CHICAGO -- Dwyane Wade spent Friday morning at a downtown Chicago hotel hearing a pitch from the New York Knicks, the third team in two days hoping to pull one of free agency's top players away from the Miami Heat.
"It was a good meeting, a real good meeting," Wade said afterward. The meeting that lasted about 2 hours, 15 minutes. "I will say I'm intrigued."
Beforehand, Wade got out of a black Suburban and told reporters he was "in a New York state of mind right now, so we'll see" how it goes.
Earlier in the day, he tweeted that he got up early for "Another day of pondering my future. ... Things are interesting to say the least."
Fellow free-agent superstar Chris Bosh tweeted that he and Wade dined Thursday night and posted a picture to prove it.
Bosh also said "it feels like someone is missing," an apparent reference to Cavaliers star LeBron James, the crown jewel of the free-agent crop. Various reports have suggested the three are discussing their options in concert.
On Thursday, Wade spent two hours meeting with the Bulls and later met with the New Jersey Nets. The Chicago-area native already has heard from the Heat, whose top priority is to bring back the 2006 NBA Finals MVP.
"So far, so good, very informative," his agent, Henry Thomas, said of the teams' pitches so far.
Despite his ties to Chicago -- where he has a home and family, including his mother -- Wade has said repeatedly that he would like to stay in Miami. But he did structure his last contract for the opportunity to become a free agent for the first time.
Wade is expected to return to Florida early next week. He is scheduled to join Heat executive Alonzo Mourning for a Tuesday news conference about their annual Summer Groove, a fundraising weekend for youth programs and other charitable causes.
Wade is expected to play in an all-star game July 18 as part of that weekend.
