On Monday night, Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade surprised the basketball world when he showed up in American Airlines Arena with a fully-braided do, as his team faced the struggling Phoenix Suns.
When asked about his new hairstyle, the soon-to-be-retired shooting guard explained that this was a tribute to the great Allen Iverson.
“I'm trying my inner Allen Iverson,” admitted Wade, per Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel.
Wade shared the thought process he went through prior to deciding to debut his braids.
“There's a lot of factors,” he said. “I've been growing my hair. I'm growing my hair to do different looks and I decided to do a different look.
“Once I got it done, I was like, ‘You know what? I’m going to do it in a game.' ”
“I've gotten my hair braided like three times in practice,” he explained, “but I haven't worn it in a game. But I felt I was game ready, so ‘For the Culture.' “
This is pretty awesome from Wade, who — despite being in his 16th NBA season — still has a couple of surprises up his sleeve.
Interestingly, when questioned about his commitment to his new style, Wade could not give a straight answer.
“I don't know,” said Wade. “We'll see what happens.”
The next stop of the Dwyane Wade farewell tour is a home game against the defending champions, the Golden State Warriors, on Wednesday, so we will soon find out if he has decided to keep the braids for more game nights.
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