{"id":850730,"date":"2026-08-08T15:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/850730\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:02:21","slug":"a-lot-of-nba-fans-are-saying-the-same-thing-after-lebron-and-dwyane-wade-link-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/850730\/","title":{"rendered":"A lot of NBA fans are saying the same thing after LeBron and Dwyane Wade link up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>LeBron James is in the midst of preparing for his first-ever season as a Philadelphia 76ers player following his LA Lakers exit earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>James arrives during a period in which the 76ers have been struggling to make it to the NBA Finals and have spent decades without a championship.<\/p>\n<p>But LeBron is historically one of the best NBA players and has had a very successful career, some of which was spent playing with Dwyane Wade.<\/p>\n<p>Wade and James had a number of years together with the Miami Heat before a second brief spell as teammates at the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the duo have linked up again this week, and images of the pair are going viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2262855180-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Golden State Warriors v Los Angeles Lakers\" class=\"wp-image-2598570\" \/>Photo by Kevin Terrell\/Getty ImagesFans suggest Dwyane Wade should come out of retirement<\/p>\n<p>The images show \u2018LeBron and DWade back in the lab\u2019, and a number of fans have now commented to suggest Wade could come out of retirement for the 76ers.<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote: \u201cSources tell me D-Wade is about to come out of retirement and come off the bench for the Sixers.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Realjameswhite0\/status\/2085902534128930953\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources tell me D Wade is about to come out of retirement and come off the bench for the Sixers<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jameswhite \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83e\udd85 (@Realjameswhite0) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Realjameswhite0\/status\/2085902534128930953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">August 8, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>A second echoed: \u201cWade coming back for one season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou coming outta retirement,\u201d added a third NBA fan.<\/p>\n<p>Another asked: \u201cPhilly can use a veteran off the bench to train Edgecombe. Maybe Wade can suit up one more time?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A fifth added: \u201cHe boutta come out of retirement and join the 6ers too, huh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cD-Wade coming out of retirement for Bron would be dope!\u201d exclaimed another.<\/p>\n<p>Wade ended his NBA career in 2019, with the Miami Heat then announcing that his No. 3 jersey would be retired in February 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover LeBron James is in the midst of preparing for his first-ever season as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,295891,2327,459,82],"class_list":["post-850730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dwayne-wade","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}