Dwayne Wade, Tony Parker, Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, and special guest Thierry Henry discussed Dwayne’s role in luring LeBron James to the Miami Heat, where the two would go on to win championships in 2012 and 2013.
“On TV, I witnessed Kobe make a basket and start a wild celebration. Well, what else are you supposed to do? I picked up the phone and dialed LeBron’s number. We were in the midst of free agency, and the Los Angeles Lakers were on top of the NBA. Wade was quick to laud the Los Angeles Lakers, including Pau Gasol, after Kobe Bryant’s recent title haul. “Kobe had just won all those rings, he has five and we only have one, it couldn’t be,” Wade remarked.
Wade told the story after witnessing Bryant, Gasol, and company defeat the Boston Celtics and win their second consecutive championship.
A few weeks later, Bosch and James were free agents, and a few months after that, the three of them—along with Wade—were rewriting NBA history as we know it.
