Dwyane Wade (born January 17, 1982 in Chicago, United States) is a former MLB basketball player who plays as a point guard and excels at European moves and breaks through sharply. At the peak of his career, he was one of the fastest dribble players in the NBA league. He currently plays for the NBA Miami Heat and is nicknamed "The Flash.".
Dwyane Wade grew up in the slums of Chicago. His parents divorced at a very young age, and with his father and stepmother living together, Wade still has a great relationship with his sister Trogil Wade. Wade attended Oaklon Harold L. Richards Middle School and was a member of the school's basketball team, but he didn't get much playing time. His younger brother, McDaniel, was the star of the team. Wade met Gary Adams, an assistant teacher at Richards School in the third grade. He improved Wade's ability to control the ball and shoot outside the arc, and he jumped hundreds of times a day, averaging 20.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game that year. In fourth grade, Wade was able to pick up double-doubles in almost every game, averaging 27 points and 11 rebounds per game. After graduating from high school, entering college, there were not many opportunities to play in freshman year, and there was no particular prominence. By his sophomore year, he could average 17.8 points, 2.47 steals, 3.4 assists per game, and 6.6 rebounds, the best record since the 1993–94 season. By his junior year, he was able to average 21.5 points per game and lead the team to the final four.
In the 2003 NBA Draft, the Heat selected Wade with the fifth pick, starting his rookie season, becoming the first newcomer in Heat history to win the best player in the Eastern Conference that week, and the 21st rookie player in NBA history to do so.
The following year, center Shaquille O'Neal joined the Miami Heat, and Wade was named to the NBA Defensive Second Team of the Year and the NBA Second Team of the Year, and led the team to the first 59-23 loss in the Eastern Conference. Due to Wade's injury in the crucial fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the team lost to the Detroit Pistons after seven games and missed the Finals.
In the third year, Wade averaged 27.2 points, 6.7 assists, 5.7 rebounds, 1.95 steals per game, and led the team to the Finals, where he met the Mavericks, who used home advantage to win two consecutive games, but Riley adjusted the Heat's form in time to win 3 consecutive games after returning to Miami. Moving to Dallas in the sixth game, Wade had 36 points and 10 rebounds, and single-handedly led the Heat to a 95-92 victory over the Mavericks, and then turned the overall score 4-2 to win the championship. Wade won the Finals MVP with 34.7 points and 7.8 rebounds in the Finals, and he became the fifth youngest player in NBA history to win the NBA Finals MVP honor.