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Dwyane Wade And Dirk Nowitzki Share Stage Again During All-Star Weekend

Beef no longer lingers between the former All-Stars and future Hall of Famers

Shandel Richardson

Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki last participated in the NBA All-Star Weekend festivities was during their final seasons in 2019. 

On Sunday, they were once again part of the event. Both were honored for being among the Top 75 players in NBA history. Later, they shared the broadcast booth as part of the TNT telecast. 

It conjured memories of their once feud. They faced each other twice in the NBA Finals, with each claiming one title. 

Both players appeared their rift, which mostly surfaced during the 2011 Finals. That year, the Heat formed the Super Team that paired Wade alongside LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Midway through the series, Wade and James poked fun at Nowitzki during a press conference. After Nowitzki said he was dealing with the flu, Wade and James fake coughed during an interview. 

After a Game 1 loss, Nowitzki responded by leading the Mavericks three straight victories and winning Finals MVP in one of the biggest upsets in playoffs history. 

During Sunday's TNT broadcast, Reggie Miller had to check and see if both were OK sitting beside each other. 

Do you want me to switch seats," Miller asked, jokingly. "Is there still history here between you two? I can sit in the middle, between you guys.

Nowitzki responded, "I think we're good at this point. There were some rough patches. We're good now."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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