Dwyane Wade Statue Revealed

[Uncle Rico]

https://x.com/thehoopcentral/status/1850659851049083005?s=46&t=QSiaGcOIKZrrpw0ciZkI5Q

[brewcity77]

That is truly hideous. Looks nothing like Wade. Somewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo feels vindicated.

[Johnny B]

I'm assuming this is a joke or something cause that is grotesque and couldn't look less like wade.

I guess it's real what a disgrace

[4everwarriors]

Looks like somethin' Reako slapped together and sold at the 7 Mile Fair, hey?

[Uncle Rico]

Looks like somethin' Reako slapped together and sold at the 7 Mile Fair, hey?

Assumed the sculptor was raised in Mequon, hey?

[MuggsyB]

That is truly hideous. Looks nothing like Wade. Somewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo feels vindicated.

It was mentioned in the NBA thread.  This is a complete abomination Brew. 

[MU82]

They screwed up and made a statue of duanewade instead.

[tower912]

Alicia Masters.

[Lennys Tap]

Looks like a young, angry Yul Bryner.

[MUEng92]

For the love of god, don't they even ask the "artist" for a sample of their work before hiring them?  And don't they actually look at it before even scheduling the unveiling?

[wadesworld]

Looks like a middle aged fan in a Wade jersey.

[Shooter McGavin]

Looks like a middle aged fan in a Wade jersey.

Yep.  I see no resemblance to Wade.  I wonder if the team or Wade will have this rectified.

[The Sultan]

Unless either of them are upset, it will likely stay the way it is.

[Zog from Margo]

I recognize the jersey. Maybe they should just cut off the head.

[PointWarrior]

A six year old should be pissed about this.

[forgetful]

That's embarrassing. What's worse, is they had to see that before the unveiling and still thought, yeah, let's go with this.

[Billy Hoyle]

from an article about the sculptors:

The statue was made by Rotblatt Amrany Studio sculptors Omri Amrany and Oscar León, according to the Miami Herald. Among their works is the Kobe Rapist Bryant "Black Mamba" statue, along with the "Kobe and Gianna Bryant Memorial Statue."

"Wade was very involved with what the statue would look like and visited the sculptor several times," Nichols said of the design process on X. "The Kobe statue was also being made at the same place, so Dwyane said it really hit him as he looked at both, that it was more than metal in front of him, it was immortality."

"He walked away very happy. By that last visit, he had basically seen everything he wanted to see. We made all the adjustments he wanted," León confirmed about the sculpture, per 7 News Miami.

https://people.com/dwyane-wade-wowed-miami-heat-statue-unveiling-this-is-out-of-body-8735077

[PointWarrior]

I am pissed

[Mutaman]

Looks like it was sculpted by a dentist.

[muwarrior69]

https://x.com/thehoopcentral/status/1850659851049083005?s=46&t=QSiaGcOIKZrrpw0ciZkI5Q

Looks more like Lawrence Fishburne.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=lawrence+fishburne+actor&form=ANNTH1&refig=57ee1b3fb9be47999085d72aae139669&pc=U531&pq=lawrence+fis&pqlth=12&assgl=24&sgcn=lawrence+fishburne+actor&qs=LS&smvpcn=0&swbcn=10&sc=10-12&sp=2&ghc=0&cvid=57ee1b3fb9be47999085d72aae139669&clckatsg=1&hsmssg=0

[The Sultan]

The statue was made by Rotblatt Amrany Studio sculptors Omri Amrany and Oscar León, according to the Miami Herald. Among their works is the Kobe Rapist Bryant "Black Mamba" statue, along with the "Kobe and Gianna Bryant Memorial Statue."

"Wade was very involved with what the statue would look like and visited the sculptor several times," Nichols said of the design process on X. "The Kobe statue was also being made at the same place, so Dwyane said it really hit him as he looked at both, that it was more than metal in front of him, it was immortality."

