Dwyane Wade Was/Is One Classy Dude and Great Player

Dwyane Wade made what was probably his final appearance as an active player at MSG on January 27th.

Back in Feb., 2005, after his Miami Heat, led by the 22-year old Wade’s 30 points, defeated the Knicks in overtime, an exhausted (and aging) Shaquille O’Neal literally walked me from his visitor’s team locker over to a kid, standing in the center of the room, and said, “This is the guy you should be interviewing, not me. This is his team.” It was Shaquille’s way of passing the torch to the youngster, Wade, a developing new star of the NBA.

Wade was a painfully shy and stiff interviewee, answering every question in a clipped, brief fashion. Tonight, at 37, at MSG, he was a much different, more relaxed man who is enjoying his final ride through the NBA. He received an ovation from the NY crowd when he entered the game. Classy fans, here in NY cheering for a classy guy, Dwyane Wade.