Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade grew up in Chicago watching Michael Jordan play the shooting guard position better than anybody else in history. He was also a witness on how His Airness delivered six championships to the city during the 1990s.

Not surprisingly, he idolized Jordan as a young hooper and strove to model parts of his game after MJ — even employing Jordan's famous personal trainer Tim Grover for years.

Wade has openly discussed the impact Jordan had on his game, life and basketball career, and he reiterated his gratitude for Jordan following the finale of ESPN's “The Last Dance” docu-series.

“I’ve said it before and I’ll always say it. THANK YOU! If there were no Michael Jordan there would be no me. #thelastdance,” the Heat legend wrote on Instagram in a post that included a photo of him as a young NBA player shaking hands with Michael Jordan.

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In 2016, Wade told The Undefeated that the idea another basketball player — namely his former teammate and good pal LeBron James — could surpass Jordan's GOAT status is “not possible.”

“The only thing you can do is tie it,” Dwyane Wade added.

In a Bleacher Report Q&A ahead of the premiere of “The Last Dance”, Wade reiterated his stance on whom he considers to be the greatest hooper in history.

“Michael Jordan. I watched him win 6 titles. My biggest takeaway is the first one they won in '91 Being a 9 year old kid, seeing the Chicago Bulls do that … that gave me the vision to say ‘Ok, that's what I want to do for the rest of my life.' That's the feeling I want to bring to this city and my family,” the Heat icon furthered.

For what it's worth, Wade tweeted commentaries on Jordan and the Bulls throughout the past five weeks as the docu-series aired.