Magic Stars Recreated LeBron James and Dwyane Wade’s Iconic Alley-Oop, and NBA Fans Loved It
Magic stars Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony recreated one of the most iconic NBA moments in history on Wednesday night vs. the Wizards.
Suggs passed the ball to Anthony, who finished with an alley-oop to make the crowd go wild. Suggs then got in the perfect camera angle to recreate the image of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James’s nearly identical moment from 2010. In the famous image, Wade spreads his arms open as James can be seen dunking the ball behind him.
Fans immediately noticed the homage Suggs and Anthony paid to the former Heat stars with Wednesday’s dunk.
Take a look at the moment from the young Magic stars.
Jumping out the gym at 6'2 ???? https://t.co/5Kx3SZjsuS pic.twitter.com/V4RddLC2rr
— NBA (@NBA) November 30, 2023
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the two moments that shows just how similar they are. While the angle isn’t exactly the same, Suggs and Anthony definitely did their best to mimic the iconic image.
Cole Anthony & Jalen Suggs did their best LeBron James and Dwyane Wade impression ???????? pic.twitter.com/YIRn7YYux8
— Backcourt Alerts (@BackcourtAlerts) November 30, 2023
Fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, couldn’t get enough of Suggs and Anthony’s play on Wednesday night. Check out some of the best reactions.
Cole Anthony was 10 & Jalen Suggs was 9 years old when the original play happened.
— Letting Go (@ProvideContext) November 30, 2023
Bron was in his 8th season in the NBA.
He is still here DOMINATING.
If you take a step back from your stories, none of this should make any sense to you.
It’s insane.pic.twitter.com/9oNL5GIxuC
THEY DID THE THING!! https://t.co/qdVLY8Ckno
— The Sixth Man Show (@SixthManShow) November 30, 2023
DWAYNE WADE TO LEBRON JAMES
— The Hesi (@LiveNBAStats) November 30, 2023
OR
JALEN SUGGS TO COLE ANTHONY ???? pic.twitter.com/CWI1yGnmDQ
yk they changed the game when dudes paying homage like this ???? https://t.co/UvW3fVbDcz
— ♕???????????????????? (@shpillo_) November 30, 2023
That’s tuff ???? Cole Anthony got up https://t.co/RUblJGSUpb
— NewMediaSports (@NewMediaSports_) November 30, 2023
Jalen Suggs and Cole Anthony: The new LeBron-Dwyane Wade alley-oop duo.
— Cody Taylor (@CodyTaylorNBA) November 30, 2023
watching this all night https://t.co/eUrcVL0mLY
— Honorable one (@kev_bundleSSS) November 30, 2023
This was tuff https://t.co/7L6UKZejSn
— simon ???????? (@simonsvoid) November 30, 2023
This might be the most entertaining team in the NBA ???? https://t.co/5btUfzHu1u
— Libaan Osman (@libaanstar1) November 30, 2023