Dwyane Wade’s retirement tour rolled through Atlanta on Sunday afternoon as the Heat looked to take down the Hawks by persevering through the challenges presented by an early evening tip after a Saturday night out on the town — and, I guess, the suddenly competitive Hawks.
It was an ugly start for the Heat, as they entered the second quarter trailing 23-16, but two of those 16 points were put on the board in spectacular fashion.
Derrick Jones Jr., who can absolutely fly, and Dwyane Wade teamed up for one of the most creative and awesome looking transition dunks we’ll likely see this season. Jones tossed the ball ahead to Wade, who flung the ball back to Jones over his head for the tremendous alley-oop dunk.
Dwyane Wade can pass. pic.twitter.com/XIOEHAsMit
— Bally Sports: Hawks (@HawksOnBally) January 6, 2019
It isn’t just a fancy pass from Wade, but a smart one as he had a Hawks defender barreling down on him looking for a chasedown block so he casually tossed it over the hard-charging defender to the streaking Jones. That said, even if DeAndre Bembry weren’t closing fast in his rearview mirror, Wade might’ve thrown this pass because I feel like throwing alley-oops to Jones has to be one of the most fun things to do on the basketball court.
