{"id":103431,"date":"2024-10-27T21:21:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T01:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=103431"},"modified":"2024-10-27T21:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T01:21:43","slug":"heat-honor-hall-of-famer-champion-dwyane-wade-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/27\/heat-honor-hall-of-famer-champion-dwyane-wade-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat Honor Hall Of Famer, Champion With Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After making the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nba\/status\/1850206586800603398?s=46&amp;t=wi4lwy44ptAPzCOfNGn4lw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announcement in January<\/a>, the Miami Heat have officially honored Hall of Fame guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wadedw01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwyane Wade<\/a> with a statue, cementing his status as the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/08\/01\/dwyane-wade-selects-allen-iverson-as-hall-of-fame-presenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">greatest player in franchise history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our franchise\u2019s greatest legacy, forever cemented <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0wBDQ3Cz2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/0wBDQ3Cz2C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiHEAT\/status\/1850660481771393085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Drafted fifth overall in 2003, Wade played for the Heat for 15 seasons. In that time, he won three championships and earned 13 All-Star selections. Though the Big 3 era is what sticks out in the minds of many fans, Dade County became Wade County after he led Miami to a title in 2006.<\/p>\n<h2>Heat Honor Hall Of Famer, Champion Dwyane Wade With Statue<\/h2>\n<p>In 2009, Wade hit a one-handed running jump shot against the Chicago Bulls to win the game for the Heat in double-overtime. After making the shot, Wade jumped on the scorer\u2019s table, yelling \u201cThis is my house!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#8220;THIS IS MY HOUSE!&#8221; \ud83d\udde3\ufe0f<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DwyaneWade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DwyaneWade<\/a> sharing a special moment with his daughter Kaavia James \u2763\ufe0f <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tYXdt4K1TC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/tYXdt4K1TC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1850666846266982820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When the statue was unveiled, multiple people \u2014 Wade, his son Zaire, longtime teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hasleud01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Udonis Haslem<\/a>, Heat president Pat Riley \u2014 made speeches. In <em>his<\/em> speech, Wade sought to define legacy in the context of <em>Heat Culture<\/em>, using words inspired by Riley:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegacy,\u201d Wade says. \u201cI don\u2019t have a vision of what my legacy is. You have to develop a philosophy. It\u2019s an image of a desired state that you wanna get to.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dwyane Wade defines what Legacy means amazing speech \u2665\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oSUDht0hft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/oSUDht0hft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heat Clips \ud83c\udfac (@Demar305) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Demar305\/status\/1850665429662142708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He walked off to MVP chants.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dwyane Wade after his speech.<\/p>\n<p>His last words of the speech were as the statue commemorates\u2026\u201dThis is my house.\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HeatNation<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/boYEKnuG9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/boYEKnuG9a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachWeinberger\/status\/1850664064093176060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Soon after, he took to the podium to speak to reporters, answering myriad questions.<\/p>\n<p>Wade admits to being intimately <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZachWeinberger\/status\/1850678227196416045\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">involved with the design process<\/a>. Notably, he\u2019s the one who chose the \u201cThis is my house!\u201d moment to be the statue\u2019s pose. A stickler for details, he notes that observers can even see him chewing gum in the bust.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexMSolana\/status\/1850686107110834377\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he reveals that his reaction<\/a> was inspired by beating his hometown team and seeing other players jump on the scorer\u2019s table.<\/p>\n<h3>The Unchosen One<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cPersonally biased, I think it\u2019s one of the best statues that\u2019s been created because of what it represents for us and for me,\u201d Wade says. \u201cBut I have so many emotions\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dwyane Wade speaks about the statue:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally biased, I think it\u2019s one of the best statues ever created\u2026\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HeatNation<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N5Jae9txwS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/N5Jae9txwS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachWeinberger\/status\/1850678460680995000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say you want it any other way when you just celebrated a statue,\u201d he continues. \u201cYou\u2019ll be asking for too much\u2026 These last 21 years of my life have been incredible. The highs and the lows.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dwyane Wade reflects on his career leading up to the statue reveal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say you want it any other way when you just celebrated a statue\u2026\u201d <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#HeatNation<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7hzOtILXkv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7hzOtILXkv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachWeinberger\/status\/1850678626687058111?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cJust sitting up there on that podium\u2026 I\u2019m like, \u2018How?\u2019 Like in my mind, I\u2019m like \u2018What? Me?\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI was never chosen,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI didn\u2019t even get chosen on the playground when I was growing up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After making the announcement in January, the Miami Heat have officially honored Hall of Fame guard Dwyane Wade with a statue, cementing his status as the greatest player in franchise history. Our franchise\u2019s greatest legacy, forever cemented pic.twitter.com\/0wBDQ3Cz2C \u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) October 27, 2024 Drafted fifth overall in 2003, Wade played for the Heat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":103439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1608,62,3],"tags":[2173],"class_list":["post-103431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heat","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-dwayne-wade"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}