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The internet rallied to roast the Miami Heat after the team unveiled a new statue honoring Dwyane Wade that looked nothing like the legendary shooting guard.
Sunday was supposed to be a monumental day for the Basketball Hall of Famer. Instead, it turned out to be a day full of hilarious jokes.
The Heat unveiled the Wade statue in front of the Kaseya Center in Miami during a ceremony, and immediately social media had the same reaction: They asked, “Who is this man?” because the statue looked nothing like the 42-year-old retired NBA superstar.
The statue was supposed to depict Wade doing his iconic “this is my house” moment during his playing days. Instead, we got someone playing Wade, capturing the moment.
Social media wasted no time in picking up the statue and using it in hilarious memes. One of those memes took the statue's head and put it on Wade's body during the iconic LeBron James alley-oop from Wade's moment.
“By Dwyane Wade the statue is a DIRTY JOB,” X sports satirical account The Hater Report captioned a photo of the statue.
Another post read“this is not hey WADEthis is the house from I Am Legend!!!”
“The Dwyane Wade statue will haunt me until the day I die. said another user on X.
During his speech, Wade asked, “who is this guy?” He's obviously just trolling, because he later shared a video of himself supervising the statue being made.
Well.
We can't be mad if Dwyane Wade isn't made for his statue, but he'll still have those jokes.
You can see more reactions to the statue in the gallery below.
