Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Wade
Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr.is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association. He has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league. Wade had the top selling jersey in the NBA for nearly two years, leading the league in jersey sales from the 2005 NBA Playoffs, until the midpoint of the 2006–07 season. His first name is pronounced the same as the more common spellings "Dwayne" and "Duane"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth17 January 1982
CountryUnited States of America
You could tell he wanted it. I've been seeing it in his eyes ever since the All-Star break. He's a different person.
After the Boston game is when he turned into that Shaq mode.
He told me after the game he wouldn't know how to do it every night because he's tired. That's the kind of play we need, especially coming down the stretch into the playoffs.
The Dallas game was a disaster. But you know what? Sometimes you need games like that to wake yourself up and look yourself in the mirror. It was three bounce-back games for us.
He's a big guy and anytime he gets injured it's a lot of weight that goes down on it. We have enough firepower that when one guys goes down the other guys can step up.
The closest thing to a rival for us will probably be Detroit.
They've got the curse on us that we've got on Washington right now.
His will is unbelievable. You can't play better defense than Gary (Payton) had on him. He can just raise up and jump over you and shoot. You have to tip your hat to a guy like that.
I missed some shots that I normally make, and they really pressured me.
He's a lot stronger. Last year he lost weight and I think that took a toll on him at the end of the year because he didn't have the strength to fall back on.
The main thing is to close games out when we have them. You don't want to give a team like the Bulls that are going to continue to fight confidence, especially at home at the end of games like we did the last two.
It takes time to get familiar with guys,
Once you wear something you're comfortable with and you play well, you're going to do it again. I needed a different look personally. Then once I wore it, I liked it. Now I've got Shaq wearing it.
You probably make about two out of every 10 or 12. That's why it's so satisfying when you make one.