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The statue of Wade was named the ugliest in history! He beats stars such as Ronaldo Beckham and is the only NBA star on the list

10:35pm, 13 August 2025【Football】

On August 13, the NBA entered the offseason. The famous media Sporting News recently ranked the ugliest athlete statues in the sports world. Among them, the statues of Heat legend Wade surpassed Beckham, Maradona, Ronaldo and others, and was the only NBA star on the list. The statue of Wade is located outside the American Airlines Center Arena in Miami and was set up to commemorate his great contribution to the Heat. However, the presentation of this statue is surprising. Wade in the statue has a stiff face and an unbalanced body proportions. The overall shape looks extremely abstract and unnatural, which is in sharp contrast to Wade's handsome image in reality. Many netizens joked that the statue was "very much like a zombie", some joked that "it may be what Wade looks like after he was 80 years old", and some even said that the statue looked more like former Heat star Anthony Walker.

In this selection, Wade's statue was rated as the ugliest, and the second-ranked statue of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. The statue of Ronaldo is also criticized for his stiff facial expressions and inconsistent body proportions. Other statues on the list include statues of well-known athletes such as Beckham, Maradona, and Essin. These statues are considered to be insufficient in artistic presentation for various reasons.

It is worth mentioning that although the statue of Wade has been teased as ugly, Wade himself has never admitted it, and it is reported that Wade himself participated in the entire process during the production of the statue of Wade. However, as an art form, statues should be a kind of praise and inheritance of the image and spirit of athletes. Including the statue of Wade, they not only fail to accurately present the image of athletes, but also fail to convey the connotation of sports spirit.

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