What is Dwyane Wade?
[[File:Dwyane Wade 02.jpg|alt=|thumb|Dwyane Wade with the Miami Heat]] '''Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr.''' (born January 17, 1982) is an [[Americans|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]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wadedw01.html | title = Dwyane Wade | publisher = basketball-reference.com | accessdate = 2012-07-21 | archive-date = 2019-12-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191221041655/https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wadedw01.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{commons cat-inline}} *[http://dwyanewade.com/ Dwyanewade.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512161438/http://www.dwyanewade.com/ |date=2008-05-12 }} *[http://www.nba.com/playerfile/dwyane_wade NBA profile] {{US-sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wade, Dwyane}} [[Category:1982 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American basketball players]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Miami Heat players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Chicago]]