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- | ====== Dwyane Wade ====== | ||
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- | Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American All-star basketball player, in the National Basketball Association. He is nicknamed " | ||
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- | ===== Early Life ===== | ||
- | Dwyane Wade was born on the south side of Chicago, to Dwyane Sr. and Jolinda Wade. He cites one of his older sisters, Tragil, as the individual most responsible for his childhood upbringing and for steering him in the proper direction. His parents divorced, and he lived with his father and stepmother in Robbins, Illinois, during his childhood. | ||
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- | ===== High School ===== | ||
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- | Wade attended H. L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn, playing for the Bulldogs. He did not see a lot of playing time his sophomore year. His stepbrother, | ||
- | Wade averaged 27.0 points and 11.0 rebounds his senior year, helping his team to a 24-5 record and a berth in the title game of the Class AA Eisenhower Sectional. He broke the school records for points (676) and steals (106) in a single season. In 2000, Wade was No. 7 in the voting for the Illinois Mr. Basketball Award. | ||
- | Wade was recruited by only three schools — Marquette University, Illinois State and DePaul University. | ||
- | Dwyane Wade was also a notable track star in high school. | ||
- | Wade was raised from a methodically Christian background, thus attesting to his Christian beliefs today. Upon being praised for his feats, he is known to give thanks to God first and chose to wear #3 in homage to the Holy Trinity. | ||
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- | ===== Marquette ===== | ||
- | In Wade's first year at Marquette, he did not play because of academic problems. When Wade became eligible his sophomore year, 2001-2002, he led the Golden Eagles in scoring with 17.8 PPG. He also averaged 6.6 rebounds per game and 3.4 assists per game, leading Marquette to a 26-7 record, the school' | ||
- | Perhaps Wade's most memorable collegiate moment came in the 2003 Midwest Regional Final in the NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis. Against heavily favored, top-ranked and top-seeded Kentucky, Wade recorded a rare triple-double, | ||
- | The first Marquette player since 1978 to earn Associated Press First Team All-America, | ||
- | Wade's strong play in the tournament caused his draft stock to increase significantly, | ||
- | On September 28, 2006, nearly 3 and a half years after his final collegiate game, Marquette head coach Tom Crean announced that the university would retire Wade's jersey at halftime of the February 3, 2007 Big East contest between Marquette and Providence. Although Marquette requires student-athletes to graduate prior to receiving jersey retirement honors, the University has made a special exception for Wade based on his accomplishments since leaving Marquette. | ||
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- | === All-Time Marquette Rankings === | ||
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- | == All-Time Career Leader Rankings == | ||
- | *2nd, Scoring Average (19.7) | ||
- | *25th, Points (1,281) | ||
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- | == All-Time Single Season Rankings == | ||
- | *1st, Points (710) | ||
- | *4th, Scoring Average (21.5) | ||
- | *2nd, Field Goals Made (251) | ||
- | *10th, Field Goals Made (223) | ||
- | *4th (tie), Field Goals Attempted (501) | ||
- | *10th (tie), Field Goals Attempted (458) | ||
- | *2nd, Free Throws Made (194) | ||
- | *4th, Free Throws Attempted (249) | ||
- | *3rd, Steals (79) | ||
- | *8th (tie), Steals (71) | ||
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- | == All-Time Junior Season Rankings == | ||
- | *1st, Points (710) | ||
- | *3rd, Scoring Average (21.5) | ||
- | *2nd, Field Goals Made (251) | ||
- | *2nd (tie), Field Goals Attempted (501) | ||
- | *1st, Free Throws Made (194) | ||
- | *2nd, Free Throws Attempted (249) | ||
- | *10th, Free Throw Percentage (min. 100 att.) (77.9%) | ||
- | *9th, Assists (145) | ||
- | *5th, Blocked Shots (43) | ||
- | *6th, Steals (71) | ||
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- | == All-Time Sophomore Season Rankings == | ||
- | *1st, Points (571) | ||
- | *5th, Scoring Average (17.8) | ||
- | *2nd, Field Goals Made (223) | ||
- | *1st, Field Goals Attempted (458) | ||
- | *8th, Field Goal Percentage (min. 250 att.) (48.7%) | ||
- | *8th, Free Throws Made (107) | ||
- | *9th, Free Throws Attempted (155) | ||
- | *9th, Assists (110) | ||
- | *2nd, Blocks (36) | ||
- | *1st, Steals (79) | ||
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- | == Accolades == | ||
- | *2002 Pepsi Blue & Gold Classic MVP | ||
- | *2001-02 AP Honorable Mention All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 AP All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 Sporting News All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 USBWA All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 ESPN.com All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 Basketball Times All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 FOXSPORTS.com All-American | ||
