Watch: Wade wears Bulls jersey every day to get accustomed to it

It's going to take some getting used to for the NBA world to acknowledge Dwyane Wade - who spent the first 13 years of his career winning three titles with the Miami Heat - as a member of the Chicago Bulls.

Even Wade admits that there's going to be a weird transition, although he feels it will come much easier to him having grown up in the Windy City.

"I may be a little different because I grew up a Bulls fan," Wade said on Thursday as a keynote speaker at a Sports and Entertainment summit. "So when I put on Chicago Bulls basketball gear - which I've put on every day since I got the gear because I'm trying to get used to it as well; don't get me wrong - but it rings a little different in my ear than probably it rings to the rest of the world."

The 34-year-old All-Star guard has nothing but love for South Beach and the organization he's coming from, despite reports of how difficult the process was of agreeing to a contract that made financial sense to a man who's never been the highest paid on the team.

Ultimately, his decision to join the Bulls was more about going home than earning more money.

"When I'm done playing, I will always go back to Miami and enjoy the fruits of my labor," Wade added, according to The Chicago Tribune's K.C. Johnson. "For me as an athlete and as someone who understands the business and has wants and needs, I felt this was the best decision for myself at this time. It takes nothing away from what I've done in those 13 years. But I'm also a guy who has a dream. And one of my dreams was always to play for my hometown team. And the time right now came where it was perfect for me to do that."