Dwyane Wade, After Failing for 10 Years, Finally Claims Bragging Rights at His Own Tournament

Three NBA titles, 13 All-Star appearances, and one All-Star MVP titles weren’t enough. Dwyane Wade was desperate to add another achievement in the All-Star Weekend to his name. The Flash won the 2024 Stance Spades Tournament that took place during the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and he defeated All-Star commentator, Taylor Rooks.

It’s such a huge deal for him, his business partner hyped him with a fair bit of humor. D-Wade reveled in it and shared the same post on his Instagram Stories. “Oh. This happened. Congrats on finally winning your own spades tournament… after losing 10 years in a row. Welcome to the winners circle. It took you long enough,” Lisa Joseph wrote.

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Wade and the apparel brand have had a longstanding association for over a decade and has a sock line with them. Stance launched the Spades Tournament in 2015 to go along with the All-Star festivities.

It was Wade who casually suggested they could host a spades tournament during the weekend. From there, an annual tradition was born. What started as a small event hosting celebrities grew into a music and fun fiesta. “Now it’s grown… we need a warehouse,” Wade once said.

Wade claims he’s been playing spades since he was born. He played with his family and thinks he’s good. Clearly his celebrity opponents are better because Joseph is teasing him for taking this long to win.

He’s bringing out the winner talk too.

Wade hosted the annual spades tournament in Salt Lake City in 2023 when the All-Star Weekend was hosted there. Carmelo Anthony, Jayson Tatum, Lauri Markkanen, Julius Randle, Jaren Jackson Jr., Pascal Siakam, Jaden Ivey and more attended last year’s event.

This is a developing story.

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