Plot Thickens As Dwyane Wade Responds To Mark Cuban’s Allegations Of Rigged 2006 NBA Finals

The 2006 NBA Finals still hold a sore spot in Mark Cuban’s mind. He highlighted this in a recent interview by stating that “We hurt in 2006 after it was stolen from us, right? And I’ll take that to my grave that it was stolen from us”. The former majority owner of the Dallas Mavericks reportedly remains frustrated, as ‘Fadeaway World’ reported, “from what many Mavericks fans and neutral observers remember as one of the most controversial Finals in league history”. In light of Cuban’s remarks, it remained to be seen whether another star member of that Finals series speaks up. Well, one has done so now.

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade recently hosted another episode of his Wy Network’s ‘The Timeout’ podcast. During the conversation with his co-host Bob Metelus, he did not waste time bringing up Mark Cuban’s comments. The former NBA player revealed not knowing the billionaire that well, since he had only had one conversation with him since the 2006 Finals. Wade did claim to love Mark Cuban from afar, and respect “everything that he has accomplished, everything he’s done”. However, the former player also wants Cuban to accept that the Heat beat the Mavs in that Finals. If the billionaire wanted to build a counterpoint based on foul calls, then Wade had that covered, too.

“We get some foul calls, everybody got foul calls. We can, we can all go back and point. I can go back and point in 2011, in one of them series where Dirk have 48. He got 24 free throws in one of those games. Does that mean they did that? Does that mean that the refs wanted them to win. I don’t know, but it wasn’t rigged. Like, we still have to play the game” said Wade. “And so, yeah, you had a young guy that was becoming a star in the NBA. Did I get a few whistles? Yes. But then, was I the only one attacking a basket every play? Probably so, bro. I’m gonna get some whistles, too. I’m gonna get some calls today. We’re fouling. Let’s not act like that”.

D Wade fires back at Mark Cuban for saying 2006 finals was rigged

“You’re not about to tarnish the work I put in as a young guy, to do something not a lot of young guys have done in this game and say it’s rigged. Mark stop that. Yall got us, we got yall, stop that BS Mark”

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