Dwyane Wade on Paul Pierce's comments: Rent is expensive and I'm living rent-free

“As a Heat player, Dwyane is the greatest player who ever put on a uniform for us,” Pat Riley said during a conference call with reporters on Tuesday afternoon to discuss Dwyane Wade’s upcoming Hall of Fame enshrinement. “LeBron [James] was here for four years and gave us a tremendous lift and helped Dwyane achieve what he wanted to achieve. But over the body of work here in Miami, Dwyane is the greatest player who ever played for the Heat. That’s not an insult to LeBron, that’s because of his longevity and the short term that LeBron was here.” -via Miami Herald / August 8, 2023

“I think when he left, it was like a cooling off period,” Riley said of Wade’s departure in 2016. “It wasn’t something that was borne out of petulance on his part like, ‘Well, I’m just going to show you.’ I mean, he got a great deal with Chicago for two years and he decided to leave. When he left, there were some hard feelings on both sides but they weren’t lethal.” Most of those hard feelings disappeared when Wade returned to the Heat for the final chapter of his career because both sides knew the importance of their relationship. “It’s not easy, sometimes this sport can get in the way of relationships,” Riley added. -via Miami Herald / August 8, 2023

“Even though he lives in Los Angeles and has a hell of a career off the court, we’re fused at the hip forever,” Riley said. “I just think the players today, like Dwyane, are very appreciative as they look back on their career and say I was in a good place in Miami and we helped each other get to where we wanted to get to – world champions, Hall of Fame. “I love him to death. Every time I see him, we wrap each other up in a big embrace and we talk. We talk about a lot of different things. He’s a great friend just like Magic [Johnson] is a great friend, like Zo (Mourning] is a great friend. He’s really an incredible guy, incredible man.” -via Miami Herald / August 8, 2023

Paul Pierce: I’m still better at hoop than 99.9 percent of people on twitter 😂😂😂😂 -via Twitter @paulpierce34 / August 7, 2023

A particular tweet got a response from him. It was about his comparisons to Heat’s Dwyane Wade throughout his Celtics stint. He also did not like the statement and went scorched on Earth. “Y’all got the most to say, Dummy,” he said. -via Clutch Points / August 7, 2023

Armstrong responded to the revelation by asking: ‘Bitch, how old are you?’ As Pierce explained, he spent that evening in April of 2021 playing poker at his friend’s home. ‘I was at my boy’s birthday party,’ Pierce said. ‘We was playing poker… And it was girls just there dancing… It was a big whole controversy. I mean it wasn’t nothing illegal, but it was just girls … girls shaking their ass.’ Pierce admitted that he lost his job over the sleazy clip, but he does see a silver lining. “Maybe I wouldn’t be on Mars if that didn’t happen,’ Pierce said. ‘See? Everything happens for a reason.” -via Daily Mail / July 31, 2023