"He walked away very happy. By that last visit, he had basically seen everything he wanted to see. We made all the adjustments he wanted," León confirmed about the sculpture, per 7 News Miami.

https://people.com/dwyane-wade-wowed-miami-heat-statue-unveiling-this-is-out-of-body-8735077

If he was involved in the process and is happy with the result, then I'm good.

[mileskishnish72]

Abomination.

[TallTitan34]

That's embarrassing. What's worse, is they had to see that before the unveiling and still thought, yeah, let's go with this.

What's even worse is that the Heat have been building this moment up for weeks.

[TallTitan34]

The mini-figurine Marquette gave out a few years ago had a more accurate face. 

(Best picture I could find online)

[Johnny B]

Does anyone have a rough guess what this monstrosity costs?  Wonder if there's a big enough chit storm they replace or amend it? or if wade admits he despises it?

[MarquetteMike1977]

If Dwyane likes it I like it
If Dwyane does not I do not

[The Sultan]

Does anyone have a rough guess what this monstrosity costs?  Wonder if there's a big enough chit storm they replace or amend it? or if wade admits he despises it?

Wade said he was involved in the process and likes it.

[pbiflyer]

Wonder if Lucas Films is going to sue for copyright infringement.

[TallTitan34]

Wade said he was involved in the process and likes it.

He's too classy to come out against Heat and publicly say he doesn't like it. 

[The Sultan]

Or maybe he actually likes it.

[We R Final Four]

Or maybe he actually likes it.

No one does.

[TallTitan34]

Or maybe he actually likes it.

Sure.

[The Sultan]

No one does.

I think it's fine in an artistic sort of way.

[We R Final Four]

I think it's fine in an artistic sort of way.

One person likes it.

[The Sultan]

One person likes it.

Dwyane and me. That's two.

[TallTitan34]

You know it sucks.

If it didn't have a Miami 3 jersey, you would have no idea who it is.

[The Sultan]

I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

[4everwarriors]

Fluffy BM enjoys impersonating salmon swimmin' upstream, aina?

[GoldenEagles03]

It really doesn't look that bad. All depends on the angle really. The straight on image doesn't look the best, but these are fine.

Looks like they made his jawline to squared on the strait-on viewpoint.

[Lennys Tap]

I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

I suspect you're just being the devil's advocate here - and that's OK. I'll agree that the representation needn't be perfect. But I don't think this was meant to be a Picasso "guess who this is supposed to represent" piece of art. Without the Miami #3 jersey nobody (including DWade) would guess who it is. That's certainly not rule of thumb for a piece of art meant to honor someone.

[The Sultan]

I suspect you're just being the devil's advocate here - and that's OK. I'll agree that the representation needn't be perfect. But I don't think this was meant to be a Picasso "guess who this is supposed to represent" piece of art. Without the Miami #3 jersey nobody (including DWade) would guess who it is. That's certainly not rule of thumb for a piece of art meant to honor someone.

I actually am not being devil's advocate. I really don't like statues of people in general, so I would rather them be more avante-garde than anything.

[TallTitan34]

I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

I agree but you should know who you are honoring.  The same people did a Kobe statue.  It's not spot on but you can tell it's Kobe.

[Lennys Tap]

I actually am not being devil's advocate. I really don't like statues of people in general, so I would rather them be more avante-garde than anything.

We'll agree to disagree. The statue isn't what I would call avant-garde. It's is an exact rendering of a basketball player, just one who doesn't look anything like DWade.

[mug644]

I don't think art needs to be a perfect representative of the person being honored.

To paraphrase Steven Wright, take a look at the Washington Monument. I've never seen the resemblance to the man, though I appreciate that it honors him.

[WhiteTrash]

It really doesn't look that bad. All depends on the angle really. The straight on image doesn't look the best, but these are fine.

Looks like they made his jawline to squared on the strait-on viewpoint.

Thanks for sharing, these alternate view points do look much better (IMHO).

