HE WILL PLAY SOME AND HE'S NOT
SURE HOW MUCH.
EDDIE FINALLY GETS A CHANCE TO
EXHALE AND REFLECT ON WHAT HAS
BEEN A HALL OF FAME CAREER.
AT THE AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA,
I'M JIM BERRY.
CBS 4 SPORTS PICK
5:46, IT IS NOW TIME FOR
TALKING WITH JOE, JOE ROSE IS
LIVE FROM THE DUB WEEK WE A.M.
STUDIOS.
WHAT A SPECIAL NIGHT IN THE
888, ALL OF MIAMI AND SOUTH
FLORIDA, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE WATCHING FROM HOME LIKE I
WAS.
A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY BEFORE THE
GAME LAST NIGHT IN HONOR OF
DWAYNE WADE'S INCREDIBLE
CAREER.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HIS
FINAL HOME GAME, AND WHAT IS
YOUR BIGGEST TAKE AWAY FROM
LAST NIGHT?
WELL I THOUGHT THE WHOLE
THING WAS FANTASTIC, HE MADE A
POINT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF HIS
TEAMMATES WHICH WAS REALLY
COOL.
THE FANS WERE INVOLVED.
I LOVED IT, I LIKE THE FACT
THAT HE STARTED THE GAME, I
LIKE THE FACT THAT HE GOT A
DUNK TO START THE GAME, I LIKE
THE FACT THAT HE PLAYED A LOT
OF MINUTES, ALMOST 35 MINUTES,
AND HE HAD 30 POINTS IN THE
GAME, LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
THEY WON THE GAME, I MEAN, IT
WAS A PERFECT WAY TO GO OUT,
AND A BIG CELEBRATION FOR
SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN REAL
SPECIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GROWN UP
WITH HIM, ESPECIALLY DOING
SPORTS FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE
NOW, BOTH TV AND RADIO, I'VE
WATCHED THEM FROM THAT YOUNG
GUY THAT CAME IN AND WAS REALLY
ATHLETIC, AND YOU ARE WONDERING
HOW GOOD HE WAS GOING TO BE.
WE WENT THROUGH HIS LIFE, THE
GOOD AND THE BAD OF HIS LIFE,
WE WATCHED HIM GROW UP, WE SAW
HIM BECOME A ROLE MODEL.
HE HAS BEEN PRETTY DARN
SPECIAL, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT,
HE IS A VERY LIKABLE GUY, BOTH
ON AND OFF THE COURT.
I LOVE IT, I LOVED HIS FAMILY
WAS INVOLVED, I LOVED SEEING
HIS MOM AND DAD TALKING ABOUT
THEIR SON BEFORE THE GAME.
I JUST THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING,
HIS KIDS WITH HIM, IT THEY GOT
A GREAT WIFE.
I THOUGHT THE WHOLE THING WAS
FANTASTIC.
IT REALLY WAS, I DON'T THINK
THEY MISS TOO MUCH CONSIDERING
HE HAD A BASKETBALL GAME TO
PLAY.
THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IT ALL
IN.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
ATTRIBUTES, BECAUSE LEADING UP
TO THE GAME, YOU HAVE TO GIVE A
SHOUT OUT TO BUDWEISER, THAT A
VIDEO, THIS BLOOD IS FOR THREE,
EVERYTHING HIGHLIGHTING THE
WORK IS DONE IN THE COMMUNITY,
THE PEOPLE HE IS IMPACTED, TALK
ABOUT HIS LEGACY HERE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
THAT MADE ME CRY FOR SURE.
DID YOU SHED A TEAR, JOE?
WELL, I SAW YESTERDAY,
ACTUALLY I CHEATED AND I GOT IT
AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING WHEN IT
WAS RELEASED AND WE SAW IT.
IT WAS AMAZING.
EVERYBODY, IF YOU MISSED IT,
YOU SHOULD SEE IT BECAUSE HE
DID SOME WORK THAT WE WEREN'T
EVEN AWARE OF, THINGS HE WAS
DOING IN THE COMMUNITY, I KNEW
ABOUT PARKLAND, I KNEW A STORY
ABOUT HIS MOTHER WHICH IS A
FANTASTIC STORY, EVERYTHING HE
AND HIS MOTHER HAVE BEEN
THROUGH, AND THE WOMAN SHE,
THAT WAS SPECIAL, ALL THESE
DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING UP, HE
STANDS IN THE MIDDLE NOT
KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN, AND BUDWEISER PUT THEIR
A GAME TOGETHER, THIS BLOOD IS
FOR YOU, BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIAL
FOR THREE FOR SURE.
REALLY GOOD STUFF.
REP TO RAISE A GLASS TO
DWAYNE WADE, CERTAINLY AN
INCREDIBLE NIGHT LAST NIGHT.
IS SUPPOSED TO PLAY AGAIN
AGAINST BROOKLYN, I KIND OF
WANT HIM TO SAY NO, THAT'S IT,
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF FANS IN
NEW YORK THAT WANT TO SEE
DWAYNE WADE PLAY.
SO WE WILL SEE.
BROOKLYN IS A BIG BASKETBALL
AREA, I THINK, IF YOU DO NOT
PLAN 35 MINUTES THAN A, THEY
ARE OUT OF IT.
THE BAD NEWS OF THE NECK,
DETROIT HAD THIS GREAT COMEBACK
LAST NIGHT.
THEY WERE WINNING IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER, CHARLOTTE ALSO WON, SO
MIAMI HEAT ARE OUT, SO IT'S
JUST REALLY ABOUT DWAYNE WADE
TONIGHT, AND HOWEVER MUCH HE
WANTS TO PLAY, BUT I THINK HE
WILL PLAY.
HE WILL PLACE HIM, AND THAT'S
IT, A GREAT WAY TO GO OUT LAST
NIGHT, AND MAGIC JOHNSON TRIED
TO RUIN EVERYTHING BY QUITTING
FOR THE LAKERS.
HE TRIED TO MAKE HIS OWN