He spoke as he played. So with the rapt attention at Symphony Hall on Saturday night in Springfield, Mass., as the final speaker at the induction ceremony for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Dwyane Wade, one more time, played the role of selfless superstar. In a moment that was his own, the Miami Heat icon instead made it about others Saturday night. He spoke of former Heat teammates Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem. He mentioned basketball influences who drove him to the sport’s pinnacle, including Allen Iverson and Michael Jordan. He acknowledged the coaches who taught him the game, noting Heat mentors Stan Van Gundy, Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra. But most heartfeltly, he emoted about family, concluding his ode to the game by summoning his father, Dwyane Tyrone Wade, to a stage where earlier in the night fellow NBA icons Tony Parker, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki and Gregg Popovich had been enshrined. “Even though I hated being called little Dwyane, I admired you as a kid,” Wade said, as his father welled up.

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