I wanted to be a football player. Football is a sport that I love, but the more I started playing basketball, the more I started dreaming of playing in the NBA.

7 points and 7. Playing against his Eastern Conference rival and good friend LeBron James Wade registered 41 points on 53% shooting 9 assists 7 steals 7 rebounds and one block as the Heat lost 107–100. The following game in former teammate Shaquille O'Neal's return to Miami since being traded Wade tied a career-high with 16 assists and added 35 points on 62% shooting 6 rebounds a steal and a block as the Heat defeated the Phoenix Suns 135–129.

Named the 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated Wade has establiDwyane Waded himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league. Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr.