Sunday had to be quite the day for Dwyane Wade. He was on hand for the Miami Heat to honor him with a statue outside the Kaseya Center, which must have been exciting.
Then, he had to see the statue.
When the Heat unveiled the statue, it was immediately obvious that the final result looked absolutely nothing like the Heat legend. The statue was so bad that it brought back memories of Cristiano Ronaldo’s infamous statue a few years back. Wade knew it as he had to awkwardly pretend to be a fan of the statue in real time.
I mean, look at this thing!
DWYANE WADE STATUE 🔥
Miami Heat unveil D-Wade's statue outside Kaseya Center pic.twitter.com/5u5RD0vctA
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 27, 2024
It’s so bad. Like, bad to the point that it defies logic how nobody associated with the project spoke up ahead of time.
But hey, it did lead to some excellent memes, and we’re thankful for that.
This was how Twitter/X reacted
Three Faces of Man from ‘Power Play’ (1985), Judy Chicago, 📸 via @ohnohedidnt24 pic.twitter.com/DJ4chKIdzD
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) October 27, 2024
— Harrison Faigen (@hmfaigen) October 27, 2024
Dwyane Wade looking at his statue pic.twitter.com/lFAEpsGcwh
— 6 Seasons and a Moving Screen (@NBAGreendale) October 27, 2024
This, but the Dwyane Wade statue: pic.twitter.com/Q6kKNvcsDa
— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) October 27, 2024
https://t.co/MAa0JSC2x6 pic.twitter.com/KeZWsV3J33
— Scott Van Pelt (@notthefakeSVP) October 27, 2024
When Pat Riley won’t give you max money so you have to sign with the Bulls pic.twitter.com/KaUE5Bu0Rs
— Zach Harper (@talkhoops) October 27, 2024
https://t.co/lTuO2LKrZD pic.twitter.com/JwrOgnKbqf
— NBCs The Slap (@NBCsTheSlap) October 27, 2024
That’s Wayne Dade. https://t.co/HwN5VXdY94
— HORSE (@HORSE_hoops) October 27, 2024
Miami Heat did Dwyane Wade dirty pic.twitter.com/ZRIPoNhxFA
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) October 27, 2024
They have to re-do it, right? They must.
