Dwyane Wade addresses his comments about Miami having ‘no buzz’ 😳 “When I said that I meant like, where the stars at? We had Beyoncé sitting court-side, Jay Z, we had everybody! When I was there I just felt something was missing. I felt that when Shaq was there, the big 3 era was there, we even felt it when Jimmy Butler was there. Jimmy Butler had the streets buzzing! — When I say it, my leadership style has always been what I learned, I respond through challenges. You challenge me, I’m gonna respond. Sometimes you need a challenge. I will challenge you because that’s why I’m the statue outside. I can’t score 83, that’s not my game. But look at me in the 4th, look at me in winning time and clutch moments. You’ll really be able to find me. I’ve always been challenged about winning. Not individual performances. We have lost our expectations of finals or bust! That energy. That buzz. It’s not just the players. The city used to have the mindset of finals or bust. They don’t have that no more either… It’s buzz in the city now. I hope something I said was part of the conversation to be like ‘we gonna shut yo old ass up!’ It’s not disrespect. It’s standards. If the Miami Heat don’t want me to have standards on the players, that’s on them! I will always have a standard for the organization whether I’m allowed in the doors or no because I gave so much to the organization. I have a lot less millions in my bank account for that organization, I have a lot less stats on the board because I gave up what was individual and what was pushed on us as a standard and culture and what we about! If we about that, I’m going to hold us to that standard. My standard isn’t play in! It’s not personal. It’s the standard I hold as the statue out front. The banners up there. The buzz is back in the city!” (Via @wynetwork)

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Stan Van Gundy on when he knew Dwyane Wade would be special his rookie year: “I was coaching our summer league team and we had Dwyane playing the point, which wasn’t his normal position, he actually played it his rookie year. Spo and I were one game into summer league and we were like ‘wow this guy even better than we thought.’ What hit us was his poise and intelligence. Dwyane more than anybody I’ve ever been around had the ability to add something to his game like immediately. Spo would work with him on something in practice one day and Dwyane would do it for like an hour then you’d see it full speed in the game” (Via @RunItBackFDTV)