{"id":42416,"date":"2025-03-13T06:34:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=42416"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:35:30","slug":"dwyane-wade-reveals-feelings-on-fans-not-liking-his-heat-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=42416","title":{"rendered":"Dwyane Wade reveals feelings on fans not liking his Heat statue"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwyane-Wade-reveals-feelings-on-fans-not-liking-his-Heat-statue.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"featured-image\" \/>Being memorialized in your sport only happens to the greats. Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Magic Johnson, and more all have statues with their designated teams, and Dwyane Wade received the honor last year. However, for Wade, when statue was revealed, it shocked fans, with many of them sharing their honest thoughts about the statue. Since the inception in October 2024, it instantly became and meme and even now it is still a topic online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should have all known this Heat season was meant to go to sh*t the moment they revealed that atrocious Dwyane Wade statue,\u201d one fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDwyane Wade statue is a mess but he sure is a monument of a father,\u201d another fan wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat Dwyane Wade statue a curse,\u201d another fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Now the three-time NBA champion is speaking out against the haters who dislike his statue. Wade made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show Jimmy Fallon and spoke out about the online discourse about the statue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s what they do, they talk,\u201d said Wade. \u201cBut people ain&#8217;t got a statue, Jimmy. I only listen to people that have statues. If you don&#8217;t have a statue \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dwyane Wade Talks His Viral Miami Heat Statue, Being Starstruck by Ed Sheeran and The WY Network\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lhMGaGNZOU?start=1&amp;feature=oembed\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite the jokes about his statue he is still believes it&#8217;s a huge deal and shared how much it means to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s so surreal, I&#8217;m a kid from the inner city of Chicago and to be able to end my career and be able to walk away with a statue outside the arena it means everything because I put everything I had into the game of basketball, on and off the court and for the Miami Heat to honor me in that way it&#8217;s just special,\u201d Wade said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cSocial media tried to take my moment away from me, and I get all the jokes. I&#8217;m in on all the jokes, but if you know where I come from, if you know my journey, if you know my walk, that was a huge moment for my family and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Related NewsArticle continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Dwyane Wade Gets Vulnerable About His Cancer Journey<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3291401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3291401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwayne-Wade.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwayne-Wade.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwayne-Wade.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwayne-Wade.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwayne-Wade.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Dwayne-Wade.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Dwyane Wade reveals feelings on fans not liking his Heat statue\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3291401\">\u00a9 Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wade has been through a lot in the past couple of years regarding his health that he has now just recently shedded a light on. The Basketball Hall of Famer was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just started to be like, okay, well this is probably a part of my genetics and my history,\u00a0let me go get checked out,\u201d Wade told during Today with Jenna &amp; Friends on March 11. \u201cWhen I turned 40, I went into the doctor and I was like, \u2018Listen, I want to know everything.\u2019 And in the midst of that, I was like, \u2018Here are a few things that I\u2019ve been feeling.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After hearing from one doctor, a third doctor initiated a game plan for the retired NBA player to determine a proper diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was like, \u2018Listen, we\u2019ll not know unless we\u2019re able to go in and have surgery and then we\u2019re able to test it. We want to get it off, because we don\u2019t want this to spread.\u2019 So now, yeah, now I\u2019m scared and that\u2019s when I knew it was really serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wade got the surgery following urinary issues that prompted him to go in for help. Doctors had to remove 40% of his kidney to remove the cancerous tumor. Now, the former athlete is ready to let his life resume without worry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I\u2019m back. I\u2019m strong, I\u2019m healthy. I feel great. I\u2019m just a little more cautious,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like one of the lucky ones. I\u2019m cancer free.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwyane Wade shares how he really feels about fans not liking his Miami Heat statue. 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