LeBron James Gives Terminally Ill Guest Announcer a Dream Moment

The NBA is famous for their terrific charitable work, most notably with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and really anything involving kids. We got to see how thrilling that can be firsthand during the Miami Heat-Washington Wizards game.

Tyler Gutzmer, a young Miami Heat fan diagnosed with leukemia in 2010, was able to join the Miami Heat broadcast crew for the second time in less than a year, and this time around he got just what he asked for last time.

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If LeBron dunks it, and if you see the camera jump, I apologize cause I'm going to go crazy

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He first got a chance to sit at the broadcast table last April, and he even got to help conduct a postgame interview with LeBron James following the Heat win over the Toronto Raptors.

This time around, Tyler got what he wished for initially, seeing the Heat run a ferocious fast break, ending with an alley-oop from Dwyane Wade to LeBron.

Of course, the play in question actually ended with a foul drawn by Wade, so the dunk by LeBron was never counted (sorry to be a buzz-kill). Even still, it was great to see the kid so thrilled, and even call the play as it unfolded.

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Its pretty cool that the Heat have makeawish kids commentating this Heat game. Tyler Gutzmer seems like a great kid. Wish him the best.

— Haralabos Voulgaris (@haralabob) January 6, 2013"

Heck, I'd almost rather hear his genuine reactions every game rather than listen to Tony Fiorentino say "Kaboom!" a dozen times a game.