Dwyane Wade Honored Parkland Shooting Victim Joaquin Oliver Who Was Buried In Wade Jersey With Special Sneaker Inscription

One of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting victims was buried in a Dwyane Wade jersey this week and the Miami Heat guard was crushed when he learned that.

You really can’t put that in words,” Wade said in a measured tone while seated at the west end of the team’s practice court on the second level of AmericanAirlines Arena. “You hurt for the family and if you’re able to get an opportunity to speak to them, you just try to hope that the time where he was alive, that you were able to bring some form of joy to his life and something memorable, a story that you guys can talk about.

“I don’t even know the word for it. Like I re-tweeted on Twitter, I said, ‘You’re going to make me cry.’ It’s emotional even thinking about that, that his parents felt that burying him in my jersey is something that he wanted. I take a lot of pride in what I’ve done in this state and what I’ve meant for the youth, so I appreciate that.”

Wade has gone on to say that he was going to dedicate the rest of the NBA season to Joaquin Oliver.

During tonight’s Heat-Sixers game Wade honored Oliver by inscripting his name on his sneakers tonight.

Update: Dwyane Wade went on to win the game with this shot.

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