In the perfect ending life so rarely delivers, Dwyane Wade goes out an NBA champion for the fourth time — his career’s coronation grand marshaling a final parade down Biscayne Boulevard. Alas, that fairy-tale finish requires the Miami Heat winning it all, quite the troublesome sticking point for an around-.500 team that won’t be favored to survive the playoffs’ first round.
But Wade going out an all-star? That could happen, against odds. And should happen.
It doesn’t make logical sense: a player who doesn’t start for his own team, averaging 14 points off the bench, starting an All-Star Game.