There is no right or wrong answer with this.
Some players just can’t be buddy-buddy with players they are competing against, but lately that hasn’t been the case and Wade believes he and LeBron are the reason for that per ESPN Ramona Shelbourne.
“We definitely were a part of shifting the culture. I don’t want to say changing it, we shifted a little bit. Even from the start with us, being so close, going out to eat, going to movies, etc., then go out and play each other the next night. People didn’t understand that at first. But we shifted the culture of how you can still compete, you can still be great and push each other. It’s not for everyone. You got the Mamba mentality, if it’s not for Giannis, it’s not for everybody. It’s something that worked for us. We clicked from the beginning, and we’ve pushed each other and helped each other’s career[s] go up another level and another notch. So he’s been great for me, and I’ve been great for him.”
Giannis isn’t with it.
“I can’t work out with you in the summer and then play you in a few months,” Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo said Friday, per Eric Nehm of The Athletic. “It feels weird. It doesn’t feel right with me. Like other players, it’s cool for other players, but I don’t. I don’t want to. Other guys do it.”
“I hate it when…” Antetokounmpo said while doing a mock pose for a picture. “I hate that. I don’t want [opponents] to see me to be buddy-buddy with me.”
While you decide which side you are on, flip the page for highlights of Wade’s last game against LeBron.