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Dwyane Wade Emotional After Learning He Was Prince’s Favorite Player

Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat watches on against the Charlotte Hornets during game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Time Warner Cable Arena on April 25, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dwyane Wade #3 of the Miami Heat watches on against the Charlotte Hornets during game four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2016 NBA Playoffs at Time Warner Cable Arena on April 25, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

*Dwyane Wade said he was feeling “all kinds of emotions” after learning that that he was Prince’s favorite basketball player.

The Miami Heat star took to Twitter after hearing Prince’s comments in a May 2012 interview with Australian radio show Triple M’s Hot Breakfast. His model girlfriend Damaris Lewis was a guest, because Prince was in town performing. She decided to prank call him at the hotel.

During their conversation that followed, Damaris asked who he was rooting for in the NBA Finals that were about to take place between Wade’s Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“Well, Dwyane Wade is my favorite player, but the Thunder are my favorite team,” Prince said.

Listen to the entire prank call below:

Wade was sent a link to the interview on Twitter and described his reaction:

Wade went on to average 22.6 PPG in that series, helping Miami to a 4-1 win over Oklahoma City and earning the second of his three NBA championships.

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