“They need to take it down,” Charles Barkley says of new Dwyane Wade statue

This week, the web cannot stop talking concerning the Miami Heat’s new Dwyane Wade statue. Since its unveiling last Saturday, social media users have been unapologetic in sharing their thoughts on the tribute to the retired NBA star.

Another NBA veteran, Charles Barkley, recently joined the conversation. In the segment TNT “Tip”. Barkley unapologetically called the statue “ugly.”

“It’s a great honor, but they have to take it off,” Barkley told co-hosts Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith. “If you made an unpleasant statue, that is what it would appear like. This is something terrible.

While his co-hosts tried to defend the statue by arguing that it depicted Wade making an “animated face,” Barkley, like many social media users, argued that the statue looked nothing like the previous Miami Heat player.

“The statue was so bad they had to put all their stats behind it to know who it was,” he continued.

Despite criticism on social media, Oscar Leon, one of the artists behind the Wade tribute, said “there are many things that need to be understood” concerning the sculpture.

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“We have to seal everything to maintain the integrity of the sculpture. However, it does cause a funny little side effect of shine in areas we’re not used to seeing when we look at someone in person,” Leon explained, as previously reported by theGrio. “The sealant definitely causes, um, a bit of confusion to the eye. So I definitely encourage everyone to come to Miami and see it for themselves.”

Although social media users were blissful making fun of the statue’s appearance and Wade seemingly unclear response seeing it for the primary time, Wade revealed that he was “in on the joke” and supports the work.

“I don’t know too many people with a statue… It’s unbelievable and complicated to be part of this process,” he told a news conference. “If I need it to appear like me, I’ll just stand in front of the sector and we’ll all just take pictures. It doesn’t have to appear like me. It’s an inventive version of a moment that happened.”

The star laughs off some of the jokes concerning the statue on social media, but says he ultimately doesn’t care about online criticism.

“Everyone else’s opinion is their opinion and everyone has their own and can use it, but we don’t care about anyone’s opinion,” he said. People Magazine. “We wouldn’t have a statue if we ever cared about anyone’s opinion.”