Dwyane Wade is one of the legends of the Basketball community. His contribution to the Miami Heat and the NBA, in general, has been unprecedented. The three-time world champion and one-time Finals MVP is also one of the top 75 players in NBA history.
His contribution to the NBA community can only be termed as invaluable. The duo of LeBron James and Wade himself is often even termed as the best duo of all time because of their heroics in the season of? 2012 and 2013. The duo are also best friends and are often seen hanging out together. However, has anything changed post-Wade’s retirement? At least it looks like it. Why did Dwyane Wade snub James twice in a single interview? Read ahead to know what exactly happened.
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Dwyane Wade doesn’t consider the King as his favorite teammate
Dwyane Wade has played the majority part of his NBA career with the Heat and even out of that, he has played with James for 4 years in Heat and a brief period in Cavs. However, Wade still doesn’t consider him as his best teammate, despite winning two championships with him.
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When asked about who’s his favorite teammate was on an interview with the ‘I AM ATHLETE’ Group, Dwyane named Udonis as his favorite teammate.
He said that Udonis always had his back no matter where he went or was. Although he played with LJ, his naming Udonis came as a surprise to everyone. However, he didn’t just snub the King here. Minutes before, he had already snubbed James once. When asked if who his favorite NBA legend is, he named Michael Jordan over James. While the conversation and debate about who being the greatest has always raged on between James and Jordan, Dwyane saying this makes Jordan’s case stronger. This was the first snub and hit to James while the second one came just minutes later to this.
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