Boobie Bird

Boobie Bird

Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr., was born on January 17, 1982, on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. His early life was not easy. His parents got a divorce after he was born and Dwayne lived with his mom, Jolinda, and older sister, Tragil, in a neighborhood full of crime. It was a place where Dwayne could have gone down the wrong path. Tragil’s main goal was to keep him away from the kids that were a bad influence and getting trouble. Tragil made the decision when Dwyane was 9 to move to the Chicago suburbs with there dad Dwayne Sr. lived

Dwayne attended Marquette University, he was quickly called Dwade. He got married to his high school sweetheart Siohvaghn and they had a son Ziare. Dwayne new it was going to be hard for him to have a family and basketball but he was determined to do it all his best. He went 5th pick in the 2003 nba draft to the Miami heat and his dream came true. he went to the playoffs his first year but lost and.

At Marquette
* 2003 NCAA Final Four avg 21.5 points aqnd 4.4 assists
* conference USA player of the year
* 1st team all American
* 3rd player ever with a triple double
* 29 points
* 11 rebounds
* 11 assists
Miami Heat
- With a family to take care of he left college after 2 years
- Shaq nicknamed him “Flash”
- NBA all star team
- All NBA 2nd team
- NBA All defensive 2nd team
- he had to change from shooting guard to point guard
- started 56 o 61 games
- All Rookie 1st team
- 3rd rookie of the ear behind lebron and carmello

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