Dwyane Wade Loved Alabama Star Collin Sexton’s Effort In Playing 3-On-5

Alabama’s basketball team found itself in one of the strangest predicaments in hoops history on Saturday afternoon when the Tide took on Minnesota. When Alabama’s entire team left the bench area during a fight, the whole bench unit was ejected from the game leaving them with five players.

Shortly after that, one of the five remaining players, Dazon Ingram, fouled out, leaving them with four. Then John Petty suffered an ankle injury that forced him to leave the game and the Tide played 3-on-5 basketball for the final 10-plus minutes of the game.

What was most impressive about Alabama’s 3-on-5 play was that they didn’t just hang in with No. 14 Minnesota, but they actually out-scored the Gophers during that time. The Tide were led by phenom Collin Sexton, who figures to be a potential lottery pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, and his play on Saturday afternoon drew the attention of the NBA, including Dwyane Wade who took to Twitter to note how impressed he was with Sexton’s effort in response to video of one of his three-pointers.

Sexton finished the game with 38 points in the 89-84 loss to Minnesota, and his play down the stretch was otherworldly as he almost willed Alabama to the most improbable win. Minnesota looked, understandably, unenthused about having to play out the game against a shorthanded Alabama squad, but had they lost they would’ve never been able to live it down.

If nothing else, Sexton’s performance on Saturday will be a lasting memory for anyone that tuned in to see the madness that was 3-on-5 hoops and it will certainly make NBA teams intrigued by his heart and desire (not to mention skill) to put forth such an effort under the circumstances.