CBS Miami · Feb 28, 2019
NBA Legends Accept Dwyane Wade Into Exclusive Fraternity
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry recalls when another legend first told him about Dwyane Wade.
“I remember Oscar Robertson coming up to me and asking if I had seen this kid from Marquette,” explained Barry. “I said ‘no, who?’ He said ‘Dwyane Wade. This kid can really play.’”
From the moment Dwyane Wade set foot in the NBA, other greats saw his sizzle; that he was relentless, fearless, and sometimes reckless.
Former teammate Gary Payton recalls that, “He was one of them guys who kept falling to the floor. I told him ‘that floor ain’t gonna move.’”
Wade kept getting up and blew by defenders so quickly that Shaquille O’Neal nicknamed him ‘Flash.’
