Dwyane Wade has had an amazing career in the NBA. The Miami Heat icon has won three NBA championships and earned 13 All-Star nominations to cement himself as one of the best player to step on the hardwood. In addition to being an incredible player, D-Wade has also been an amazing father.
However, the trolls on the internet have been the total opposite. They have been posting hate comments on Dwyane Wade's Instagram post for a long time. The comments include subjects that dishonor the Miami Heat icon and make fun of him as a father.
On Tuesday, one fan had enough of the trolls and voiced her opinion against the internet trolls on X, formerly Twitter. She reposted a post featuring screenshots of the hate comments and expressed her thoughts in the caption.
"For context: Zaya is a 17 year old. A MINOR. This is truly disgusting vile behavior. This also happens anytime he’s posted on bleacher report or espn. I can only imagine being a parent and trying to protect your child from hate," she commented.
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Other fans joined the bandwagon and expressed similar sentiments under her post's comment section.
"a bunch of weirdos," a fan said.
"wtf be wrong w/ people," another fan said.
"Nah this is crazy. People are weird," another fan said.
Another set of fans called out the trolls to be horrible and creepy.
"People in general are horrible fr"
"transphobes being creepy pedos isn’t new," another fan commented.
Dwyane Wade's daughter Zaya Wade is a transgirl who came out to in 2020. The Miami Heat icon has accepted his daughter with open arms and has supported her in all aspects of her life.
Dwyane Wade's daughter Zaya Wade shows support to her younger sister Kaavia to pursue basketball
Dwyane Wade is a father of five and while his eldest son Zaire Wade is walking in his father's footsteps, his youngest daughter isn't far. During one segment of the Dec. 5 episode of Wade's podcast, the Miami Heat icon shared his experience of coaching his daughter.
Wade explained that his youngest daughter Kaavia Wade loves basketball as much as he does and asks him to workout with her. He also recalled going out to hoop with his daughters when his older daughter Zaya Wade pushed her younger sister to pursue basketball.
"Today, me, her, and Zaya were actually out there. I showed Zaya, like ‘Zaya, look at your sister.’ And Zaya was like, she’s like, ‘Go ahead, do something that I couldn’t do. Carry on.’ Zaya’s crazy," Wade said. (57:00)
Dwyane Wade has left his mark and is preparing his children to craft their own legacy in the sport, whether it be the NBA or the WNBA.
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