Gilbert Arenas has shared a hilarious reminiscence of trash-talking a younger Dwyane Wade and instantly regretting it.
Arenas instructed the story on a current episode of The OGs podcast.
“Beginning of the season started, we’re coming into the 04-05 season,” Arenas said. “Everybody’s speaking in regards to the Heat. You know, Shaq went over there. And I used to be like, ‘Oh yeah, we’ll simply deal with D-Wade like they did within the Olympics, simply play a zone.’ Didn’t suppose nothin’ of it. You understand how you’re trying on the scoreboards (after the sport)? Like, we acquired three video games, like 40 (factors), 45. Did he circle the date? ‘Cause the way he’s coming in the direction of us…
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“… I called the hotel. ‘Hey, Dwayne. Hey, man, listen. Yeah, this is Gil. Hey, that stuff, I don’t know if you’ve seen it about two weeks ago. Yeah, they misconstrued that. I ain’t say it like that, right? Just let you know. Warm up line, (Wade is) on demon mode. I was like, ‘I don’t know if you warm up like this, but he don’t look right, it don’t look like that phone call helped.’ That was the last time I ever said anything about a player.”
Arenas isn’t kidding when he says Wade destroyed the Wizards that season.
When the Heat met the Wizards within the second spherical of the 2005 playoffs, Wade completed the collection with averages of 31 factors, seven rebounds and eight assists per sport as Miami swept Washington.
The Heat then misplaced the Eastern Conference Finals to the Pistons that season, however Wade led them to the championship the next yr.
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