Dwyane Wade in awe of Filipinos' passion for basketball

MANILA, Philippines — It’s one thing to hear about it and another to feel it firsthand. NBA Hall-of-Famer Dwyane Wade is in awe after finally experiencing Filipinos' passion for basketball during his "TADHANA: Make Your Own Way Manila Tour". "Just coming here, just looking into people's eyes, like it's real (their love for basketball), you know, I heard it and then you have to feel it," said Wade in a media availability Tuesday. A 13-time All-Star and a 3-time champion with the Miami Heat, Wade said he felt the Filipinos passion for basketball literally everywhere including the bathroom at the airport. "I think that's the exciting and the nervousness when all of the feelings and emotions is what I feel, because everything that everyone said about the Philippines and they've said about the sport and they've said about myself," said Wade. "I see it in everyone's eyes. I feel it in the hugs. I feel it in the, when I go in the bathrooms. I went in the bathroom at the airport and everybody stopped. It was different. "But it was just really cool just to know, like, you know, what everyone has told me about this community and this culture. Like they say basketball, this...