Social Media Reacts to Dwayne Wade Statue Unveiling… “Who Is That?”
A bit of confusion on social media this weekend. Dwayne Wade, an NBA legend, was honored with a statue by his former team, the Miami Heat over the weekend. What was supposed to be a great moment slowly turned into a moment of confusion when the statue was unveiled.
Dwayne Wade Statue Mishap
NBA fans and even Dwayne Wade himself were a bit puzzled by the statue. The statue that was supposed to resemble the NBA legend looked a bit off. Well, more than off – it didn’t look like him at all. The new statue outside the Kaseya Center in Miami is supposed to reflect Wade doing his famous phrase, “This is my house!” Instead, it looks like some random man potentially saying it in Wade’s jersey.
As soon as the unveiling took place, Wade took to the mic with a somewhat confused reaction stating, “Who is that guy?” while laughing. Although he made light of it, it didn’t take long for social media to share their reactions and confusion to the statue.
Now, I may not be the best artist but I do know that is not Dwayne Wade. We’re not sure who cleared this and who thought unveiling this in such a grand way would be a great idea, but to me, Wade doesn’t have a statue. There is no way they should leave this statute to stand tall outside of the arena. I vote for a remake ASAP. Poor, Wade!
The Sneakers The 4 Stars Left In The Playoffs Are Wearing
Tyrese Haliburton - Nike Kobe 6
The Kobe 6 has become one of the most popular basketball shoes this year. Fellow Indiana pro basketball player, Caitlin Clark also wears these.
An interesting and fun Pacers fact here, is that with all the different uniform options a NBA team has now, only the Indiana Pacers have opted for a “playoff uniform” this year. Though it’s not a new design, the Pacers have worn their yellow “statement” edition uniform in every game of the postseason so far. Given that no team remaining has a yellow option in their set, this will likely continue as it can be worn for both home and away games.
Jayson Tatum - Jordan Tatum 2
As one of Jordan brand’s main NBA athletes, Tatum and his design team have done a great job of not making a ton of different sneaker model options. Instead, they have had dozens of different colorways of his “Tatum” shoes over recent years. For example, last week during game four, Tatum debuted the “Avocado Milkshake” colorway of the Tatum 2s. Tatum may not debut a new option during the series against the Pacers, but it is likely that he wears a different color for each game.
Luka Dončić - Jordan Luka 2
Like Tatum, Mavs star >Luka Dončić is also a Jordan guy. He too has his own model simply called the Jordan Luka 2s. So if both the Celtics and Mavs advance to the finals we will have a Jordan vs. Jordan superstar sneaker matchup containing the Jordan Tatum 2s vs. the Jordan Luka 2s. #77 seems to always write “Gabriela” with a heart on the sole of his sneakers. That is his baby daughters name.
Anthony Edwards - Adidas AE1
The player who has been perhaps unlike anyone else also stands alone in the sneaker category, Anthony Edwards, goes with a less flashy Adidas model appropriately called the “AE1.” Though they’ve worn two different styles, the Wolves have only worn white uniforms so far in the playoffs, allowing Edwards shoe choice to always pop, just like his game. It will be an interesting matchup now vs. the Mavs as both teams have similar colors navy-based colors.
