LeBron James may be the face of the 2003 NBA Draft, and the entire league for that matter. But Miami Heat icon Dwyane Wade will always be remembered as the first star from that vaunted class to win a championship (No, Darko Milicic was not a star.)
D-Wade recently guested on Jalen Rose's Renaissance Man podcast where he opened up about the lead up to the Heat's 2006 title run with Shaquille O'Neal.
Via Apple Podcasts:
“In that era, if you don’t win championships, you’re not great,” said the Heat star. “That’s the way it was portrayed.”
I knew if I wanted to be on Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan level, I had to be considered a champion. And when I got my opportunity at 24-year-old, my third year in the NBA, with one of the most dominant centers to ever play the game, I knew that this was my chance. And I couldn’t have let this opportunity slide by.”
Dwyane Wade was just a few years in the league and yet he was already thinking about cementing his legacy in NBA history. He was the ultimate manifestation for the Law of Attraction as he not only won that title with the Heat, but also added two more rings for good measure.
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