Miami Heat keeping close tabs on Dwyane Wade's conditioning
Dwyane Wade says he’s back in Miami for good, which means that it’s time to get in better shape. The Heat have conditioning requirements that Wade didn’t have to adhere to when he was playing in Chicago and Cleveland.
As Ira Winderman writes in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Wade has already had his body fat measured twice since he was traded back to Miami on Feb. 8…
Dwyane Wade has not been able to avoid the calipers during this second chapter with the Miami Heat. He expected nothing less — even as the Heat do.
“I’ve had it twice already since I’ve been here,” Wade said of the Heat’s renown body-fat measurements. “But it’s a part of what I need on this team, especially as we get down the stretch. I want to get in better shape to be able to do more things on the floor and I got to get into the shape of this team.
“It’s a lot of extra work not only that I’m doing. But I see a lot of the guys that have been here that continue to keep doing it. [James Johnson] continues to keep doing it, a lot of guys. It’s just a part of the culture and no one is above that.”
Both Wade and Heat President Pat Riley acknowledged upon Wade’s addition two weeks ago that the 36-year-old guard would need to take another step with his conditioning, after spending last season with the Chicago Bulls and the start of this season with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
