– Andrew Walker (@FAN590Walker) May 8, 2016Not a fan of anthems before games but will say if a Canadian did what Wade did yesterday for the other anthem, there’d be huge outrage.
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The anthem before Miami home games is usually played at the end of the warmup period.
A video clip of Dwyane Wade shooting jumpers well into the performance of O Canada before Game 3 of the Heat-Raptors series has spread widely on the internet and brought plenty of criticism on him.
Reynolds went on to explain how part of Wade’s pregame ritual includes making his last shot before lining up for the national anthem. I’m thinking about what I need to do before every game that I prepare for and have been doing my whole career.
The 34-year-old veteran added, per the Palm Beach Post’s Jason Lieser, “I understand whatever’s said about it, but I’m not a disrespectful person”. “It was no disrespect from myself”.
“And if anybody feels like it was (disrespect), please don’t fill up my timeline with disrespectful comments, because that’s not this guy right here”.
While there are no teams across the pond, the Toronto Raptors help make the National Basketball Association a truly global league. “Find somebody else with that”.
“You have to make an adjustment with our pregame routines, with everything starting a little earlier than we’re used to”, Wade said.
“If people aren’t here, they see video footage of what they want to see”, Wade said. The incident sparked some global outcry and was enough for John Tory, Toronto’s mayor, to give his opinion.
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Wade had his best game of the series on Saturday when he had 38 points and eight rebounds. However, before the game tipped off Dwyane Wade surely put some heat on his own back.
