By: Julio Olmo
Love and admiration for Father Prime runs deep in my family.
Dwayne Wade is without a shadow of doubt Heat Nation’s favorite son.
Before LeBron James and Chris Bosh decided to come to South Beach, he already had won an NBA title and D-Wade is directly responsible for the Miami Heat franchise winning three NBA titles.
Now that he is walking off into retirement not only his jersey is undoubtedly going up to the American Airlines rafters.
The only question is whether you’ve the Over or Under five minutes that’s going take the crew to hoist it up there.
You can also bet the house and the family car that Father Prime is going to be a first ballot Hall of Famer.
A few years ago the faithful wanted to do something special for D-Wade’s birthday, but…
What do you give to guy with two young strapping sons, fame, fortune and a movie star wife?
So they settle on the idea of giving him a new car as a birthday gift, which frankly was hardly an original thought on their part, but they were determine to make it memorable nevertheless.
So, the day of his birthday party, they parked a construction crane outside the man’s house and lowered the car…poolside!
D-Wade still laughs out loud whenever he’s reminded of the occasion.
Thank you for being you, Father Prime…Don’t ever change.
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