Dwyane Wade: I’ll Be There Early to Work Out With LeBron Before The Game Starts’

Former NBA guard Dwyane Wade enjoys his retirement, but he promised to use his free time to help Lakers forward LeBron James prep for his games.

“You’re definitely going to see me out there,” Wade told Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times. “I’ll be there early to work out with LeBron before the game starts. I just want to stay around it and be as involved as I can.”

LeBron and Wade have been friends since they joined the NBA. They played with the Miami Heat from 2010 and 2014. They are reunited on the sidelines in Southern California as their sons play together.

“It’s crazy,” Wade said. “It’s something we never even talked about. Even when we were together in Miami, they didn’t go to the same school. At this time in both of their high school lives, to be able to put them together to hopefully do something special this year at Sierra Canyon is great. They also have two other great young players in Ziaire Williams and Brandon Boston. We’re really excited about this season. It’s going to be fun.”

If you ask both players about the idea of their sons playing together, they will say it all makes sense.

“It really boiled down to being in the same city,” Wade said. “LeBron knew we were going to move here when I was done playing, and he obviously moved here a year before us when he decided to come to the Lakers. So we went through the same decisions they had gone through. What school was the best school for our kids? Bronny was at Crossroads, and we definitely thought about Crossroads as well, but Sierra Canyon is obviously a powerhouse school after winning the last two state championships. So for us, it was a great basketball school as well as a great school for academics. That was the best school for both of them.”

Will Wade ever come back to the floor as a professional player?

“I’m done, but my trainer is going to keep me in shape just in case something happens,” Wade said, smiling. “I’m going to stay in shape because you never know. Never say never.”