- | *2002-03 CNNSI.com First Team All-American | ||
- | *Most Outstanding Player, Midwest Regional, 2003 NCAA Tournament | ||
- | *All-1st Team Conference USA (2002, 2003) | ||
- | *2003 Conference USA Player of the Year | ||
- | *2002 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year | ||
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- | ===== Olympics ===== | ||
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- | Wade was named to the USA Men's Basketball National Team from 2006-2008. The team competed in the 2006 World Championships in Japan, in which they finished with a bronze medal. During the Championships, | ||
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- | ===== NBA CAREER ===== | ||
- | ===2003-2004=== | ||
- | Selected fifth overall in the 2003 NBA Draft, Wade quickly emerged as a star on a relatively young Miami Heat team after averaging better than 16 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists in his rookie season. He further distinguished{{ men_s_basketball: | ||
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- | As a testament to his success, Wade was chosen as a member of the USA's Olympic basketball team during the 2004 offseason. However, he had a limited role as most of the playing time was given to more experienced veterans. But with his defense, Wade was considered one of the few bright spots on a team that otherwise performed poorly by the standards of U.S. Olympics basketball, eventually finishing with the bronze medal. Wade averaged 7.3 points and 17.5 minutes in the eight games that the USA played in the Olympics. He also earned himself a number two rating in registering steals against Olympic opponents, averaging slightly more than two per game. | ||
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- | ===2004-2005=== | ||
- | Shaquille O'Neal was traded from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Heat in the summer before Wade's second season. Wade's scoring average, assists, and rebounding totals increased considerably in his second season with the Heat, and he quickly emerged as a rising superstar in the league. He was elected to his first NBA All-Star Game in Denver and came off the bench to score 14 points in the East's 125-115 win. Compared to the previous year, the Miami Heat under Wade and O'Neal improved by 17 games, from a 42-40 record in the 2003-2004 season, to an Eastern Conference-best 59-23 record in 2004-2005. | ||
- | In the first round of the 2005 NBA Playoffs (a sweep of the New Jersey Nets), Wade became only the seventh player in league history to average at least 25 points, eight assists and six rebounds while making half his shots in a playoff series, averaging 26.3 points, 8.8 assists, and 6.0 rebounds at 50% field-goal shooting (the other players to accomplish this are all members of the Basketball Hall of Fame: Bob Cousy, Oscar Robertson, Wilt Chamberlain, | ||
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- | ===2005-2006=== | ||
- | In the 2005-2006 NBA season, Wade was elected to his second All-Star Game in 2006, in which he made the game winning put-back off of the Philadelphia 76ers' Allen Iverson' | ||
- | Against the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 2006 NBA Playoffs, Wade shook off a few injuries that scared Heat fans, including a severely bruised hip in Game 5. Returning late in the half, Wade resurrected his team by scoring 15 of his 28 points while suffering from intense pain, leading the Heat to the much-needed 3-2 series lead. After this, Wade successfully led his team to the 2006 NBA Finals, despite suffering from flu-like symptoms in game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons. He put up a double-double with 14 points and 10 assists in that game, including an 8-point flurry to close out the 3rd period that put the game out of reach. | ||
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- | ===2005-2006 NBA Finals=== | ||
- | In his first trip to the NBA Finals, in which the Miami Heat faced off against the Dallas Mavericks, Wade continued to display his great ability. His performance in games three, four, and five, in which he scored 42, 36, and 43 {{men_s_basketball: | ||
- | At least one journalist claimed that Wade was the recipient of " | ||
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- | ===== Awards/ | ||
- | * 2004 NBA All-Rookie Team | ||
- | * 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist | ||
- | * 2006 NBA Finals MVP | ||
- | * 2006 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year | ||
- | * 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist | ||
- | * 4-Time NBA All-Star (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) | ||
- | * All-NBA Second Team (2005, 2006), All-NBA Third Team (2007) | ||
- | * NBA All-Star Skills Challenge Champion (2006, 2007) | ||
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- | ===== Images ===== | ||
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