Dwyane Wade

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Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat

Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American basketball player. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. His parents divorced a short time after he was born. He attended college at Marquette University on a scholarship. He was on scholarship for basketball but he did not play his first year because of academic problems. The next year he started on Marquette and led them to a good season. The year after that he led the Marquette Golden Eagles to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament.

Wade went on to the NBA and was selected as the 5th pick overall in the NBA draft by the Miami Heat. He had a good rookie season in the NBA, averaging 15 points per game and 6 assists per game. He soon became a superstar and led the Heat to an NBA championship in 2006. Wade was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2006 NBA Finals, in which the Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks.

Dwyane Wade Media

• Wade dunking the ball during the 2004 Rookie Challenge game for the Rookies team

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  Wade with the ball against the Milwaukee Bucks in 2005

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  Wade at the free throw line

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  Wade dribbling the ball in 2009

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  Wade (right) with LeBron James in 2010

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  Wade making a lay-up in 2015

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  Dwyane Wade at Cleveland Cavaliers

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  Wade shooting a free-throw against China during the 2008 Olympics

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  Wade's pre-game ritual consisted of doing pull-ups at the rim

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  Wade at a party with then-teammates Udonis Haslem (second from left) and Antoine Walker (far right) in 2005

Other websites

Media related to Dwyane Wade at Wikimedia Commons

• Dwyanewade.com Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
• NBA profile