loweyecue wrote:Seeeesh, and we wonder why people don't come to NY. Lets overreact to everything that comes out of o a player's mouth, analyze it to death put your own spin on it. He is just a dude trying to set expectations and said something on the spur of the moment.

Free agents are scared off by message board threads?

Cosmic wrote:

Nalod wrote:Dude is not comparing it. His quote is saying people are treating then"big 3" like it's a mojor tragedy.

He is NOT out of line.

The Fuck he isn't.

What the hell dude? Really?

I hope this piece of **** dies. You don't make light of this at all in any way YOU DONT. FUCK HIM and FUCK anybody who defends these comments.

Your rants are making you sound more and more like someone in need of a mental health professional. I think your comments are way out of line.

"In an interview yesterday, I attempted to explain how some people may view the Miami Heat losing a few basketball games in a row during the upcoming season. It appears that my reference to the World Trade Center has been either inaccurately reported or taken completely out of context. I was simply trying to say that losing a few basketball games should not be compared to a real catastrophe. While it was certainly not my intention, I sincerely apologize to anyone who found my reference to the World Trade Center to be insensitive or offensive."

look i am mad at the heat too, but this is a silly attempt to find anyway to justify hating the 3 amigos...

read what he said, wade implied that if they go on a 2-3 game losing streak fans/media are going to make a huge deal out of it.

iSergio wrote:Miami has so much bad karma around them, it's scary to think how this story ends.

Looking for a prediction?

Solace wrote:Oh well. It's done. He apologized (although, he kinda implied it was the media's fault). Anyway, let's move on.

dont know if you caught it all but apparently FanHouse or whatever *may* have misquoted him the first time around but quickly re-issued quote in article.

martin wrote:

Solace wrote:Oh well. It's done. He apologized (although, he kinda implied it was the media's fault). Anyway, let's move on.

dont know if you caught it all but apparently FanHouse or whatever *may* have misquoted him the first time around but quickly re-issued quote in article.

From the Associated Press:

Wade apologizes for reference to 'World Trade'

By TIM REYNOLDS (AP) – 1 hour ago

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade issued an apology Monday to those who may have been offended by his use of the phrase "World Trade" while answering a question about the upcoming Miami Heat season.

The All-Star guard made the remark Sunday before the annual charity basketball game he co-hosts with Alonzo Mourning.

Standing at his locker before a group of reporters, Wade said:

"There's going to be times when we might lose one, two games in a row, maybe two games, three games in a row, you never know. It's going to seem like the world is crashed down. You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade has just went down again. But it's not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games lost and we'll have to get back on track."

On Monday, before leaving on a flight to Los Angeles for some television appearances — he was previously booked to talk with Jay Leno — Wade issued an apology through the Heat.

In the statement, Wade said: "In an interview yesterday, I attempted to explain how some people may view the Miami Heat losing a few basketball games in a row during the upcoming season. It appears that my reference to the World Trade Center has been either inaccurately reported or taken completely out of context. I was simply trying to say that losing a few basketball games should not be compared to a real catastrophe.

"While it was certainly not my intention, I sincerely apologize to anyone who found my reference to the World Trade Center to be insensitive or offensive."

AOL Fanhouse initially reported the guard saying: "If we lose a couple in a row this season, it will be like the World Trade (Center) is coming down again."

Hours later, AOL Fanhouse published a different version of the quote, citing a transcription error and an editor's note saying, "we deeply regret the error."

CrushAlot wrote:It was a mistake and very poor judgement on his part. I think I am more angry with his pretentiousness. I really don't care what they do next year and will not watch them unless they play the Knicks or are in the playoffs. Stern and the owners need to set something up in the next collective bargaining agreement that does not allow for this type of thing. I am only interested in the Knicks and teams not in Miami at this point. I am sick of hearing about the three stooges and I like what the Knicks have done. I think there is something to be said about having the integrity to win in a traditional manner.

the fact that he would lay the blame on the media for misinterpreting his own words is kinda funny tho... just own up to your mistake & apologize, don't try & deflect blame on someone else for your own indiscretion... he did say he was sorry if people were offended, but using that media twist copout excuse was lame IMO.

TMS wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:It was a mistake and very poor judgement on his part. I think I am more angry with his pretentiousness. I really don't care what they do next year and will not watch them unless they play the Knicks or are in the playoffs. Stern and the owners need to set something up in the next collective bargaining agreement that does not allow for this type of thing. I am only interested in the Knicks and teams not in Miami at this point. I am sick of hearing about the three stooges and I like what the Knicks have done. I think there is something to be said about having the integrity to win in a traditional manner.

the fact that he would lay the blame on the media for misinterpreting his own words is kinda funny tho... just own up to your mistake & apologize, don't try & deflect blame on someone else for your own indiscretion... he did say he was sorry if people were offended, but using that media twist copout excuse was lame IMO.

Correct words: "You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade has just went down again. But it's not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games lost and we'll have to get back on track."

Incorrect words: "If we lose a couple in a row this season, it will be like the World Trade (Center) is coming down again."

Should have said that he made a very foolish comment about a subject too serious to even be mentioned in the same breath as Basketball, and that one media outlet's interpretation made his foolish/thoughtless statement seem totally irresponsible and insulting to people affected by that tragedy. Then he would have to go on and give a heartfelt apology.

Paladin55 wrote:

TMS wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:It was a mistake and very poor judgement on his part. I think I am more angry with his pretentiousness. I really don't care what they do next year and will not watch them unless they play the Knicks or are in the playoffs. Stern and the owners need to set something up in the next collective bargaining agreement that does not allow for this type of thing. I am only interested in the Knicks and teams not in Miami at this point. I am sick of hearing about the three stooges and I like what the Knicks have done. I think there is something to be said about having the integrity to win in a traditional manner.

the fact that he would lay the blame on the media for misinterpreting his own words is kinda funny tho... just own up to your mistake & apologize, don't try & deflect blame on someone else for your own indiscretion... he did say he was sorry if people were offended, but using that media twist copout excuse was lame IMO.

Correct words: "You all are going to make it seem like the World Trade has just went down again. But it's not going to be nothing but a couple basketball games lost and we'll have to get back on track."

Incorrect words: "If we lose a couple in a row this season, it will be like the World Trade (Center) is coming down again."

Should have said that he made a very foolish comment about a subject too serious to even be mentioned in the same breath as Basketball, and that one media outlet's interpretation made his foolish/thoughtless statement seem totally irresponsible and insulting to people affected by that tragedy. Then he would have to go on and give a heartfelt apology.

Should the words World Trade Center be stricken from the English language? I get the sense that people read Dwayne Wade using the words World Trade Center and wanted to jump all over him no matter what his intent or words were.
He wasn't comparing basketball to the WTC tragedy he was simply saying that people will make an entirely too big of a deal over a few lost games because a few losses in basketball is nothing compared to the WTC tragedy.