NBA All-Star Dwyane Wade spent most of his NBA career with the Miami Heat and earned three championships with it. Recently, outside the Kaseya Center, the Heat unveiled a statue in Wade’s honor. He also became one of only six Heat players to have his jersey retired by the team.

The Heat honored Dwyane Wade with a statue outside the Kaseya Center in Miami on Sunday. Here's what you need to know.

Dwyane Wade, one of six former Heat players to have their number retired by the team, becomes the 1st with a statue.

As mentioned, the Heat, upon returning from Charlotte, will honor Wade with an unveiled statue on Sunday evening. Wade, who was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame last year, remains the face of Miami Heat basketball despite retiring in 2019.

You forgot why the statue is actually here,’ Zoltan Lipscei said. ‘Either celebrate and congratulate or shut up.’

Dwyane Wade left the Heat in 2016 because he didn't feel the franchise was giving him the respect he deserved.