Dwyane Wade has achieved everything a player could ever hope to accomplish in the NBA. Wade is a 12-time All-Star, a former scoring champ, a three-time champion, and a former Finals MVP. Surely, one of his many moments was the pinnacle of his basketball life.

Rather, Wade cites watching his son play as the “purest joy” he's ever had around the game of basketball.

Wade has reached the pinnacle of his profession and yet, his greatest joy still comes from being around his family. There's something to be said about the connection basketball, and sports in a more broad sense can bring families together.

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It's a way for fathers to connect with their sons, mothers to connect with their daughters, or any family member to connect with a loved one.

Oftentimes, people will ask a diehard sports fan why they care so much. In truth, it's because there is some connection they have to the game that makes it so important in our everyday lives.

It's about the memories that the game evokes. Wade must look back on his own time as a kid playing basketball and remember it fondly. Now he gets to watch his son have that same kind of experience. In fact, Wade doesn't just watch his son, they get to experience it all together.

Wade must have countless moments while playing basketball that he remembers fondly, but none of that compares to when he's watching his son.