LeBron James and Dwyane Wade are working out together in Los Angeles, and this time it's no big deal.
Now that Wade, one of James' closest friends, plays for the Chicago Bulls and not the Miami Heat, where he and James once won two NBA championship together, their joint, summer sessions draw little more than a yawn.
James posted a couple pictures to his Instagram account Wednesday indicating that he is indeed preparing for the 2016-17 season by working out with, among others, Wade.
The workouts are taking place at UCLA, near James' home in Los Angeles, and appear to include James' Cavs teammates Richard Jefferson and Jordan McRae, as well as Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons.
At least four members of the Cavs' support staff, including assistant coach Phil Handy and Mike Mancias, James' trainer, are also participating in Los Angeles, as is Wade's trainer David Alexander, who has a business relationship with James' wife, Savannah.
Simmons and James are linked by the agent they share -- Rich Paul. The 76ers drafted Simmons first overall in June.
James and Wade are always tied together, from the vacations they take (banana boats, anyone?), to the stands for social justice they make, to James' desire to one day reunite and add Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul to the mix for an aging super team.
But, until Wade left Miami this summer for the Bulls, James would often go to South Beach to visit or work out with Wade, and those trips usually caused minor controversies (however ridiculous this sounds, some would speculate that James' trips there signaled his interest in rejoining the Heat).
James signed a three-year, $100 million deal (with a player's option for the third year) to stay with the Cavs this month.
Virtually all of the Cavs are supposed to join James in Los Angeles for pre-training camp workouts in September, but the dates of those sessions are unclear. James is also going to Asia for his annual tour with Nike sometime in September.
Cleveland's media day is Sept. 26, and the first practice for defending the Cavs' 2016 title is the next day.
For those of you keeping score, today was also the first day of school for James' sons -- LeBron Jr. (11) and Bryce (9). Junior is now a sixth grader, while Bryce is in the fourth grade.
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