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The internet came together to roast the Miami Heat after the team unveiled a new statue honoring Dwyane Wade that looked nothing like the legendary shooting guard.
Sunday was supposed to be a monumental day for the Basketball Hall of Famer. Instead, it turned out to be a day full of hilarious jokes.
The Heat unveiled Wade’s statue in front of the Kaseya Center in Miami during a ceremony, and immediately, social media had the same reaction: They asked, “Who is this man?” because the statue looked nothing like the 42-year-old retired NBA superstar.
The statue was supposed to depict Wade doing his iconic “this is my house” moment during his playing days. Instead, we got someone impersonating Wade, pulling off the moment.
Social media wasted no time taking the statue and using it in hilarious memes. One of those memes took the head of the statue and put it on Wade’s body during the iconic LeBron James alley-oop from Wade moment.
“Dwayne Wade’s statue is some NASTY WORK,’ the satirical sports X account, The Hater Report, wrote in the caption alongside a photo of the statue.
Another post read, “that ain’t D WADE, that’s homie from I Am Legend!!!”
“The Dwyane Wade statue will haunt me until my dying day,’ another user said on X.
During his speech, Wade even asked, “who is that guy?” Apparently he was just trolling, because he later shared a video of himself overseeing the statue being made.
Welp.
We can’t be mad if Dwyane Wade isn’t made about his statue, but he’s still gonna get these jokes.
You can see more reactions to the statue in the gallery below.
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer and NBA Champion Dwyane Wade is opening up about that “break baby” situation.
Wade was the latest visitor to ESPN’s newest star, Shannon Sharpe’s podcast, Club Shay Shay, and the two former athletes touched on a myriad of topics during their 2-hour long conversation.
One particular moment catching people’s attention is the Miami Heat legend’s comments about his “break baby” and how difficult it was to break the news to his now wife, Gabrielle Union, saying telling Union about the child was more challenging than winning an NBA championship.
D-Wade admitted to fathering a child with Aja Metoyer. Word on the gossip streets was that Wade cheated, but in a statement, he revealed that he and Union, who have been dating since 2008, were on a break.
Still, telling her about his youngest son, Xavier Zechariah Wade, was difficult.
Wade told Sharpe that he was terrified, and the birth of his son deeply affected his relationship with Union. Sharpe then asked which was more difficult, competing in the NBA Finals that year, which Wade’s Heat went on to win, or telling Union about the baby, with Wade revealing it was “way harder to have a conversation with my now-wife.”
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“I mean, you’re thinking about it. All right. It’s all scary. The whole situation is scary enough,” Wade continued, noting that up until that point, he and Union had been building a relationship and a life. “And no matter what people say outside or what people think, it’s like, ultimately, like you got to sit with you. You got to sit with this person, this woman you’re gonna be with, right? And I had to sit with my wife about this. Well, my now-wife about this.”
Sharpe expressed his doubts that Union would have stayed with him had the news of his pregnancy become public before he told her.
“I couldn’t have gotten through that moment without her sitting with me,” Wade replied. “I tried to pussyfoot around it. I tried to break up with her: ‘Hey, you know things has been bad lately. We’ve been having a look at this relationship.’ Anyway, I tried all that. She kept showing up.”
Wade notes the couple continues to work on their relationship and regularly attends therapy: “It hasn’t been perfect. It will never be perfect. But that was nine years ago, and we still go to therapy. We’ve had shouts about it. We’ve had regular conversations about it. And so it’s been something that is going to continue to be something that I have to work at, and it doesn’t go away because years come or because ‘I say sorry.”
Time ultimately heals all wounds. The couple would go on to have a daughter, Kaavia James, via a surrogate.
Wade and Union co-parent five children, including Wade’s eldest children, Zaire and Zaya Wade, from his first wife.
He is also the legal guardian of Dahveon Morris.
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Here we go, another unnecessary debate about something a celebrity said concerning their household.
Gabrielle Union isn’t shy about sharing anything regarding her marriage. We all remember when she admitted to being a munch revealing her husband, 41-year-old former NBA player Dwyane Wade enjoys his butt being eaten.
