Dwyane Wade Was Wearing an Awesome Snake Pin in Honor of Kobe Bryant

The NBA's adored TNT crew of Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Charles Barkley welcomed Dwyane Wade to the set alongside host Ernie Johnson to help basketball fans across the globe cope with the tragic loss of legend Kobe Bryant in the form of an hour-long tribute on Tuesday night ahead of the nationally televised Heat-Celtics matchup.

Shaq got things started with a gutting chronicle of his complicated friendship with the Back Mamba.

D-Wade, another longtime peer of Bryant's, was spotted donning an awesome snake pin on his suit in order to honor his late friend.

It really is the little things that carry the most weight, and we wouldn't be surprised if that serpent features on every single one of Flash's suits from this point forward.

Wade's friendship with Kobe was simply that powerful, as evidence by his heartbreaking reaction on Instagram following his coming to terms with the impossible news on Sunday afternoon.

Amazingly enough, the recently-retired superstar was able to collect himself for another touching monologue on Tuesday night.

To nobody's surprise, Kobe played a prominent role in Wade's development as a younger player. We can't even fathom how Wade has been reckoning with Bryant's untimely passing, but he absolutely did right in his honor here.