As the urban legend goes, Dion Waiters thought particularly highly of himself during his two years at Syracuse. The swingman, who wound up going No. 4 overall in the 2012 NBA Draft, thought of his game as some combination of Dwyane Wade and Kobe Bryant, so, fittingly, he dubbed himself “Kobe Wade” and asked his Orange teammates to refer to him as such.
When Wade was traded to the Miami Heat last season, Waiters said he was one of the first Heat players to reach out to the future Hall of Famer. Wade was one of his idols and getting the opportunity to play alongside him would be a career highlight.