Dwyane Wade life and biography

Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. nicknamed Flash or D-Wade, is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat. Awarded 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Wade has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league. Wade is best known for his ability to convert difficult lay-ups, even after hard mid-air collisions with larger defenders.

2009-10 :
Started all 77 games in which he appeared for Miami and averaged 26.6 points (.476 FG%, .761 FT%), 6.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 1.84 steals, 1.06 blocks and 36.3 minutes…missed four games from Feb. 19-27 due to a strained left calf which occurred in the first quarter at New Jersey on Feb. 17 and one game (Apr. 14 vs. New Jersey) as a healthy scratch on the inactive list…shared team co-captain honors with Udonis Haslem…earned All-NBA First Team honors and captured NBA All-Defensive Second Team honors, each for the second consecutive season…was named the MVP of the NBA All-Star Game in Dallas becoming just the 12th player in NBA history to capture MVP honors in both the NBA Finals and All-Star Game during his career…was named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month for March…was a two-time NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week (weeks ending Mar. 7 and Mar. 28)…ranked among the NBA leaders in points (3rd), field goals made (4th), free throws made (4th), free throws attempted (4th), steals (4th), scoring average (5th), field goals attempted (5th), total assists (8th), assists per game (10th), blocks per game (29th), minutes (30th) and double-doubles (tied 44th)…joined LeBron James as the only players in the NBA in 2009-10 to finish in the Top 10 in points, assists and steals…his 82 blocks were tops among guards in the NBA and became the first guard since former Celtic Reggie Lewis (1990-91 and 1991-92) to average more than a block a game in consecutive seasons…led the HEAT in points, field goals made and attempted, free throws made and attempted, assists, steals, dunks and minutes played…his 2,045 points marked the second highest single-season total in HEAT history…topped both 2,000 points and 500 assists in the same season for the third time in his career…led the HEAT in scoring 62 times, in assists 57 times, in minutes 45 times and in steals on 43 occasions (all tops on the team)…also led Miami in blocks 22 times and rebounds five times…scored in double figures a team-high 76 times, including 64 games with at least 20 points, 27 games with 30-or-more points and four 40-point performances…had his franchise-record streak of scoring in double figures snapped at 148 consecutive games on Feb. 17 at New Jersey after suffering a strained left calf just seven minutes into the game and leaving with eight points…handed out double-figure assists 13 times and grabbed double-figure rebounds four times…posted 17 double-doubles…tied the franchise record for most free throws made in a game without a miss when he went 15-15 at Golden State on Jan. 13…became the HEAT’s all-time leader in field goals made vs. Boston on Nov. 29…became Miami’s all-time assist leader at Oklahoma City on Jan. 16…became Miami’s all-time leader in field goals attempted at Cleveland on Feb. 4 and in free throws attempted vs. Orlando on Dec. 17…became Miami’s all-time leader in double-figure scoring efforts vs. Charlotte on Mar. 20…became the HEAT’s all-time leader in starts at New York on Apr. 11 and in minutes played at Philadelphia on Apr. 12....scored his 10,000th career point and topped the 15,000 minutes played mark vs. Chicago on Nov. 1…handed out a season-high 14 assists in the win over the Lakers on Mar. 4, including the 3,000th assist of his career…started the All-Star Game in Dallas and tallied a game-high 28 points (12-16 FGs), a team-high 11 assists, six rebounds, a game-high five steals in 31:20 minutes…Season Highs: 44 points (vs. Boston, Jan. 6), 14 assists (vs. L.A. Lakers, Mar. 4), 11 rebounds (vs. Dallas, Dec. 11), six steals (vs. New Jersey, Nov. 14), five blocks (vs. Charlotte, Mar. 20) and 45:22 minutes (vs. Orlando, Mar. 18).

He had the top selling jersey in the NBA for nearly two years, as he led the NBA in jersey sales from the 2005 NBA playoffs, until the mid-point of the 2006–07 season.

Career highlights and awards:

NBA Champion (2006)
NBA Finals MVP (2006)
7× NBA All-Star (2005–2011)
NBA Scoring Champion (2009)
2× All-NBA First Team (2009–2010)
2× All-NBA Second Team (2005–2006)
All-NBA Third Team (2007)
3× All-Defensive Second Team (2005, 2009–2010)
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2004)
NBA All-Star Game MVP (2010)
2× Skills Challenge Champion (2006–2007)

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