Dwayne Wade’s Big 3 era was one of the most intense phases of his career. The Cleveland fans did not approve of their former star, LeBron James, leaving and The Flash felt the heat too. He admits the reaction was unlike anything he had experienced ever before. “That was crazy,” he sums up. But Baron Davis’ recent revelation reminds that the intensity wasn’t just the fans’ partake.

When the Miami Heat’s Big 3 took to the court in 2011, Ryan Hollins was a few months in with the Cleveland Cavaliers. But the 7-foot center held his own against them three. He went nose-to-nose with Wade, earning them technical fouls, ran hard into Bron, stuffed Chris Bosh twice, and all in one game. So you know Hollins wasn’t backing down and DWade wasn’t any calmer. It thus took Davis’ intervention to keep one of them down and the matter from escalating during one of the other games.

“Ryan Hollins fouled Dwayne Wade. Dwayne Wade was gonna f–k him up. ‘I was like, DWade, man, why you gonna do that, bro’?” At the time Davis was with Cleveland, albeit just for half a season in 2011, but knew the image of Hollins. That’s why despite being an opponent, he warned ‘The Flash’ going against the 7-foot-tall Center.

“You know, he (Ryan Hollins) gonna f–k you up every time you come in here, bro. Tonight ain’t the night for you (Dwyane Wade) to be going to the hole tonight. Cause you know, my dog right there, he gonna f–k you up.” Just a few days later, Hollins got into a shuffle with a Detroit Pistons player, which led to both of them being ejected.

Charlie Villanueva later got a 5-match ban for initiating a fight and tried entering the locker room twice. The heated back-and-forth happened with 5:47 left in the 4th quarter. Similarly, Hollins previously was suspended for 2 games a season before for his actions against the Dallas Mavericks.

With tensions already being high between Cleveland and Miami, Dwyane Wade took the sensible option of not squaring up against Hollins. But the 3x NBA Champion once broke somebody’s nose during the All-Star game. That somebody was none other than his Olympics ‘Redeem’ teammate.

Dwyane Wade apologized after breaking nose

“Kob was messing me up in the All-Star game. People don’t understand—we never talk about that side of it. Kobe was doing sh-t to me, and I told him, ‘Kob, bro, what you doing?‘” During the 2012 All-Star game, Kobe Bryant was not taking it easy against Dwyane Wade. And even the latter tried leaving a mark, but it didn’t turn out the way he wanted.

Inside the paint, the Lakers legend beat ‘the Flash’ and went to score, but Dwyane Wade blocked from behind. In that process, Wade broke Kobe’s nose. “I didn’t try to break nobody’s nose, but I did try to foul him. I definitely tried to foul him in the All-Star game, I was like, I let him go, then hit him.” Being such close friends, Wade thought it would be wise to call up ‘Black Mamba’ and clear up any misconceptions.

“this was his [Bryant’s] response. ‘I love it!'” In an Instagram post, Dwyane Wade recalled his conversation with the 5x NBA Champion. So, during the ‘Big3’ days, fans from Cleveland called them ‘villains’ and against the same side, it could have been true if Wade hadn’t listened to Baron Davis’ advice.