These olympics proved to me that DWade was the best player in the game. Even though everybody played great, Wades game shined the most. He is a natural born leader when it comes to hooping. His abilities speak for itself. Truly the greatest player this game has ever witnessed on both sides of the floor.
@Wyndamn it was 2004 with the bronze and that team didn't play wade lebron or Carmelo because they were rookies. They sat and watch the older guys win bronze because the coaches were stubborn.
Wade is my all-time favorite player. He was always a big big time team player. Possibly one of the best team players of all time. But when it came down to moments like this he would show his dominance. He would step back I believe as a leader even when LeBron came over Dwyane stepped aside I believe intentionally knowing that it would work better for LeBron to allow him to take a lead role and him to back him up as any good leader would do with an assistant. It's simply more efficient. If you look up the stats in this Olympics wade had the highest points per minute of any player in the Olympics. He was able to just take over at any time. I watched several games and things would just change the moment he got going. Thank you for posting this though 👍
It was Bron, Wade was 2nd & Kobe was 3rd. This is the beginning of 2peat Lakers Kobe so you could argue he’s actually the best player, but it definitely wasn’t Wade.
I will never forget all the times I screamed “WADEEEE” at my TV screen when DWade would dominate for the Redeem Team. DWade is a true American basketball legend.
those passes had no business being that pinpoint accurate!! the way he's off balance in most of them but still ending straight up perfect for the oop insane
Everyone keeps talking about Kobe carrying team USA in 08, but completely forgot how valuable D-Wade was to this team. No Gold for USA without d-wade, period.
Cool, Wade got the most touches. But the two best players were LeBron and Kobe. I don't care how many points off the bench Wade scored. The team was loaded and everyone was dominating.
Prime Dwade just dominates when he's on the floor. It's like he's everywhere as if he owns the place. Doesn't have size, vertical or three point shootong. But he had elite Speed, agility, power, length, stamina and instincts. Lethal.
Despite being undersized and not having insane bunnies he still became the #1 shot blocker for guards and was consistently yamming on mfs. I know AI is synonymous with the #3 but when i think of that number all i think of is flash
Prime Wade had bunnies and a 7ft wing span. That’s why he could dunk on everybody. Dudes arms hang low similar in proportion to like a rajon rondo. Massive wingspan for his height!
That's FLASH!!!! Only time LeBron ever played with him. Edwards is a much better 3 pointer shooter. But Wade does EVERYTHING else better. Still got Wade number 3 SG of all time
This video doesn’t do justice to how good DWade was in Beijing. He was otherworldly; and did it all off the bench. I recall him cutting his hair bald for the Olympics-Wade was known for a super clean edge up in his hairline-because he “wanted to play angry”. And angry he was.
How he managed to score 3 point range shots in the finals, and long shots... a beast... probably at that moment he was playing the best "I am NBA team's best option" basketball. Later in 2011 he was "Scottie Pippen" for Lebron James in Miami, but during this Olympics, one of the best players. Carlos Jimenez in Spain was Dwayne Wade in that USA team... As always, great work, greeting from Serbia, and cheer for Serbia tomorrow in the final against Germany :)
For me he was the best player of Team USA that tournament. Nobody had more "WOW!" plays than him. It was simply incredible. As always, thanks for your comment man, and good luck for tomorrow. Quite an unexpected final but that's the magic of sports. :D
@mmiittrroovv lmfao he was the best player in the world in 2011. not a scottie pippen. freaking casuals. wade is the best ever. 08-11 wade > 87-91 mike.
Dafak you talking about wade was scottie pippen in 2011 lol lebron got outplayed by midgets barrea and terry in 2011 finals and wade outshined both lebron and nowitzki in that series lol .
The 2nd most exciting player to ever play the game. Kyrie is a walking reel, but EVERYTHING Wade did on the court had a wow factor to it. He has the best career reel next to Jordan. Easily. I don't include Kyrie because he's not as consistent as far as making shots and he doesn't have any defensive highlights. Id exchange Kyrie pull up highlights for Wades defensive highlights any day. Wade was a better finisher, Kyrie is less of an athlete so he needed finesse more, Wade still has more highlight layups than Kyrie. Also no dunks for Kyrie. Wade and Jordan are on a different level than everybody else
People Forget how Strong, Fast, Athletic and Great a Defender Wade was. Reason why Wade & LeBron Duo was almost as great Perimeter defenders as Jordan & Scottie Duo, but way better on offensively plus on the fastbreak. If the Heat could've replaced the Most Overrated Player Ever in Bosh with A.D, then the Heat would've been the most Dominant Team Ever on Offense plus Defensively
These olympics proved to me that DWade was the best player in the game. Even though everybody played great, Wades game shined the most. He is a natural born leader when it comes to hooping. His abilities speak for itself. Truly the greatest player this game has ever witnessed on both sides of the floor.
this was the beginning of the greatest peak in basketball history. 08 olympics to 11 finals.
