Dwyane Wade had plenty of reason to be elated on Sunday night. His Miami Heat just got finished staging an epic 21-point comeback against the Houston Rockets, which somehow ended up turning into an absolutely stupefying 20-point win – during which Wade had a solid outing with 20 points and eight assists.
Always a man of the people, Wade sometimes likes to give a lucky young fan a signed pair of his game-worn sneakers. But not on this night. As Wade headed into the tunnel after Miami’s miraculous comeback victory, he caught a glimpse of a young fan waiting eagerly to high-five his favorite players going into the locker room, then paused, wiped his head with the towel he had draped around his neck, then proceeded to toss it over the kid’s head and rub it all over his face. Gross.
It isn’t an autographed pair of kicks, but it’ll have to do. And despite the unsanitary nature of the gift, it’s still likely one of the coolest things that’s ever happened to him in his young life and something that he’ll be bragging to his friends about for the rest of the school year and beyond. After all, Wade has never been one to take it easy on the fans, no matter how young they are.
