All-Star shooting guard Dwyane Wade is a free agent this offseason, but he may be headed out of the NBA.
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According to basketball reporter Zhang Duo in China (via Sportando), Wade has received a three-year, $25 million offer from Chinese team Zhejiang Golden Bulls.
Wade started last season with the Cavaliers but was traded to the Heat during Cleveland's midseason exodus. He averaged 11.4 points and 3.8 rebounds per game last season.
It is unlikely Wade would receive anything close to this reported deal from an NBA team, after he played for just under $3 million last season.
The Heat, who are over the NBA salary cap, are limited to offering Wade either the $5.3 million taxpayer mid-level exception for 2018-19 or the $2.3 million minimum salary for a player with Wade's 15 seasons in the NBA, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.
The Sun-Sentinel noted that the Golden Bulls, who play in a 6,000-seat arena, have attracted a variety of American players over the years, including former Heat players Eddy Curry, Jarnell Stokes and Mike James, as well as fellow Americans J.R. Smith, Josh Boone, Quincy Douby, Kirk Snyder, Ivan Johnson and Lorenzo Brown.