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NBA legend Dwyane Wade has been retired for a few years now. After a successful career winning three NBA championships with the Miami Heat, Wade announced his retirement in 2019. Wade received deserved applause everywhere during his final season with the Heat. And he has been busy with his off-court endeavors ever since. Wade is also a minority owner of the Utah Jazz. Recently, he made an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’?and talked about a variety of interesting things.

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Rapper Jack Harlow was also present in the show. During the chat, Jimmy Fallon talked about Dwyane Wade playing pick-up basketball with celebrities. He first showed a picture of Wade playing basketball with Hollywood superstar Adam Sandler. The Heat legend stated he and Sandler played the very next day after he won his first ring with the Heat in 2006.

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Fallon then showed a picture of former US President Barack Obama and asked about Wade’s pickup game with him. The former Finals MVP disclosed he received a cryptic email from the White House about the pickup game. Nevertheless, he decided to not miss the opportunity to play against Obama.

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Dwyane Wade talks about playing basketball with former POTUS Barack Obama

Dwyane Wade admitted that it was “legendary” to play with the former President. “I played a pick-up game with President Obama on his 49th birthday,” he said. Wade added, “He’s actually, he’s not bad. He’s a lefty, as smooth as he is, that’s how smooth his game is.”?

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Hearing this, Jack Harlow got curious and asked, “How’s Trump’s game?” Wade replied with a single word, “Who?”?

Jimmy Fallon could not control his laughter hearing the response from the superstar. Then Harlow joked, “Didn’t get that email huh?”

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Harlow played in last year’s NBA Celebrity game during the All-Star weekend and made some decent shots.

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Former President Barack Obama is a huge Chicago Bulls fan who watched Michael Jordan win six titles for the city. However, Obama himself has revealed that he could not afford to buy the tickets to watch the Bulls. Wade who is a Chicago native, played for the Bulls for one year in the 2016-17 season. During that time, Wade was invited to play with the former POTUS.

After that Wade joined superstar LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played for the Cavs for a year before returning to the Miami Heat. Then Wade announced his retirement after playing his final season in Miami. Now, Wade is looking to “reshape” and improve the Utah Jazz.

What is your favorite Dwyane Wade memory? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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Bagavathi Eswaran is a senior NBA writer at EssentiallySports, having a strong passion for the sport since the age of ten. As a former college player, Bagavathi has been following the NBA for more than a decade and has found his calling in writing about the sport. He has used his expertise in covering the NBA, as well as other arenas of the sport, to write more than 1400 articles at ES. Bagavathi's pieces on the increasingly dominant presence of European basketball and those following the journey of women-ballers are particularly noteworthy. Along with being a full-time writer, he is also a part of a group of young coaches groomed as trainers by Junior NBA. Bagavathi has trained players from schools and colleges, as well as underprivileged students who can attend the camps for free.

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