As you can imagine, that caused an uproar at the time, and now Union is once again the center of social media discourse, this time it has nothing to do with what goes down in the couple’s bedroom, but instead, it’s all about how they manage their finances.
During an interview with Bloomberg Originals, the 50-year-old actress opened up about splitting everything “50/50” with her husband.
“It’s weird to say I’m head of household because, in this household, we split everything 50/50,” Union said. “But in the other households that each of us have to support, there’s always this gorilla on your back that is like, ‘You better work! You better work! You want to sleep in? Somebody might not eat.’ And it’s hard. It’s hard to let that go, so I’m working on that.”
Union shares a daughter with Wade, 4-year-old Kaavia, whom the couple welcomed via a surrogate, as well as being a stepmother to his other three children from previous relationships. Zaire, 21, and Zaya, 15, whom he shares with his ex-wife Siovaughn Funches and son Xavier, 9, with Aja Metoyer.
The actress says supporting her family motivates her to keep working hard.
“I have more responsibilities for my money,” she said. “I get nervous. Like, ‘Oh god, that movie didn’t open. Well, what does that mean? Am I going to have enough to hold everybody up?’… I’m trying to find peace in the journey, not using my anxiety and scarcity mindset to be my engine, which is hard.”
Twitter Had Plenty To Say About Gabrielle Union Splitting Everything 50/50
To be expected, Twitter had plenty of thoughts on the matter and couldn’t believe she was going half on things while being married to a former professional basketball player, who is part owner of an NBA franchise and has other lucrative business deals.
“Gabrielle Union said she go 50/50 with a man who is a part owner of an NBA team. the lights are on but ain’t nobody home,” one Twitter user wrote.
“1. I’m not splitting anything with a man who got 3 kids + a bonus child. 2. I’m not splitting anything with a man who made a bonus child that I gotta look at as a constant reminder. 3. Why does millionaire Gabrielle Union sound like she living paycheck-to-paycheck w/ a husband?” another tweet read.
MSNBC anchor Symone D Sanders Townsend defended Union, saying, “The responsibilities Gabrielle Union refers to is being THE financially successful person in your family. So many folks of her age & younger are the 1st to achieve “real money” – that can be a burden. If you don’t understand ok but let’s not pretend she was saying something else.”
Add this debate to the long list of things Twitter will waste its time on. You can see more reactions in the gallery below.
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Some of our generation’s greatest ballers will get a chance to breathe rare air with Icons. The NBA has announced the nominees for the 2023 Hall Of Fame.
As reported on Hype Beast The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2023, including several high-profile, first-time nominees including Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Gregg Popovich and Dwyane Wade. A first look at the list of eligible nominees was provided by NBA Today on ESPN, hosted by Malika Andrews, Richard Jefferson, Chiney Ogwumike, Kendrick Perkins and Zach Lowe.
The entire Class of 2023, including those selected by the direct-elect committees, will be unveiled during the NCAA Final Four in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, April 1, in a nationally televised broadcast at 11:00 a.m. EST. Finalists from the North American and Women’s committee for the Class of 2023 will be announced on Friday, February 17, at 5:30 p.m. ET in Salt Lake City, Utah, during NBA All-Star Weekend.
Enshrinement weekend will begin at the Mohegan Sun on Friday, August 11, with the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala, followed by the Enshrinement ceremony on Saturday, August 12, at Springfield’s historic Symphony Hall.
A complete list of eligible candidates can be found below (* Indicates First-Time Nominee).
