D-WADE what do you do now????!!!!! by Ronald Carthen

I can't believe I thought the Heat were going to beat the Celtics in six games, what was I thinking. If this is Dwyane Wade's last game as a Miami Heat, at least he went out with a bang.

In games four and five, D-Wade combined for 77 points on 26 of 48 from the field and seven of 14 from three-point range. He did everything you asked him from going after rebounds, hustling for loose balls, blocks anyone shots at will, dunks to give his team a momentum swing. In this entire series, he averaged 33.8 points on 60% shooting, 43% from the three-point range, a total of seven steals, and a total of six blocks. It was like watching him play the Celtics one-on-five.

The question isn't going to be how much money will D-Wade make, it's going to be will Pat Riley find another all-star to help D-Wade get another championship. Since he and Shaquille O'Neal, who was traded to the Phoenix Suns during the 2007-08 season and now plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers, led the Heat to the championship in 2006, the team hasn't made it out of the first round of the playoffs in their last three playoff appearances (they missed the playoffs in the 2007-08 season). At some point you have to make this man happy.

With a big off season coming up, there will be plenty of free agents that Riley will have to consider to help his franchise. They need to find a big man who isn't scared to crash the boards and get some points in the paint. They can always go after Amar'e Stpudimire, who the Phoenix Suns tried to trade before the deadline, or Chris Bosh, who is ready to get out of Toronto, and how about Carlos Boozer, who could of been a Bull or a Heat at some point this year.

If he doesn't get any help, he'll be out of Miami and he'll find a new home. My favorite spot for him would be his return home to Chicago to play for the Bulls. Can you imagine D-Wade and Derrick Rose, also from Chi-Town, in the same backcourt, oh my goodness!!! There would be no answer to stop them every night. The only other team I can see him going to is the New York Knicks. If he waits and sees who else will be signed for the Knicks this offseason, he'll make sure the Garden will be his new home and put people in those seats.                                     

D-Wade will be the second biggest free agent this summer, next to LeBron James. I can't wait to see where he plays next season. I personally would love to see him in Chi-Town, but it's hard leaving Miami for a cold winter city.