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Miami’s G.O.A.T.: Dwyane Wade leaves as our most accomplished, beloved athlete ever | Opinion

The Heat’s Dwyane Wade speaks about his 16th and final NBA season during All-Star Weekend. By

Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. introduced himself to Miami inauspiciously. He played his first regular-season Heat home game on Halloween night 2003, and he scored four points on 1-for-9 shooting.

We had no idea what we were getting.

Tuesday night, 15 years 5 months and 10 days later, Wade will play the final home game of his career unless Miami somehow sneaks into the NBA playoffs, which now seems an unlikelihood.

And what we got from this young man was everything.