It’s obvious that the best of Dwyane Wade’s basketball-playing days are in the past.The 36-year-old is now in his 15th NBA season and seems to be enjoying his second stint with the Miami Heat.Averaging 10.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists this year, Wade has seen his minutes slashed on both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Heat. Heading into Tuesday’s contest against the Philadelphia 76ers, he had averaged 8.6 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 22.2 minutes for the Heat in his five games with the club.But, here and there, he has shown some of the vintage skills that resemble his past. On Tuesday, he dropped 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting, scored 15 fourth-quarter points and nailed the game-winning shot with just seconds remaining.But, considering his history of lower-body injuries and the wear and tear that he has accumulated over the course of his Hall of Fame career, there’s no certainty that he will return next season, not only for the Heat, but in general.“I don’t know,” Wade told Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald before the game on Tuesday. “I have told everybody around me that I am taking it after this season and go from there. It’s the first year I’ve ever went into the summer with that mind-set. I always went into it as a free agent or opting out of a deal to get another deal. This is the first summer I can say I’m just going into the summer and see how I feel and see the position this organization is in and go from there. I’m not really concerned with it, honestly. I’m cool with whatever I decide to do. It will be my decision.”Although he has dealt with physical issues throughout his career, it’s the mental aspect of committing to another season that Wade is thinking about.“Definitely,” he said. “You definitely have to check that. A lot of things go into it. Do you want to put that same grind in again? As you get older, it’s a different kind of grind to get ready for games, to get your body ready. [And] can you mentally go through another year and give it your all and not be checked out in the middle of that season?”Wade has spoken to one player in particular about the topic.“[Udonis Haslem] always talked about, as you get older, you take it year by year. But this is the first summer that I will go into the summer and say I ain’t got much hair left, but I’m going to let my hair down and look at everything as a whole, my family and basketball. Being back here helps that situation for me, makes the decision even easier since now that I’m back already. And sit down with Pat [Riley] and Micky [Arison] and everybody and see what’s best for me and go from there," Wade explained.

Overall, while Wade would certainly continue climbing the record books if he returned, he’s more than happy about what he’s been able to accomplish at an individual level throughout his career.

“I wanted to get to 20,000 [points] and I accomplished that,” he said. “Now it’s just putting the whipped cream on. I know I didn’t play as many games as a lot of [others]. I missed a lot of games that would make it tough to crack that top 25, but I just wanted to really get to 20,000 [points] and from there, see where it goes. … I am humbled and amazed by being able to pass some of the people I passed. I just passed Larry Bird. Wow. When I got drafted here, I never set out to do that.”