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There have been plenty of memorable playoff matchups throughout the NBA’s existence mostly because of the grueling competitive basketball between two equally deserving clubs. But in some cases, the ending is mired with controversy. Here are some of the five notable ones. 5. 1998 NBA Finals Fresh off the unparalleled success of ESPN and Netflix’s […]

Boston Celtics legend and ESPN analyst Paul Pierce ruffled some weathers on Wednesday when he said that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James is not a top-five player of all time. I’m going to be honest here: that is not a terrible take, because a legitimate argument can be made for James not being top […]

Dwyane Wade made $196,388,473 during his Hall of Fame playing career, per Spotrac. The three-time champion established himself as a legend both on and off the court. The Miami Heat selected Wade with the fifth overall pick in the legendary 2003 draft. The shooting guard made $2,636,400 during his rookie season. He finished the year […]

Caron Butler started out his 14-year NBA career with the Miami Heat after being selected with the 10th overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft. The following season, the Heat drafted the guy they thought would be his backcourt mate for years to come in Dwyane Wade. That all changed, however, once the Los Angeles […]

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 […]

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade was one of the best shot blockers at his position during his time in the NBA. With that said, however, he wasn’t able to escape some embarrassing posters in his career. In fact, Wade was the victim of an epic poster during the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals between the Chicago […]

The son of former NBA superstar Dwyane Wade, Sierra Canyon High School senior Zaire Wade has a lot to live up to. The young man will soon be headed to college, provided he doesn’t take the new G League approach, and everyone wants to know about Zaire Wade college choices. The younger Wade isn’t quite […]

Dwyane Wade had the luxury of playing with some of the best players in NBA history during his legendary career. Of course, before he teamed up with LeBron James in 2010, Wade was the top player on his respective teams, so we’re not insinuating that D-Wade was carried during his NBA career. After all, his […]

Many consider the Miami Heat’s Big 3 of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh as perhaps the greatest trio ever assembled in the modern era. Despite their short-lived run together, they still have two NBA titles to their names. For Wade, however, the former All-Star guard does not believe that the Heat Big 3 […]

In the eyes of Miami Heat icons Dwyane Wade and Udonis Haslem, the biggest shot in NBA Finals history was Ray Allen’s comeback-topping Game 6 triple in 2013. While speaking with Channing Frye and Bleacher Report, Wade — who retired after a successful, 15-year NBA career at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season — asked […]

Dwyane Wade, who retired from the NBA last summer after an illustrious 16-year career, pretty much won it all during his time in the league. For some reason, though, the Miami Heat legend was recently referred to simply as “LeBron’s teammate” by a post from a random — and rather disrespectful — sports page on […]

Much like Hall of Fame shooting guard Michael Jordan, retired Dallas Mavericks legendary power forward Dirk Nowitzki was motivated by perceived slights. In the case of the 2011 NBA Finals, which saw the Mavs rematched with their 2006 Finals adversary Miami Heat, a jab by stars LeBron James and Dwyane Wade “sealed” the Finals MVP’s […]

Virtually the entire basketball world was tuned in on Sunday night as ESPN and Netflix aired Episodes 7 and 8 of The Last Dance. A lot of NBA players aired their real-time reactions to the episodes, but for Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade, he needed some time to digest the emotional rollercoaster he experienced. Roughly […]

Dwyane Wade not only established himself as the third-best shooting guard in NBA history during his playing career, but he also made a heck of a lot of money while doing it. Per Spotrac, Wade made $196,388,473 through NBA contracts during his Hall of Fame playing career. The first contract Wade signed in the NBA […]

Dwayne Wade is in his first year of retirement, but he is already taking some time to relive the glory days while remaining home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Wade’s wife, Gabrielle Union, said during a virtual appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon her husband has spent a good deal of time watching old games. Wade […]

Retired NBA shooting guard Dwyane Wade spent 15 seasons with the Miami Heat, winning the franchise’s first championship in 2006 under then-head coach Pat Riley and two more titles when the coach turned executive. With that said, could current Heat big man Bam Adebayo turn into a potential franchise cornerstone like Wade? Riley himself thinks […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has hit the court with a number of talented players over the course of his 17 seasons in the NBA. Along the way, the Akron, Ohio native has claimed three championships, but he has had some help. In this piece, we’ll take a look back at LeBron James’ greatest […]

Retired Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade was just another kid from Chicago, Illinois, before south Florida turned into “Wade County.” And as a Chicagoan growing up in the 1990s, there was no such bigger icon than Bulls legend Michael Jordan, the central figure of ESPN’s 10-part ongoing docu-series The Last Dance. Wade, like many […]

As it turns out, the dispute over the 2020 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest still isn’t over. Orlando Magic high-flyer Aaron Gordon recently released a diss track aimed at Dunk Contest judge Dwyane Wade, to which the latter responded to in stride. The two got into it again on an Instagram Live video, with Gordon not […]

The NBA can be overwhelming for rookies and everyone eventually gets their welcome to the big leagues moment at some point. For Phoenix Suns superstar Devin Booker, his came when Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade completely erased his shot attempt back in the 2015-16 season. Speaking in a chat with The Big lead on Sunday, […]

Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry is the epitome of an NBA power couple. They are both successful in their respective fields and have a beautiful family with three adorable children. However, things could have been a lot different if the Warriors guard’s loving wife took the advice of her […]

