“I want to see Giannis come down and say ‘Hey Bam, I got this. This is my show, I’m going to make sure we all eat, though,’” Wade said on his podcast. “Bam has been talking about Defensive Player of the Year and not getting the respect. I think this is the year Bam turns his attention to being the overall player in our league more so than ‘We need Bam to score 83.’ There’s going to be some nights we’re going to need Bam to knock down the [three] ball. There’s going to be some nights we’re going to go to Bam and he’s going to lead this unit. ‘But, Bam, I need you to be a monster on the other end of the floor and let me handle all the playmaking and all the up and down.’ Are they going to have that conversation? Are they going to look at each other and be like, ‘Hey, it’s my team, respectfully, but I’ll make sure everybody else gets involved.’ “Or is going to be, ‘Oh, I don’t want to step on Bam’s toes because he’s the franchise guy, he’s a guy whose jersey will be up there. He is a guy who can be a future Hall of Famer, all those things. He was here before me.’ Or is Giannis going to be like, ‘Hey, there’s a reason why they came and got me. Let me be that reason.’
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