Dwyane Wade has been on a goodbye tour all season long, and part of that has been him swapping jerseys with various players around the league. One of the most memorable exchanges came with longtime playoff foe Dirk Nowitzki, who could be playing in the final season of his own career.
But during the Miami Heat’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, Wade decided to switch things up.
In attendance was Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier, who suffered a spine injury in 2017 that left him unable to play ever since. Shazier has been an inspiration to those trying to battle back from catastrophic spinal trauma, and as recently as late 2018 started walking unassisted again.
Wade decided to give Shazier his jersey after the Bucks game, and even called him a hero on his Instagram.
Via IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvDh2uIHlGt/
Wade’s game hasn’t aged all that gracefully, but his final season has been a feel-good story from a star in a year where it feels like all the news from superstars is negative. If this really is his last year in the NBA, he’s making the most of it and doing it right, securing his legacy and setting the stage for his legend to grow through the lens of nostalgia as he rides off into the sunset.
Good for Wade for sharing this moment with Shazier.
