to get a 2 year/ $47.5 million deal with the Bulls.
Chicago is finalzing a deal to send Mike Dunleavy to the Cleveland Cavaliers, league sources tells @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 7, 2016
Cleveland will use part of the Anderson Varejao $9.6m trade exception to take in Dunleavy's $4.8m contract. https://t.co/Cna25fFwap
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 7, 2016
The Dwyane Wade two-year, $47.5M deal with Chicago includes a player option, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 7, 2016
The Heat offered Wade a 2 year/ $40 million dollar deal, so in the end LeBron was able to get his buddy an extra 3 million a year.