Dwyane Wade- Bio, Age, Career, Salary, Net worth, Height, Wife, Children

Dwyane Wade is a popular American former professional basketball player. He is well-known for playing Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association for 16 years before retiring.

Early life, Childhood, and Education

He was born on 17th January 1982 in Illinois, Chicago, the USA to his mother, Jolinda Wade, and his father, Dwyane Wade Sr.

Wade holds American nationality and belongs to a mixed (African-American) ethnic background and his star sign is Pisces.

Although, his mother was a drug addict when he was young his parents were divorced.

Dwyane Wade grew up his childhood in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. Additionally, he has an older sister, Tragil Wade, and 3 stepbrothers, Darnell McDaniel, Demetris McDaniel, and Kodhmus McDaniel from his father’s second marriage.

Regarding his academic qualifications, he attended his high school at Harold L Richards High School in Oak Lawn, Chicago.

During High School, he played football as well as basketball in high school. Later on, he completed his graduation from Marquette University he was coached by Tom Crean.

Career and Professional Life

Talking about his professional career, Wade began his professional career as a football player as well as a basketball player.

Miami Heat

Initially, Miami Heat selected him with the 5th overall pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft. He completed his rookie season at the Miami Heat finishing second in field goal percentage, second in steals, third in scoring, fourth in assists, and fourth in minutes played.

Although, he was ranked in the top five among rookies in several major statistical categories. He scored averaging 27.2 points, 6.7 assists, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.95 steals per game in the 2005-06 season.

He led his team to win NBA Finals 2005-06 and was awarded the Finals MVP trophy making him the youngest player in NBA history at the time. Unfortunately, he missed a total of 31 games due to injury during the 2006-07 season.

After that, he became the NBA’s leader in PER at the end of the 2006-07 season. He also became the first player in NBA history to accumulate at least 2,000 points, 500 assists, 100 steals, and 100 blocks in a season.

Similarly, he recorded his 10,000th career point in a 95-87 win against the Chicago Bulls in November 2009. Later on, he finished the 2009-10 season averaging 26.6 points, 6.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 steals, and 1.1 blocks per game.

Additionally, he became the only third player to record triple-doubles in the NBA history in February 2012 after he posted 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. After that, he finished the 2011-12 season averaging 22.1 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game.

Furthermore, he led Miami Heat to the NBA Finals and won his second NBA title.

Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers

After that, Dwayne Wade joined the Chicago Bulls on a two-year deal worth $47 million in July 2016. Meanwhile, he teamed up with Jimmy Butler and Rajon Rodo.

The stunning trio was nicknamed “Three Alphas”. Later on, he joined Cleveland Cavaliers in September 2017 joining his Miami Heat former teammate LeBron James.

Due to his poor performance, he volunteered to demote himself to a bench role for the betterment of the team and eventually took to the bench role becoming the leader of the second unit.

Return to Miami

Again, Wade returned to Miami in February 2018. Dwayne was introduced with a standing ovation from the crowd.

Likewise, he became the ninth player to score 20,000 points and collect 5,000 assists with one team in April 2018.

He also became the third player in NBA history to record at least 20,000 points, 5,000 assists, 4,000 rebounds, 1,500 steals, 800 blocks, and 500 three-pointers in January 2019.

National Team Career

He became a member of the 2004 U.S. national team. He led his team to win the bronze medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

After that, he became co-caption of the 2006 team along with James and Anthony. Due to injury, he did not participate in the FIBA American Championship.

His national team won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. Meanwhile, their team was nicknamed the “Redeem Team”.

Unfortunately, he missed the 2012 Summer Olympics due to knee surgery.

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Salary and Net worth

Regarding his net worth and salary status, Dwyane Wade is very much successful in his professional career as a popular American basketball player.

He also gained so much fame as he is a famous American former basketball player we may conclude Wade’s net worth is around $170 million. Whereas, he earns from his entire time in the NBA amount to $2.3 million.

Additionally, he has endorsement deals with Gatorade, Staples, Lincoln, Sean John, T-Mobile, and Topps. Although, he also had his line of shoes with Converse named “The Wade”.

Meanwhile, he switched his endorsement deal from Converse to Nike’s Jordan Brand. Likewise, he was hand-chosen by Michael Jordan and debuted the Air Jordan 2010 during the NBA All-Star break.

Furthermore, he debuted his first signature shoe for the Jordan Brand during the 2011 NBA Playoffs. After his contract ended with Jordan Brand he signed with the Chinese athletic brand Li-Ning.

Moreover, he is involved in lots of philanthropic activities that he conducts through his foundation, The Wade’s World Foundation.

Relationship Status| Married Life

Moving towards his love life, Dwayne Wade is a married man.

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Although, he is married to actress Gabrielle Union. The stunning couple got engaged in December 2013 and later got married on 30th August 2014. Before they started dating in 2009 and they briefly split up in 2013 due to career demands.

Previously, Wade was married to his high school girlfriend Siohvaughn Funches. The former couple got married in 2002. The former couple had two sons together. After five years, they separated in 2007 and their divorce was finalized in 2010.

The former couple went through a lengthy and acrimonious court battle for divorce, where Wade won the sole custody of his two sons named Zaire and Zion.

Additionally, he was on a brief break with his girlfriend, Gabrielle Union, and Wade and his longtime friend Aja Metoyer conceived a son. Wade also has a daughter with Union.

Unfortunately, his fourth child was born via surrogate. Therefore, he has 4 children altogether and also raises a nephew, the son of his sister Deanna.

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Rumors and Controversy

Moving onto rumors and controversy, there were rumors that Wade was in a relationship with Vanessa Simmons. At present, he is far from rumors and scandals.

Meanwhile, he also was involved in the controversies Wade tweeted in support of Nick Cannon, who was fired from Viacom CBS after making racist remarks and endorsing antisemitic conspiracy theories in July 2020.

Body Measurement and Height

Discussing his body measurements, Dwayne Wade is a former basketball player with an athletic body posture in his lifetime.

At that time, Wade stood a tall height of 6 feet 4 inches, and his body weight was 100 kg. He has a well-shaped body that measures a 48-inch chest, 36 inches waist, and 15 inches biceps.

Furthermore, Dwayne had a beautiful pair of dark brown eyes with black hair color.