Orlando Magic power forward Aaron Gordon released a diss track titled “9 out of 10,” which was clearly directed at NBA legend Dwyane Wade. The title of the song was a reference to Wade’s score on AG in the final round of the 2020 Slam Dunk Contest, which prevented the prodigious dunker from taking the […]

Michael Jordan is the deadliest midrange shooter in NBA history. His prowess would influence and inspire the next generation of All Star shooting guards, including Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and Richard Hamilton. Hamilton wasn’t just impacted by Jordan from afar, though. The three-time All Star got to pick Jordan’s brain up-close as his Washington Wizards […]

Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon now appears to be stepping back on his recent attempt to take a dig at Miami Heat icon.Dwyane Wade. After releasing an all-out diss track aimed at Wade on Sunday, Gordon is now denying any ill will against the retired three-time champ. The Magic dunk maestro claimed that his diss […]

Former Miami Heat forward Justise Winslow says he knows all the dirt on franchise legend Dwyane Wade, sort of insinuating that Aaron Gordon should have let him write the lyrics of the diss track the Orlando Magic high-flyer wrote. Gordon ripped Wade in his diss track for the Heat icon’s role in the 2020 Slam […]

NBA legend Dwyane Wade has taken to Twitter to come out with his much-awaited response (well, not really) to Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon’s recent diss track. On Sunday, the 6-foot-8 forward-turned-rapper dropped the music video for his latest track entitled “9 OUT OF 10,” which centers around Gordon’s controversial loss during the Slam Dunk […]

With all the hype surrounding ESPN’s “The Last Dance” docu-series, Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon has decided to draw some of the attention towards himself. On the same evening Episodes 3 and 4 of the amazing Michael Jordan/Chicago Bulls documentary dropped, Gordon released the official music video of his new song entitled “9 OUT OF […]

Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade has more than just a leg up on former teammate Norris Cole in terms of accolades, fame and notoriety. However, Cole did win a lucrative bet off Wade during their days in Miami, one that resulted in Wade gifting Cole a brand-new Porsche. Cole and Wade recounted a time when […]

With all of us in the mood for documentaries revisiting past basketball teams, former NBA star Dwyane Wade revealed he’s producing a documentary about the 2008 Team USA Men’s Basketball team, known as the “Redeem Team.” “We’re doing a documentary on the 2008 Redeem Team… It’s something that we’ve been working on for the last […]

Retired NBA superstar and Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade has inadvertently turned himself into an internet meme, following his stint as a judge in the 2020 NBA SlamDunk Contest at the United Center last February. Wade’s unintended infamy came to life when he gave SlamDunk participant Aaron Gordon a score of 9 following an extremely […]

Even the biggest of NBA superstars have their own endearing narrative about the late Kobe Bryant. This time around, it was Heat legend Dwyane Wade who shared his Kobe story. Wade took a trip down memory lane as he narrated how Bryant — already a bonafide superstar in the league at that time — welcomed […]

Former Miami Heat stars Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh are helping remind people to check in with their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wade and Bosh, along with Wade’s wife Gabrielle Union, WNBA legend Candace Parker and DJ D-Nice, starred in a new version of the classic Budweiser “Whassup” commercial: https://youtu.be/eg5ZMkS8zfM Wade, the best […]

The Miami Dolphins selected University of Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa with the fifth overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft on Thursday night, and retired Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade seems pretty happy about it: The last 5th overall pick to Miami did some cool things. Congrts @Tuaamann can’t wait to watch your journey. — […]

NBA legend Dwyane Wade’s son Zaire Wade is leaving Sierra Canyon high school for Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Wade reacted to the news on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_QHcX_Hfp4/?fbclid=IwAR1vcEF-19b8bs0qDazy9o6oy8MDmoP7Fz0Fy31HW0ORGP7OhDkqebKavUA Zaire wasn’t getting a lot of playing time at Sierra Canyon and decided to transfer. D-Wade said last month on NBA on TNT he doesn’t want anything […]

As if the pandemic-induced sports content void wasn’t enough of a reason to be excited about ESPN moving up the premiere of “The Last Dance” to April 19th, retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade pointed out another. “MJ doc yesterday! 4/20 today! These are the best two back to back days I’ve had in a long […]

To be completely honest, rivalries today pale in comparison to that of many years ago. That may not exactly be a bad thing, but there’s no denying that the animosity between teams has somehow dwindled in the buddy-buddy world of today’s NBA. Even for the Heat. Nevertheless, this has not prevented us from reliving some […]

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade recently went on a 20-minute Q&A with Bleacher Report, and the 38-year-old addressed a fair amount of interesting questions from NBA fans and media personalities alike. From his best buddy LeBron James to the controversial All-Star Dunk Contest last February, Wade opened up quite a bit. One of the more […]

The Boston Celtics were arguably Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat’s biggest rivals in the East during the so-called “Big Three” era from 2011 to 2014. D-Wade acknowledged that on Friday when asked by a fan during his AMA session with Bleacher Report. The three-time NBA champion bared that it was the Celtics that challenged […]

NBA legend Dwyane Wade spent a single season for his hometown team of the Chicago Bulls during the 2016-17 campaign. At 35, this was already towards the tail end of the 13-time All-Star’s career, but still, he did not leave the city without his fair share of memorable moments. One of which was his almost […]