{"id":65352,"date":"2024-02-28T15:51:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=65352"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:53:01","slug":"nba-news-chris-paul-nearly-teamed-up-with-two-nba-legends-lebron-james-dwyane-wade-miami-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/02\/28\/nba-news-chris-paul-nearly-teamed-up-with-two-nba-legends-lebron-james-dwyane-wade-miami-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA News: Chris Paul Nearly Teamed Up With Two NBA Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Dwyane Wade<\/a>‘s podcast The Why with Dwyane Wade<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>it was revealed Chris Paul<\/a> nearly joined the Miami Heat via trade. This trade would have teamed the two up alongside LeBron James<\/a>. The reason the trade never happened? Neither player was interested in giving up<\/a> their iconic No. 3 jersey number:<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you remember the call with you, Bron and I? Do you remember us getting on the phone?\u201d Wade asked Paul.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe was talking about me coming to Miami,\u201d Paul replied. \u201cWe was talking about who was gonna have the ball in their hands, how it\u2019s going to work. Then who was it? Was it CJ who said something about who was going to wear number three?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBro, that\u2019s what I wanted to get to,\u201d Wade said. \u201cWe talk about all of this, who gonna have the ball, how we\u2019re all going to play together, no CP can have the ball. We done figured all that out. And then somebody said \u2018Well who gon\u2019 wear number three?\u2019 Silence. Messed the whole trade up because CP couldn\u2019t wear number three in Miami, messed the whole trade up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since joining the league in 2005, Paul has played for six teams. He has worn the No. 3 at every stop. As for Wade, from 2003-2017, he wore the No. 3 with the Heat and Chicago Bulls. For a few months with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wade wore the No. 9, but he went back to his famous No. 3 jersey after the team traded him back to the Heat in 2018. The Heat retired Wade’s jersey number in 2020.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, the New Orleans Hornets traded Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMessed the whole trade up because CP couldn\u2019t wear No. 3 in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Paul was almost traded to the Heat to play alongside LeBron and Dwyane Wade but the trade fell through because he couldn\u2019t wear No. 3. \ud83d\ude33pic.twitter.com\/TQBmMDYr7t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) February 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n