[We R Final Four]

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[BrewCity83]

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Haha, We R...nailed it!

[wadesworld]

I think it's awful, but Wade's giant IG story right now includes some pictures of him looking at the sculpture during the process of it being made.  Seems he knew what the sculpture would look like, and he seems extremely excited about it all.

[Pakuni]

Cristiano Ronaldo loves it.

[MU82]

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I literally laughed out loud.

[rocky_warrior]

https://www.youtube.com/v/5-qjb8_4NWw

[GoldenEagles03]

Coach Crean making a Marquette reunion in Miami.

Too cool.

https://x.com/MiamiHEAT/status/1851042919995621427?t=rMTxyup2B3EZhjpMRK_4_A&s=19

[MUbiz]

Does anyone have a rough guess what this monstrosity costs?  Wonder if there's a big enough chit storm they replace or amend it? or if wade admits he despises it?

You can buy the Michael Jordan statue for about $4 million. So my guess is that's about the same as the wade one.

https://www.milystatue.com/product/realistic-bronze-michael-jordan-statue-replica-factory-supplier-mlbs-078/

[Uncle Rico]

From the man himself.  Please forward apologies to Sultan

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/dwyane-wade-taking-high-road-on-ridicule-of-his-statue-it-doesnt-need-to-look-like-me/

[WhiteTrash]

You can buy the Michael Jordan statue for about $4 million. So my guess is that's about the same as the wade one.

https://www.milystatue.com/product/realistic-bronze-michael-jordan-statue-replica-factory-supplier-mlbs-078/

Still the gold standard for athlete statues.

[TallTitan34]

Still the gold standard for athlete statues.

Far and away the best. 

It helps when you have an iconic pose as well.

[The Sultan]

From the man himself.  Please forward apologies to Sultan

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/dwyane-wade-taking-high-road-on-ridicule-of-his-statue-it-doesnt-need-to-look-like-me/

Of course CBS Sports thinks he's just being nice.  Sports fans can be a bunch of rubes.

[tower912]

See: the article in tiny print in the 'deleted' thread.

[MU82]

See: the article in tiny print in the 'deleted' thread.

What a smarky thing to say.

[MU_B]

"And his name, of course, is Wade Jones!"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMdpu95G3hY

[The Sultan]

https://x.com/BenVolin/status/1852503862466195943

[21Jumpstreet]

I actually am not being devil's advocate. I really don't like statues of people in general, so I would rather them be more avante-garde than anything.

This is how I feel, but this statue is in that WTF middle ground, in my opinion. I bet it gets modified, but if it doesn't, it's still pretty damn cool.

[WhiteTrash]

This is how I feel, but this statue is in that WTF middle ground, in my opinion. I bet it gets modified, but if it doesn't, it's still pretty damn cool.

Maybe IU shorts?

[Lennys Tap]

Sunday Today Show just did a blurb mocking the Wade statue. Showed Dwyane at the unveiling looking stunned. Pretty funny.

[The Sultan]

Sunday Today Show just did a blurb mocking the Wade statue. Showed Dwyane at the unveiling looking stunned. Pretty funny.

Why would he be stunned? He saw it a number of times prior. 

[Lennys Tap]

Why would he be stunned? He saw it a number of times prior. 

I don't know, but they showed him in the crowd sharing a WTF look with someone upon the unveiling.

Willie Geist concluded with a statement from the sculptor, who said "I did the best I could". As Geist pointed out, not exactly a ringing endorsement from the creator.

[NCMUFan]

If Dwyane has plastic surgery to match the statue, the problem would be solved.

[Hards Alumni]

You know it sucks.

If it didn't have a Miami 3 jersey, you would have no idea who it is.

You do know who you're arguing with here, right?

[TallTitan34]

You do know who you're arguing with here, right?

Valid.

[warriorchick]

I think we can adapt this idea for opponent free throw attempts.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ebiqf6gzr/