08-11 wade is the best player ever.
@@WellnessWinsWondersdamn the greatest player ever got booted out in the first round two years in a row 😂
Facts. I remember watching that and thinking damn he’s the best on the court and Kobe was being a wizard
You mean these highlights?
Leading scorer of redeem team.
off the bench...bald head wade was a DEMON
People that sleep on the prime Wade, this is the video they need to watch. Was best player on the team & in the whole Olympics
Plus he was coming off the bench...
Kobe Bryant???
@@Wyndamn gets all the attention. But Wade was the best player. Kobe & Bron did really good too
@@shooterridgeNawl Kobe was better come on even they said it go watch Kobe’s highlights bro
They don’t win gold without Dwade .. Pre injuries this man was a PROBLEM
So why didn’t they win in 06?
Kobe Bryant ???
If D Wade had Phil Jackson, things might be different.
There wasn't Olympics in 06 is probably why 🤔😪@@SportsSphere-uy7vj
@Wyndamn it was 2004 with the bronze and that team didn't play wade lebron or Carmelo because they were rookies. They sat and watch the older guys win bronze because the coaches were stubborn.
Wade is my all-time favorite player. He was always a big big time team player. Possibly one of the best team players of all time. But when it came down to moments like this he would show his dominance. He would step back I believe as a leader even when LeBron came over Dwyane stepped aside I believe intentionally knowing that it would work better for LeBron to allow him to take a lead role and him to back him up as any good leader would do with an assistant. It's simply more efficient. If you look up the stats in this Olympics wade had the highest points per minute of any player in the Olympics. He was able to just take over at any time. I watched several games and things would just change the moment he got going. Thank you for posting this though 👍
Lmaooo that block @2:47 was so crazy even the player that got blocked was like "damn" after the fact😂😂😂👀
He is an underrated passer its crazy
2008-2009 MVP should've been given to Wade
Agree that
He is the MVP of that team!!!
Dwade was the best player in the league at this time.
It was Bron, Wade was 2nd & Kobe was 3rd. This is the beginning of 2peat Lakers Kobe so you could argue he’s actually the best player, but it definitely wasn’t Wade.
I will never forget all the times I screamed “WADEEEE” at my TV screen when DWade would dominate for the Redeem Team. DWade is a true American basketball legend.
those passes had no business being that pinpoint accurate!! the way he's off balance in most of them but still ending straight up perfect for the oop insane
This team is the best team that was ever assembled.
DWAde's Eurostep being better than Europeans lmao
Everyone keeps talking about Kobe carrying team USA in 08, but completely forgot how valuable D-Wade was to this team. No Gold for USA without d-wade, period.
Lmao LeBron and Wade pretty much average the same numbers as Wade. But with better rebounds and assist.
@@jackjax7921 bro wade didnt even start and he leads all of them from scoring. If that does not impress you, i dont know what can
Cool, Wade got the most touches. But the two best players were LeBron and Kobe. I don't care how many points off the bench Wade scored. The team was loaded and everyone was dominating.
@@younglove3362Kobe got way more shots and Wade still managed to lead the team in scoring.
@Extra_MSG
So you're saying Wade was better?
8:59 had the whole team on him!!!!!!! Wild
My all time favorite player and my Blazer B Roy
Dwade the goat in 2008,2009!!!
And prob 2010 and 2011
Great video!
Prime Dwade just dominates when he's on the floor. It's like he's everywhere as if he owns the place. Doesn't have size, vertical or three point shootong. But he had elite Speed, agility, power, length, stamina and instincts. Lethal.
Despite being undersized and not having insane bunnies he still became the #1 shot blocker for guards and was consistently yamming on mfs. I know AI is synonymous with the #3 but when i think of that number all i think of is flash
He did develop hell of a jumper and the 3 when needed but I get your point
Prime Wade had bunnies and a 7ft wing span. That’s why he could dunk on everybody. Dudes arms hang low similar in proportion to like a rajon rondo. Massive wingspan for his height!
6 foot 4 combo guard who plays like he's 6 foot 8
In his prime, he had elite north/south, lateral, and vertical athleticism.
Wade made this team nuclear
Wade was on a rampage that year, right after the 08 olympics, he won the scoring title for the NBA. The Flash 😮, also my favorite player of all time!
Dwade was the real deal.
"He'll be in the most explosive he's ever been in his career after we're done with him. Guaranteed. No questions about it."
