The Miami Heat are focusing on winning a third straight NBA title, and while much of the focus is on the impending offseason and possible departure of the Heat's Big Three of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, Wade insists they aren't thinking about it yet.
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All three players have opt-out clauses in their contracts for June 30, and while they all met prior to free agency in 2010, Wade said they haven't yet met to discuss their futures for the summer of 2014.
Wade admitted that the trio, which has gone to three straight NBA Finals and won two in a row, will have the discussion at some point but haven't yet.
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"I'm at a position where I don't really have to worry about it," Wade told ESPN. "I've been with the same organization for now 11 years. We've won multiple championships, so it's no reason where I need to think about that yet. I'm not at a point where we are a bad team and I need to think about the future so right now I'm really focused on just enjoying this team, enjoying our quest to try to 'Three-peat.'
"And when the season is over, and whatever happens, then I will sit down and I will sit down with Chris and I will sit down with Bron and I will sit down and make the best decision for myself and my family."
Wade also won a title with the Heat in 2006 before being joined by James and Bosh. Wade said it was important for them to have the opt-out clause in the fourth year of their deals.
"When we sat down and we signed our deals and all of us made sure we had an opt out in that fourth year, that was our option, so the option is there and you would hope that someone wants to be able to use their option as a player," Wade said via ESPN.
He added: "As players, you only have so much time and you only have so many moments where you have the ability to control your own fate, so it's not a bad thing at all if that's what someone is thinking. I haven't had that conversation with Chris. I haven't had that conversation with Bron,"
Wade, who is due $42 million over the next two years, took a pay cut to help the Heat add depth to their team in 2010, and he may be asked to do so again this summer.
It remains to be seen what the Heat will look like after this summer, but for now the Big Three is just focused on earning a three-peat before the summer of free agency hits.
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