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Friday The 13th: Heat Celebrate Dwyane Wade's Career With Sale

The Heat yesterday announced that it will sell all merchandise of G Dwyane Wade, who announced his intentions to sign with the Bulls, today “for $13 for the 13 years he spent in Miami.” The Heat “also will take out full-page color ads featuring Wade in the three major South Florida newspapers as part of a Flashback Friday” in honor Wade, whose nickname is “Flash.” The franchise’s social media platforms “will post galleries, videos and graphics of Wade” throughout the day (FOXSPORTS.com, 7/7).

Meanwhile, the Warriors sold over 1,000 Kevin Durant jerseys on warriors.com the first two hours they were available yesterday upon making his signing with the team official. The franchise also has seen a 1,019% increase in deposits for its season-ticket priority wait list this week over the same week last year. The wait list currently has over 31,500 members (THE DAILY).

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