Wade settles on fashion-oriented World Series wager
There should be a nice visual when it come to pay off the World Series bet between Dwyane Wade and LeBron James.
Wade revealed details of the wager in a video posted Wednesday.
"Bron, the bet is this: We're both fashion guys, we both love to dress, we both love to feel good and look good," Wade said in the video. "So whoever's team loses, the loser has to show up during the NBA season to the other guy's home game dressed as the team who won.
"Example: If the Chicago Cubs win, in December when Cleveland comes to Chicago, you have to show up, when you walk into the arena, dressed as a Chicago Cub. And vice versa. If the Cleveland Indians win, in January when we come to town, I'll walk in dressed just like a Cleveland Indian. I'll have the hat on, the top and bottom, socks, all the way down to the sneaks. So that's the World Series bet. Good luck, Homey."
Wade probably knows baseball players don't wear sneakers, but spikes wouldn't be practical in the arena hallway. Whether James could find a full Cubs uniform to fit his 6-foot-8 frame is a question for a later date.
"It's your job to get your own (uniform), but you've got to come in looking like one of the players for sure," Wade told reporters at Thursday's shootaround. "I'm talking about glove, bat, whatever you decide. Come in with everything. So it's going to be cool.
"I feel very good about (the Series) being 1-1. It was tough because we made the bet and they were up 1-0 right away, but we're in a good place right now."
Wade claimed there's a second part of the bet where the loser will pay up with cases of wine, but that version isn't likely to be aired on television when it happens.
Mirotic sits calmly:
Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg talked about Nikola Mirotic's frame of mind before Thursday's season opener.
Mirotic was a candidate to start at power forward this season, but Hoiberg decided to go with Taj Gibson on opening night.
"I think Niko's doing well," Hoiberg said. "I had a really good conversation with him the other day when we made the final decision that we were going to start Taj. Obviously, he's an important part of this team and what we're doing. I like the group he's going to be coming off with, the second unit, having Dwyane (Wade) in there as a playmaker to hopefully get him some shots. He's had a couple of really good practices."
Hoiberg turns it up:
In his second season on the job, coach Fred Hoiberg ran one of the more strenuous Bulls training camps of recent years. How that pans out in regular-season performance remains to be seen.
"I'm excited about our camp," Hoiberg said before Thursday's game. "I thought our guys came in with great energy right from the beginning. It was a very demanding camp. We put them through a lot. We didn't take many days off.
"We feel like we had a lot of work to do with all the new faces and all the young faces. I'm excited to get out there and see where we are."