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MIAMI -- Longtime Miami Heat captain Udonis Haslem said?Dwyane Wades free-agency departure to Chicago could have been avoided, but that his close friend and former teammate was dealing with lingering frustrations that came to a head last week.Wade turned down a two-year, $41.5 million offer from Miami amid acrimonious negotiations with team president Pat Riley and instead accepted a two-year deal worth $47 million from the Chicago Bulls. Wade walked away from the Miami, where he spent the first 13 seasons of his career and helped guide the Heat to five trips to the NBA Finals and three championships as the franchises career-leading scorer.Wades move leaves Haslem as the lone remaining player who has been a part of all three of the Heats championship teams in 2006, 2012 and 2013.I wanted him to come back, but I just know, personally, there were a lot of things he was feeling that, I guess, maybe just came to a head at this particular time, Haslem said during a conference call Tuesday to announce his one-year deal to return to Miami. For whatever reason, we -- the organization -- and him, couldnt get to an agreement.Haslem then referenced last summers free-agency controversy when center DeAndre Jordan agreed to sign a max deal with the Dallas Mavericks?but reneged after teammates Chris Paul and Blake Griffin convinced him to return to the Los Angeles Clippers. Haslem, 36, somberly joked that he should have considered a similar tactic to get Wade to come back to Miami.In hindsight, I dont know, I think I should have come in and pulled a Chris Paul and handcuffed him like they did DeAndre Jordan and made him change his mind, Haslem said. I dont know if there was anything I could have done or should have done. But I felt like it could have been avoided. For whatever reason, it just wasnt.The Heat used the salary-cap space that was set aside for Wade to instead bring back Haslem and add role players Derrick Williams, Wayne Ellington, Willie Reed and Tyler Johnson, among others, in one of the teams most drastic makeovers in six years.Wade acknowledged Saturday that his differences the past two seasons with Riley in contract negotiations were a major factor that led to him finally leaving the franchise that selected him No. 5 in the 2003 NBA draft. Wade, 34, has never been the Heats highest-paid player during any of his 13 seasons. Tension over Wades contract status arose in 2014, when Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh opted out of their contracts to become free agents.James returned to Cleveland that summer, and the Heat then scrambled to keep Bosh by signing him to a five-year, $118 million contract. Wade, who opted out of the final two years and $42 million left on his deal, was re-signed to a two-year, $31 million deal that allowed him to re-enter free agency a year later. After a contract dispute with Riley last summer, Wade then negotiated a one-year, $20 million deal with Heat owner Micky Arison.Arison, however, was unable to bridge the gap between the two when he met with Wade last week in a last-ditch effort to convince him to remain with the Heat.Wade and Haslem have played together since they arrived in Miami in 2003, when Haslem made the team after going undrafted the previous year out of the University of Florida. Haslem said hes moving forward as if Bosh will be able to resume his career next season after recurring blood clots cut short his last two seasons.Im just glad to be back, said Haslem, the Heats career leader in rebounds. For 13 years, Ive been a part of this organization. Ive always had my mind set on finishing it this way. Obviously, I never envisioned finishing it without my brother. Its bittersweet, obviously. Cory Snyder Jersey .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. Jefry Rodriguez Indians Jersey . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. https://www.cheapindiansonline.com/3308u-roger-dorn-jersey-indians.html . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune at baseballs Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Boras called the former home of the Expos a "tremendous environment" for baseball. 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Thats what we need to do moving forward.LA will face the Cincinnati Reds on Monday afternoon in the finale of a four-game series.The Dodgers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory on Sunday behind six shutout innings from 20-year-old rookie left-hander Julio Urias.Left-hander Scott Kazmir will start for Los Angeles. Kazmir picked up his 10th victory on Wednesday, allowing two runs and eight hits in five innings of a 7-2 Dodgers win.He has been stellar away from Dodger Stadium, going 6-0 with a 4.77 ERA on the road while limiting opponents to a .223 average.Kazmir last faced Cincinnati on May 25 when he gave up one run and four hits in six innings of a 3-1 win on May 25 in Los Angeles. In two career starts against the Reds, Kazmir has gone 2-0 with a 1.38 ERA with 17 strikeouts and just three walks in 13 innings.Getting Homer Bailey back fromm injury has been a boost for Cincinnati.ddddddddddddOn Sunday, Bailey will make his fifth start of the season and 10th career start against the Dodgers.Coming off multiple arm surgeries, Bailey has gone 2-1 with a 3.66 ERA in four starts. Shortly after signing a six-year, $105 million contract, the injuries came hard and fast for the former first-round draft choice and owner of two no-hitters.On September 15, 2014, Bailey had surgery to repair the torn flexor tendon in his right forearm. Then, on May 8, 2015, he had Tommy John surgery to repair the torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.Early returns indicate that Bailey has come back stronger than ever. He has gone 4-3 with a 3.84 ERA in nine career starts against the Dodgers.The Reds have gone 21-13 since the All-Star break and have won eight of 10 series. Theyll have a chance to make it nine of 11 with a win over the Dodgers on Monday.Cincinnati will have both right fielder Scott Schebler and first baseman Joey Votto back in the lineup after both got days off Sunday.After residing in last place in the National League Central for 98 straight days, the Reds were in fourth, a half-game ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers after Sundays loss.We were on a prodigious run lately, Reds manager Bryan Price said. Like the Jeffersons said, were moving on up. ' ' '