- Tim Grover, 2008
Dwade was popular in secondary school that all i can say
Best #3 Ever....and my role model was ever‼️
That's FLASH!!!! Only time LeBron ever played with him. Edwards is a much better 3 pointer shooter. But Wade does EVERYTHING else better. Still got Wade number 3 SG of all time
Played 2 other times but Wade wasn't as good
This video doesn’t do justice to how good DWade was in Beijing. He was otherworldly; and did it all off the bench. I recall him cutting his hair bald for the Olympics-Wade was known for a super clean edge up in his hairline-because he “wanted to play angry”. And angry he was.
8:57 the whole team tries to stop d-wade lol only wade can do.
Incredible 🏀 😱, 🥶 D-Wade#3 👀🤦🏾♂️🔥
Lebron and Kobe respected dwade more than anybody else
He reminds me of MJ the way he dominated the game . You can literally see it on his face that he was all abt killing his opponents
So fucking fast😂omg
Crazy how his speed and athleticism looked on a different level despite playing among the world's best.
mvp
Awesome 👌 games
LeBron, Kobe, and Wade looked intimidating in that USA jerseys. The best USA jersey of all time.
His speed was insane 🔥🔥
How he managed to score 3 point range shots in the finals, and long shots... a beast... probably at that moment he was playing the best "I am NBA team's best option" basketball. Later in 2011 he was "Scottie Pippen" for Lebron James in Miami, but during this Olympics, one of the best players.
Carlos Jimenez in Spain was Dwayne Wade in that USA team...
As always, great work, greeting from Serbia, and cheer for Serbia tomorrow in the final against Germany :)
For me he was the best player of Team USA that tournament. Nobody had more "WOW!" plays than him. It was simply incredible. As always, thanks for your comment man, and good luck for tomorrow. Quite an unexpected final but that's the magic of sports. :D
@@JavierBF_NBA Agreed :) And we'll see what this USA defeat brings into the roster for 2024 Olympics :)
@mmiittrroovv lmfao he was the best player in the world in 2011. not a scottie pippen. freaking casuals. wade is the best ever. 08-11 wade > 87-91 mike.
Dafak you talking about wade was scottie pippen in 2011 lol lebron got outplayed by midgets barrea and terry in 2011 finals and wade outshined both lebron and nowitzki in that series lol .
Best player in the 2008 Olympics and he was coming off the bench :)
Prime Kobe, Prime Lebron, Prime Wade, Prime Melo, Prime Howard
2008 Redeem Team might go down as the greatest team ever assembled.
2:14 Bean Lives Forever 💯
Bald Wade was different
Everybody balled out on this team. The show was Brons easy
Jhrue holiday, Derrick white, and jalen brown, kawi of 2024 team usa can't replace wade
Best player on that team.
ant edwards in 2024 olympics will have a campaign like this come back to this
This redeem team clears the 2024 one.. no debate lol
If any of you were too young to know how amazing wade was. Just imagine jimmy butler but with athleticism, faster and better offense.
And he is just a bench player for Kobe that time
The 2nd most exciting player to ever play the game. Kyrie is a walking reel, but EVERYTHING Wade did on the court had a wow factor to it. He has the best career reel next to Jordan. Easily.
I don't include Kyrie because he's not as consistent as far as making shots and he doesn't have any defensive highlights. Id exchange Kyrie pull up highlights for Wades defensive highlights any day. Wade was a better finisher, Kyrie is less of an athlete so he needed finesse more, Wade still has more highlight layups than Kyrie. Also no dunks for Kyrie.
Wade and Jordan are on a different level than everybody else
He always had a euro rhythm to his game...except he also had American athleticism on top of that lol tough combo
Elite good
8:44 was disgusting 😷
My god he is so very fast 😮. His name is flash?
Everybodys comparing the athletism of Anthony Edwards to D-wade is completely insulting.
Dwade was quicker with better body control but Ant definitely jumps higher. Both very strong too
fucking great
Vince isn't being racist. Vince is simply describing her visible reading difficulties.
HOF
you need to repeat slow every move fam.
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I lost respect for Wade, taking a backseat to LeBron. I just can't look at him the same.
Had body was slowly breaking down nd the type of players they were lebron is #1 option on any team he is on even now
Now he’s home, taking care of his transgender kid
People Forget how Strong, Fast, Athletic and Great a Defender Wade was. Reason why Wade & LeBron Duo was almost as great Perimeter defenders as Jordan & Scottie Duo, but way better on offensively plus on the fastbreak.
If the Heat could've replaced the Most Overrated Player Ever in Bosh with A.D, then the Heat would've been the most Dominant Team Ever on Offense plus Defensively