What It Takes to Win: D.Wade Checks In With Brotherhood Behind Miami’s First NBA Title

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Dwyane Wade reunites the 2006 Miami Heat championship team to reflect on their journey and legacy 20 years after their title win.

In this special episode of The Checkin with Dwyane Wade, Dwyane and Bob reunite the 2006 Miami Heat championship team to celebrate 20 years since the title. Shaq, Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning, Udonis Haslem, Antoine Walker, and Dorell Wright all pull up for the conversation. The crew kicks off comparing themselves to current players, Shaq debates Wemby vs. Gobert for Zo, UD sees himself in Bam, and Dwyane calls Anthony Edwards his modern equivalent. Shaq opens up about sacrificing his numbers to empower Dwyane as the star, and admits his real motivation for winning was getting a ring before Kobe. Zo shares how a serious kidney illness made him take a massive pay cut just to get back and chase a title. They talk about Pat Riley taking over and immediately bringing accountability, defining roles, and forcing the team to actually know each other’s families. And they own being the most unserious championship team ever, 41 parties on the road, three hour practices, until Shaq convinced Riley to move practice to the afternoon. UD gets his flowers from everyone in the room for how he locked down Dirk Nowitzki, and Dwyane closes it out sharing that his whole motivation was making…

People in this episode

Host: Dwyane Wade

Guests: Bob, Shaquille O'Neal, Gary Payton, Alonzo Mourning, Udonis Haslem, Antoine Walker, Dorell Wright

Topics covered

• Miami Heat
• NBA Championship
• Player Comparisons
• Team Dynamics
• Legacy
• Motivation

Keywords

• Miami Heat
• NBA
• championship
• Shaquille O'Neal
• Dwyane Wade
• Alonzo Mourning
• team dynamics
• legacy
• motivation
• player comparisons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Miami Heat

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