Dwyane Wade returned to his hometown of Chicago to sign with the Bulls this past offseason but he also considered reuniting with LeBron James to sign with the Cavaliers.

“For me, it’s as simple as, I got a deal in Miami for $41 million, I got a deal in Chicago for $47 million,” Wade said. “It didn’t come down to the money. I thought about Cleveland, but I didn’t fit there. You don’t just do something because, Oh, I could win the ring there. I have three rings. I don’t need to chase the ring. This is what I wanted to do. I couldn’t fight it. If you fight it, you’re gonna always be like, You shoulda, or, What could’ve—I don’t like to live my life like that.”

Wade would have had to take significantly less money to sign with the Cavaliers.

The Bulls were interested in Wade during the 2003 NBA Draft and pursued him in 2010 in free agency.