Dwyane Wade is not nice, and the entire country of Canada discovered this prior to the Heat/Raptors Game 3 tip-off.
Wade, who has been stellar during these playoffs for his Miami Heat, was locked in towards the end of Game 3, making several clutch shots to keep the Heat in the game until the final seconds of regulation, when Kyle Lowry rediscovered his All-Star form and gave his Raptors the 2-1 series lead. Maybe it was the extra shots Wade took during warm-ups that kept him afloat in the jump shot battle with Lowry?
The only problem is, those extra shots came during the singing of the Canadian national anthem.
As you can see in the video above, Dwyane Wade kept his pre-game jump shot routine going despite the fact every other player on the court was standing in line as the anthem played. Naturally, this pissed off pretty much every basketball fan north of the border, evidenced by the tweets below.
@NBA I am really heated that the NBA has nothing to say about Dwayne Wade disrespecting our anthem. I have lost respect for the NBA on this.
— Anthony R. Samuels (@ACYTOTONY) May 8, 2016
.@NBA – are you going to take action on this? @Raptors @MiamiHEAT https://t.co/OqCW8rg20u — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 8, 2016
Dwayne Wade, a revered elder statesman in the NBA, can’t cool off for a minute and stand for the Canadian anthem? Bush league.
— NormanJamesCTV (@NormanJamesCTV) May 8, 2016
Despite the extra shots, Wade couldn’t close out Game 3, so don’t count on him not taking a few “O Canada” shots before the Game 4 tip.
