Dwyane Wade's Statue Unveiling Goes Viral
Dwyane Wade's Statue Unveiling Goes Viral
By Keith Mado October 30, 2024 09:25
On Sunday (October 27), the Miami Heat honored and further cemented the legacy of their franchise legend, Dwyane Wade, with an eight-foot statue. Wade built his basketball legacy wearing a Heat jersey. In Miami, he won three championships (2006, 2012, and 2013) and earned 13 All-Star nods. Wade is the franchise leader in points (21,556), assists (5,310), steals (1,492), and games (948).
With these accomplishments, it would only be fitting for the Heat legend to be the first-ever player to have a statue outside the team's South Florida arena. "This is crazy," Wade said. "I wanted to feel this. Life goes by so fast, and it's very rare that we get to feel things because we're always off to the next thing." "That's crazy. I can't believe that. Who is that guy?" Wade stated after the statue was unveiled. But it turns out a lot of people were asking the same question. However, while the statue was grand and commemorated Wade's iconic
"This is my house" celebration after his game-winning shot against the Chicago Bulls in March 2009, fans and media quickly commented on its appearance. Social media exploded with fans, press, players, and sports media contemplating how the statue turned out. Most of their comments were directed at the fact that the statue, in their opinion, doesn't look like the Heat legend.
"I couldn't do better than that. I don't think anybody else can do better than that," sculpture artist Omri Amrany told a local Heat reporter about fans' reaction to the statue. "It is what it is, and we will love it forever." However, Wade quickly spoke his mind amidst the controversy: "I care, but I don't," Wade said via The Associated Press. "The social media world is about opinions.
Everyone has an opinion. Everyone, use y'all opinions. Please talk more about us. Talk more about a statue, come on down to see it, take some photos, and send some memes. We don't care."
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