{"id":104078,"date":"2024-10-30T07:30:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=104078"},"modified":"2024-10-30T06:45:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T10:45:48","slug":"dwyane-wade-miami-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/30\/dwyane-wade-miami-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaq and Chuck Have Words for Dwyane Wade&#8217;s Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all knew it was coming, and yet, it hit hard. The guys from Inside the NBA had fun with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wadedw01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwyane Wade\u2019s<\/a> Miami Heat statue. When it was first unveiled, fans were quick to poke fun at the bronze statue of the legendary Miami Heat player.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/27\/heat-honor-hall-of-famer-champion-dwyane-wade-statue\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">statue<\/a>, standing at an impressive eight feet tall outside the Kaseya Center is a legacy moment for Wade. But the looks of it are not that impressive, according to most people.<\/p>\n<h2>Shaq Jokes About Dwyane Wade\u2019s Miami Statue<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m6zaArEoQ0A?si=nvFkCeyBQaoTvjNV\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/o\/onealsh01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaquille O&#8217;Neal<\/a> is responsible for one of the funniest segments in the NBA, Shaqtin\u2019 a Fool. The segment shows hilarious NBA bloopers. Shaqtin\u2019 has had different versions over the years, and now, fans get to choose between the four best moments. Dwyane Wade\u2019s Miami statute won first place. And Shaq had his fun, saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe scariest thing this Halloween is the statue. How\u2019s that statue look, Chuck?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barklch01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Barkley<\/a> was not kind as well, saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI tell you what, if you put that in front of your house, there ain\u2019t no kids coming. You don\u2019t want kids in your house. That\u2019s the way it went. That\u2019s the way it went with the animated face man.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Chuck Thinks the Statue Is an Honor<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier in the show, during another segment, Charles talked about how huge of an honor it is to have a statue. He said it was a great honor for Wade, but they have to take it down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenny Smith<\/a> protested, and Chuck had some words, saying,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is a great honor but they have to take that thing down. He made an ugly statute that\u2019s what it would look like. That thing is awful.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He then finished by saying that would be the face Wade made after he saw the statue. Sculptors took about 800 hours of work to finish off the statue and Wade was directly involved with the process. Most people saw the statue for the first time on Sunday, while Wade had seen parts of it, including the face, during the process.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6tk2j823akM?si=Z1vvL_AM9vwuh6XX\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What Did Dwyane Wade Think of His Statue?<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/10\/29\/dwyane-wades-reaction-to-his-statue-fallout-on-the-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wade conducted a couple of interviews<\/a> about the statue. And <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketballinsiders.com\/news\/dwayne-wade-sculpture-outside-heat-arena-hailed-as-worst-sports-statue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he said<\/a> the following,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf I wanted it to look like me, I\u2019d just stand outside the arena and y\u2019all can take photos. It don\u2019t need to look like me. It\u2019s the artistic version of a moment that happened that we\u2019re trying to cement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The moment that the statue tries to capture is the end of a game against the Chicago Bulls in March of 2009. After making a shot to win the game at the buzzer of double overtime, Wade hopped up onto a courtside table, yelling, \u201cThis is my house!\u201d It was a historic moment for sure, and the position of the hands in the statue are reminiscent of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>The face, on the other hand, is a different story. Wade continued,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI care, but I don\u2019t. The social media world is about opinions. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone, use y\u2019all opinions. Please talk more about us. Talk more about a statue, come on down to see it, take some photos, send some memes. We don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the end of the day, there are only a few organizations in the NBA that have a statue outside, including the Los Angeles Lakers. There are also only a dozen of players that have a statue outside of an arena. That statue is a great moment for the Wade family and the Heat organization. And it is not the first, nor will it be the last to look different than the player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all knew it was coming, and yet, it hit hard. The guys from Inside the NBA had fun with Dwyane Wade\u2019s Miami Heat statue. When it was first unveiled, fans were quick to poke fun at the bronze statue of the legendary Miami Heat player. 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