While Barkley said the tribute was "a great honor," he didn't hold back on how he felt about the statue's overall appearance

Charles Barkley was in savage mode while reacting to Dwyane Wade’s new Miami Heat statue the team unveiled in front of Kaseya Center on Sunday. During TNT’s Tip-Off show on Tuesday night, Barkley called Wade’s bronze statue — that many suggested online looks nothing like him — “ugly” and awful,

Charles Barkley’s reputation for giving it to you straight on whatever topic shows no signs of dying as the former Dream Team member had his say on the new Dwyane Wade statue. Barkley weighed in on the monument during an episode of TNT’s “Tip-Off,

The Heat were already in decline when Wade arrived as the No. 5 overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. Wade would lead the Heat two seasons later to a world title and win NBA Finals MVP. It would be the first of three NBA championships.

Wade. CHARLES BARKLEY: It’s a great honor, but they got to take that thing down. No, animated, no, not animated. If you made an animated face

NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is known for his candid opinions, and he didn't mince words when discussing Dwyane Wade’s new statue outside the Kaseya Center in Miami.

Kenny Smith tried to defend it from Chuck, but when Ernie Johnson is even getting in on the jokes, you know it’s bad.

But as Amrany recalled, when the Michael Jordan statute was publicly unveiled at a press conference on Nov. 1, 1994, it was not roundly greeted with praise. Rather, there were a number of initial complaints from the public and media over the way it portrayed Jordan’s face,

Shaq, who played a starring role alongside Wade as the Heat won the first NBA Championship in the organization's history, laughed along to Barkley's comments. He himself is a possible candidate to get a statue outside the Kaseya Center one day.

Between Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal, you knew one of them would absolutely obliterate this statue with jokes. Smart money was on O'Neal since he played with Wade, and had a more personal relationship with the Heat star. Instead, when the segment began, it was Barkley who took point and led the charge in making fun of the statue.