NORTH AMERICAN NOMINATIONS
Ken Anderson (COA)
John Beilein (COA)*
Gene Bess (COA)
Chauncey Billups (PLA)
Tom Chambers (PLA)
John Clougherty (REF)
Michael Cooper (PLA)
Joey Crawford (REF)
Jack Curran (COA)
Mark Eaton (PLA)
Cliff Ellis (COA)
Michael Finley (PLA)
Pau Gasol (PLA)*
Leonard Hamilton (COA)
Lou Henson (COA)
Ed Hightower (REF)
David Hixon (COA)
Mark Jackson (PLA)
Marques Johnson (PLA)
Gene Keady (COA)
Jim Larranaga (COA)*
Maurice Lucas (PLA)
Shawn Marion (PLA)
Rollie Massimino (COA)
Dick Motta (COA)
Dirk Nowitzki (PLA)*
Jake O’Donnell (REF)
Tony Parker (PLA)*
Jim Phelan (COA)
Gregg Popovich (COA)*
Bo Ryan (COA)
Stan Spirou (COA)*
Reggie Theus (PLA)
Dwyane Wade (PLA)*
Buck Williams (PLA)
John Williamson (PLA)*
Paul Westhead (COA)
WOMEN’S NOMINATIONS
Leta Andrews (COA)
Jennifer Azzi (PLA)
Gary Blair (COA)
Doug Bruno (COA)*
Becky Hammon (PLA)
Becky Martin (COA)
Debbie Miller-Palmore (PLA)
Kim Mulkey (PLA)
Valerie Still (PLA)
Marian Washington (COA)
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT-ELECT
Jackie Chazalon
Mirza Delibasic
Dusan Ivkovic
Semen Khalipski
Vladimir Kondrashin
Eduardo Lamas
Marcos Leite
Shimon Mirrahi
Amaury Pasos
Manuel Sainz
Togo Soares
Ranko Zeravica
WOMEN’S VETERANS DIRECT-ELECT
1976 US Olympic Team (TEA)*
1982 Cheyney University NCAA Final Four Team (TEA)*
Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)
Edmonton Commercial Grads (TEA)
John Head (COA)
Yolanda Laney (PLA)*
Nashville Business College (TEA)
Lometa Odom (PLA)
Harley Redin (COA)
Hazel Walker (PLA)
Valerie Walker (PLA)*
Dean Weese (COA)*
CONTRIBUTOR DIRECT-ELECT
Pete Babcock
Dick Baumgartner
Henry Bibby
Marty Blake
Vic Bubas
Doug Collins
Wayne Duke
Bill Foster
Bob Gibbons
Simon Gourdine
Tim Grgurich
Junius Kellogg
Johnny “Red” Kerr
Tom Konchalski
Bobby Lewis
Fred McCall
Jack McCloskey
Jon McGlocklin
Speedy Morris
Dennis Murphy
Curly Neal
Jack Powers
Will Robinson
Gene Shue
Jim Valvano
Donnie Walsh
VETERANS DIRECT-ELECT
1936 US Olympic Team (TEA)
1972 US Olympic Team (TEA)
Dick Barnett (PLA)
Tom Blackburn (COA)
Sid Borgia (REF)
Charles Brown (PLA)*
Freddie Brown (PLA)*
Jack Coleman (PLA)
Charles Eckman (REF)
Leroy Edwards (PLA)
Leo Ferris (CONT)
Hy Gotkin (PLA)
Travis Grant (PLA)
Jack Hartman (COA)*
Cam Henderson (COA)
Robert Hopkins (PLA)
Charles Keinath (PLA)
Greg Kelser (PLA)*
Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)
Bob Love (PLA)
Loyola of Chicago (TEA)
Billy Markward (CONT)
Ed McCluskey (COA)
Jack McKinney (CONT)
Bill Melchionni (PLA)*
Francis Meehan (PLA)
Lucias Mitchell (COA)
Donald “Dudey” Moore (COA)
Joe Mullaney (COA)
Willie Naulls (PLA)
North Catholic High School Junior Varsity (Philadelphia, PA) (TEA)
Don Otten (PLA)*
Philadelphia SPHAS (TEA)
Kevin Porter (PLA)*
Glenn Roberts (PLA)
Lennie Rosenbluth (PLA)
Kenny Sailors (PLA)
Fred Schaus (CONT)
Sam Schulman (CONT)
Paul Silas (PLA)
Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)
Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)
Lambert Will (CONT)*
Max Zaslofsky (PLA)
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