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06-14-2012, 07:26 AM
by Ethan J. Skolnick
Dwyane Wade doesn’t know Kevin Durant nearly as well as LeBron James does. In fact, as he noted Tuesday, he doesn’t know the Thunder star much better than the media does.
And that isn’t nearly as well as the media – and thus the public – know Wade and James, at least not yet. Part of that is that he’s still just 23, relatively soft-spoken, hasn’t sought much attention, and hasn’t been on this stage before.
The other part of it?
Wade’s theory, while not original, may earn him some additional jeers and signs in Chesapeake Energy Arena on Thursday night.
“And sometimes it’s where you’re at,” Wade said. “If he was in Los Angeles, Chicago, somewhere, it would be a little different. Being in Oklahoma kind of dims his light a little bit, not him on the basketball court but him off the court. There’s not a lot of exciting things going on out here.”
Wade, for his part, said he seeks “quiet as much as possible,” a statement some might find inconsistent with his assorted promotional appearances, but which makes some sense in the aftermath of so much of his personal life becoming public in recent years.
“I look for the opportunity for no one to see me,” Wade said. “That’s not the cards I was dealt. Some players have that ability. Tim Duncan is like that. Watching the Playoffs, I seen ‑‑ I’m sure, I don’t know if I’m correct, but I’ve seen Tim Duncan sitting on the bench before every game, two kids run up to him, it was a girl and a boy, I didn’t know he had kids. I’m assuming they’re his. They kind of look like him.”
Dwyane Wade doesn’t know Kevin Durant nearly as well as LeBron James does. In fact, as he noted Tuesday, he doesn’t know the Thunder star much better than the media does.
And that isn’t nearly as well as the media – and thus the public – know Wade and James, at least not yet. Part of that is that he’s still just 23, relatively soft-spoken, hasn’t sought much attention, and hasn’t been on this stage before.
The other part of it?
Wade’s theory, while not original, may earn him some additional jeers and signs in Chesapeake Energy Arena on Thursday night.
“And sometimes it’s where you’re at,” Wade said. “If he was in Los Angeles, Chicago, somewhere, it would be a little different. Being in Oklahoma kind of dims his light a little bit, not him on the basketball court but him off the court. There’s not a lot of exciting things going on out here.”
Wade, for his part, said he seeks “quiet as much as possible,” a statement some might find inconsistent with his assorted promotional appearances, but which makes some sense in the aftermath of so much of his personal life becoming public in recent years.
“I look for the opportunity for no one to see me,” Wade said. “That’s not the cards I was dealt. Some players have that ability. Tim Duncan is like that. Watching the Playoffs, I seen ‑‑ I’m sure, I don’t know if I’m correct, but I’ve seen Tim Duncan sitting on the bench before every game, two kids run up to him, it was a girl and a boy, I didn’t know he had kids. I’m assuming they’re his. They kind of look like him.”