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\"Micky<\/p>\n

Plenty of NBA fans and media talking heads alike criticized the appearance of Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade\u2019s statue after it was unveiled to the public outside Kaseya Center in October of 2024. A common criticism of the tall bronze statue was that it didn\u2019t even resemble the three-time NBA champion and 13-time All-Star.<\/p>\n

Longtime Heat owner Micky Arison, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, said that the statue doesn\u2019t resemble Wade but that it doesn\u2019t actually matter.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at a variety of different statues when you really focus in on their face, it\u2019s hard in bronze really to get a good, good \u2014 but that\u2019s what Dwyane wanted,\u201d Arison said. \u201cAnd Dwyane liked that. I mean, to me, only if you look at a certain angle does it look like Dwyane. If you look at it straight on, it definitely doesn\u2019t look like Dwyane. But if he\u2019s happy, I\u2019m happy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Arison is someone who was fortunate enough to watch the entirety of Wade\u2019s Heat stint up close and personal, as he has been serving as Miami\u2019s team owner since all the way back in 1995. He was well into his stint as owner when the Heat drafted Wade with a top-five pick in the 2003 NBA Draft as well.<\/p>\n

With his statue, Wade became the first Heat player to have his very own statue outside of the team\u2019s arena. He might just be the most accomplished player to ever wear a Heat uniform, as he is the franchise\u2019s all-time leading scorer and spent the overwhelming majority of his pro career in Miami.<\/p>\n

All in all, regardless of what folks think of the aesthetic look of the Wade statue, the Heat legend is in rarified air for the fact that his contributions with the team are immortalized with his own personal statue.<\/p>\n

Wade was more than deserving of a statue outside Kaseya Center, as he didn\u2019t merely put up empty numbers during his Heat career. His production helped Miami capture a trio of championships between 2006 and 2013, though he didn\u2019t win those titles on his own. He had help in the form of big man Shaquille O\u2019Neal, forward LeBron James and big man Chris Bosh over those years.<\/p>\n

Arison is valid in pointing out that other folks\u2019 perceptions of the statue don\u2019t matter so long as the person it was sculpted for appreciates it. The owner\u2019s comments are a solid reminder of the notion that it\u2019s the thought that counts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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