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The Hidden Beauty Behind Dwyane Wade’s Heat Statue Makeover

SI Feed·Kristen Wong·about 2 hours ago
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What’s in a sportsperson’s legacy? An armful of crowning achievements, a profound impact on the franchise(s) they called home and, if they’re just that good, a custom-made statue. Those beloved enough to have their faces delicately molded by the deftest of sculptors get to gaze upon their glorious spitting image, cast in bronze or some other metal alloy, erected as a noble and everlasting tribute to the legendary player they once were.

But every once in a while, mistakes are made. An eye looks too beady. The nose job is off. What’s up with that facial hair?

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Two years ago, former Heat guard Dwyane Wade saw his statue unveiled outside Miami’s Kaseya Center . The moment was a tad anticlimactic: The cloth covering Wade’s likeness was pulled away to reveal an, er, unique piece of work honoring the franchise’s all-time leading scorer.…

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