Even basketballers aren’t spared from the curse of questionable statues. In October this year, American professional basketball team Miami Heat unveiled a statue of its former player Dwyane Wade.
The statue is said to have captured the end of a game against the Chicago Bulls in March 2009. However, the statue’s face has received a lot of criticism for its lack of resemblance to Wade – with many saying that it looked more like actor Laurence Fishburne instead.
Wade has since defended the sculpture, saying: “If I wanted it to look like me, I’d just stand outside the arena and y’all can take photos…It don’t need to look like me. It’s the artistic version of a moment that happened that we’re trying to cement.”
