Dwyane Wade Refers Carelessly to 9/11, Joins LeBron in Heat Hate Pantheon

How dumb is this kid?  Talk about narcicistic.

No kidding! It’s really come to light how shallow and self-absorbed these prima donna athletes are. Both Wade and Lebron have been exposed. This should be a lesson to other athletes not to let your high school flunky friends handle your image and public relations. It’s almost comical watching these guys implode.

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Jesus, Fury, if he were white whould you say that sh!t? You sound like a stupid hillbilly right now . . .

Oops, just looked at your profile. I’m sorry for insulting stupid hillbillies everywhere.

Wow, you’re basing your entire "opinion" off a mis-quote? He was obviously making the point that journalist are going to over-react to anything they do, and you’ve certainly proved his point. 

And so the bad karma continues….

Wade is talking too much these days and just made a bad analogy.I think he understands the difference between 9/11 and losing some basketball games.

A little lesson for those who don’t know… When a writer of an interview puts something in parenthesis (……), it means he/she ASSUMES that is what the speaker he/she is quoting MEANT TO SAY, but actually didn’t.Therefore, the first version of Tim Povtak’s article — the one that includes "(Center)" — is a misquote.  Wade did not say "Center" — Povtak added it.Not that it matters much.  I’m pretty sure Wade WASN’T referencing the World Trade economy!

This is irresponsible journalism at it’s worst, Mr. Hutchins!Wade’s actually quote:"We enjoy the bullseye. Plus, there’s going to be times when we lose 2-3 games in a row, and it seems like the world has crashed down. You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade is coming down again, but it’s not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games."It didn’t take long for me to find this.  This is really sad.  Unless Mr. Hutchins offers an apology and retraction, I have to assume that it was intentional to fit the narrative that he wants to drive.Full interview:http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/07/18/heat-supporting-cast-has-become-better-than-expected/?ncid=edlinkusspor00000004

Rollo: Did you read the whole post? Did you not see that we noted this below? Did you see at the top where we’ve added the raw audio? Please read the full post.

it’s like they want people to root for kobe.

Wade apparently is as arrogant and self-absorbed as he appears to be, along with the Ringless King and Bosh.  No way can you compare 9/11 to the sporting arena.  That comment is really saying that he expects his team to dominate and any losing streak will create a huge media storm.  Guess what Wade, the American people, the mature tax-paying American people really don’t give a flying F$@$*k about you or the fact that you and most athletes are overpaid and should be greatful and humble that you are not stacking groceries at a Winn-Dixie or working for UPS.  After that show in Miami after the signing, with all the dancing and posing and smoke, that told people exactly what you and Lebron are. This is not about winning, it’s about catering to egos,  The
Heat may win a ring (I highly doubt it though), but that will not make them true champions in anyones eyes.  Ewing, Barkley may not have rings, but they are Champions.

i find nothing wrong with the reference. i absolve him, case closed.

Scurds, came over to New York and say that to the relatives of NYPD and Firefighters – I dare you!  You would be in the hospital in no time flat.

johnny…i think you mean the morgue. he’s right scurdsie…we don’t make jokes about it….EVER. us new yorkers take that real personally.

lordhlatts:

I’m already rooting for Kobe.

p.s. I’m rooting for you guys to get Melo and CP3 next summer.

logic…it really seems like these dopes sat around and thought new ways for people to finally accept kobe. as for melo and cp3..uh…yeah..i’ll take that.

that’s good enough for me then. absolution retracted.  in cases like this you defer to those guys.
  in my defense i need to say a couple things:  911 was one of the worst days of my life and it certainly is not an event to trivialize or make fun of..  and i think this guy was trying to use the events of that day as the very highest bar that he could think of. in other words, the media would blow it all out of proportion if they were to give a bball game that kind of hype/attention.  he was trying to be self deprecating rather than minimize the attack of the moslems.

OK you Clevelanders, New Yorkers, and Chicagoland folks.  Really, the current drama is nothing like the …… disaster so quit acting like it is.  That goes for the rest of those folks that seem to think athletes are more relevant that real issues facing our nation and our world today.

