For nearly two decades, Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki were pinned against each other as rivals and were open about the fact that they did not get along. But now, as both players prepare to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, they have seemingly ended their conflict. Nowitzki went so far as to say the two recently “bonded.”
In a conversation with the Dallas Morning News, Nowitzki revealed that the events leading up to the Hall of Fame ceremony next weekend helped bring him and Wade closer. While in Houston in early April when the Hall Class of 2023 was announced, Wade and Nowitzki developed “a lot of mutual respect.