Dwyane Wade Says “Big Three” With LeBron James, Chris Bosh Wasn’t The First

Dwyane Wade believes a “Big Three” was something “organizations were trying to figure out”

With Dwyane Wade getting enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, fans get a chance to reminisce on his amazing career.

One of his biggest moments was the gathering of the Miami Heat’s “Big Three” from 2010-14. To this day, pundits blame them for creating the term “superteam”. On a recent episode of The Dan LeBatard Show, Wade responded and said they weren’t the first ones to do it.

“Everyone acts like we are the ones who did this. Like, maybe we’re the ones like players who decided to come together,” Wade said. “Organizations were trying to figure this out, right? And so it was our time and we had our time and I got tired of that, LeBron got tired of that I’m sure, that’s why we decided to get together. When you’re coming up the court and you got four, five, six dudes, even the coach looking at you, calling all your moves and plays out, leaving guys open. You don’t want to do that as a great player so I went and got my Avengers and I came into the league with my Avengers and everybody mad that I was able to play with different guys. Just because I got to play with Shaq and then play with LeBron.”

“Rent is expensive in America and I’m living rent free.”

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Though Wade already had a championship to his name, LeBron James and Chris Bosh were ringless. 

When the two stars joined Wade in Miami, they were favorites to win it all. After losing to the Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 NBA Finals, they won back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. They also recorded the highest winning percentage in Heat history during the 2012-13 season. Even though some may not like it, their time together made the NBA much more exciting to watch.

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