Indeed, this is what Wade said, b-ball it’s a game, quit acting like some national catastrophe occured.  As you can see, the reaction validates his statement and intent. 

To Wade:

People are acting like a national disaster occured, so why add more fuel to what they perceive to be the cause of it.  You made a sacrifice signing for over 100M dollars or 30M less than to sign the super team.  People are loosing their jobs and the media is bombing them with the sacrifice you made.  Only Miami got the three superstar, nevermind other teams also have 2 or more superstar, but you must realize the Heat / LBJ Hate-a -thon is in full bloom and pleges are coming hard and fast.  How did you expect the nuts to behave with that statement? I knew what you were trying to say, but PR and public speaking classes for you and LBJ pronto.

Look, you have people in Cleveland drinking bitter standing on ledges and refusing to come inside, people in NY were buying b-ball games on the presumtion LBJ was coming to the Knicks as if the acquisition of great players is a birthright for new yorkers, ie Yankees.  I call it Heat Derangement Syndrome.

LESSONS FROM RHORHO

1.  Do not speak of any topic in sports analogous to:

a. Any national disaster natural or man-made
b. A disease like HIV or Alzheimers
c. Hitler, Ghingas Khan, Mussolini, Castro, Chavez, Lenin, the Holocaust, Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
d. The Bible, any other religious book, any religion, especially ……
e. Some calamity of a well know celebrity

2.  If you do, you will only fan the emotions of some folks who are looking for a reason to further display vitriole and bitterness because they have no life and their tiny insignificant existence revolves around their home team or fav celebrity.

Now, I wonder where is Kim K and Snoopy’s favorite vacationing spot?

scurds…my sister (nyc cop)worked all day at the towers..and was on bucket duty that night. there was a single file line where people passed buckets of debris along the line. all were told to NOT LOOK INTO THE BUCKET…and when my sister did…she saw a human hand (small enough to be a child’s hand). the spookiest thing was hearing the sickening thud…the impact of people jumping out of the building. nothing funny about that day. i could tell 100 stories.

Tha’s ‘bitter beer’

Lordhlatts, WE GET IT.  Most of us were alive when this disaster occured and know of many others throughout human history which makes us MAN look like sad and bad creatures.

Athletes will eventually learn from this lesson that using disasters as analogy to anything relating to sports is not a good idea.  In fact, it only reminds us of what sad creatures we are on this earth. 

So please, take it easy.  I was In DC in a government tall building when it all went down and I thought I might need medication afterward, it was that bad and intense for me and many others.  Wade meant no harm for Godsake.  Time to act and be good creatures.

he’s almost thirty years old…he should know better.

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fury: you are right. the editing here is innapropriate and inconsistent. i see you had a comment removed. i for one would rather read what you wrote, no matter how vile it may have been.
 lordhatt’s: I get it.

I have always found this quote to be appropriate: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

I think the public has every right to an opinion about the big 3 signing with Miami. Nobody broke any NBA rules. And nobody owes their former teams anything – as each fulfilled their contracts with those teams and earned their rights to be free agents.

As has been well documented, it appears that majority of public opinion disapproves of the move and the vast majority disapproves of the way LeBron handled it. I believe it wasn’t necessarily the best move and has definitely hurt parity in the NBA.

What seems to be the problem is that the "Decision" and all the negative backlash it has created in its wake has caused DWade, (who I have always viewed as a classy and intelligent athlete as well as an extremely talented one) to become defensive – especially in attempting to protect his new teammate and friend. 

But instead of fanning an already existing fire of public opinion, that it might just be better to accept the opinions of others, try not to react and let your play on the court do all the talking for you, enjoy your potential success and learn to sleep in the bed that you have now made.   There will be plenty of pressure without throwing gasoline on the fire. Reacting to the public opinion is only making everything worse every minute.

I don’t think that LeBron or Wade had the foresight to perceive all the negativity this whole thing would cause, but what is done is done…There is no going back. It’s time to grow up, shut up, live with your decision, the reaction to it and let your game  speak for itself on the court next year – Wherever the cards may fall.