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Wade, 43, retired from the NBA in 2019. James, 40, has continued playing into his 22nd professional season, fulfilling his dream of playing alongside his son Bronny James on the Los Angeles Lakers this season.

Dwyane Wade is weighing in on the battle between LeBron James and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith. “I love both guys,” Wade, 43, told TMZ in a video published on Wednesday, March 12. “I had a conversation with Stephen A. about it and I told him if I was LeBron, I would have walked up on him the same way.”