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
We came out of the locker room knowing we had let this team back in the game. We knew we had to get back our focus.
Everybody knows Shaq and everybody knows that Shaq always says that when the playoffs come, he'll be there. So we weren't really worried. We knew after he missed 18 games that it was going to take him awhile to get back. But I think right now is the right time for this team, that around the break time, he has a chance to get back in shape and get his form back.
I knew it wasn't my night. Coach told me a halftime to keep going. It was just getting into a rhythm.
I kind of knew I would try to come back. I didn't know how effective I would be because I couldn't feel parts of my leg.
I hit that jump shot and I kind of knew from there that I was going to be holding that trophy up.
I feel alright. I thought I did pretty good. It was tough on me getting my legs loose, but once I did I felt alright. Once I knew I was able to at least run and jump, then I would be out there helping my team. By the third quarter I started to feel it was getting loose. I didn't have my athletic ability tonight, but I was able to make plays that I had to make. I did what I had to do.
Watching him play and watching him talk about the seasons that they had is motivating. I grew up watching it, so to hear the inside scoop of the championships they won and watching him play is a motivation.
We're going to miss Eddie a lot, the defense he brought and the way he chased guys around the court. I want to see who's going to do that.
We have to go up there and try to get the first one.
We're still looking. We hope it will come. If it doesn't come soon, we'll have an early vacation.
We've got it now, you know? We've got what we need to do to win.
We've got enough firepower to win without him. If one person goes down, the other guys have to step up.
We know we're a couple of shots and defensive plays away from being a great team.
We know we can win. That's what we're all here for. . . . This is my third year here and it's like it's my third different team, but we can win.