This touching Dwyane Wade tribute from Budweiser will definitely make you cry

A legend, on the court and off.
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This touching Dwyane Wade
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As NBA superstar Dwyane Wade prepares to call it a career, Budweiser has stepped up with the one thing they do best: a touching ad that will have you experiencing FEELINGS.

The ad plays off the way others players have exchanged jerseys with Wade all season but, instead of NBA stars, Budweiser had Wade meet with five people who were inspired by or have received help from Wade.

The clip includes the sister of a Parkland school shooting victim, Joaquin Oliver, whom Wade honored by writing his name on his sneakers before a game. Oliver gave Wade his old basketball jersey. The video also features a woman whose college tuition was paid by Wade. In return she gave him her cap and gown.

And if that doesn't get your waterworks going, then Wade's exchange with his mother, who overcame drug addiction to eventually become the pastor of her own church that Wade bought her, will.

Wade plays his final NBA game Wednesday night when the Heat play the Brooklyn Nets.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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