by Brian Smith on July 8, 2010
in Athletes
Christmas came early to Miami Heat fans as the three Kings of Basketball D-Wade, LeBron and Chris Bosh settled into our little paradise of sand and sun! I still can’t believe this! Miami’s new Dream Team has a combined 17 All-Star appearances in the last six years. I’ve seen a lot of great basketball up close over the years. I was courtside in New Orleans when Jordan won his NCAA title and again when the Lakers’ Magic, Kareem and Worthy won two of their four titles, watching it from the best seat in the house and afterwards was caught in champaign crossfire between Magic and Riley. But I’ve never seen anything like this. Ever. Nobody has. Three superstars in their prime. Three superstars giving up money and putting ego aside to play for a championship. Welcome to Miami, LeBron and Chris. D-Wade, thanks for 7 great years…the best is yet to come!
Follow-up: Gotta love the IRONY of Yankees fans cries to break up the Miami Heat in the interest of parity for the sport…
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by Brian Smith on May 3, 2009
in Athletes
Dwyane Wade, aka D-Wade, aka god, ended his playoff run far to early for a basketball god who single-handedly turned around his franchise’s fortunes on his thanks to one of the greatest seasons in NBA history. All that’s left is to praise the greatness he showed averaging 30.2 ppg for a team that offered little supporting cast. So please enjoy my favorite D-Wade photo.
I shot this image of D-Wade right before the start of the 2006 NBA finals where he single-handedly ripped the Dallas Mavericks to shreds. (Sorry about that M-Cube, but you know it’s true…)
I love this photo, but the story behind it’s even better. D-Wade and I had just wrapped a shoot right before game one of the NBA finals and even though he was sweating out a 104º fever, I pleaded for one more shot – just for us. So we did a series against a black background in the bathroom of Dwyane’s Pinecrest mansion. Dwyane’s little sister was with us on the shoot and forget whatever you think about NBA stars – little sisters are little sisters – no matter how famous you may be. As I shot his photo, she laughed in the face of my NBA god with a little-sister taunt of “You know he does that thing with his eyebrow and calls it Sexy D-Wade.”
If I didn’t already idolize everything about the dude before, getting called out by his little sister pretty much wrapped it up.
Thanks for a great season D-Wade!
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