![]() ![]() We all come in with our individual greatness, it’s easy to think, “oh, it’s gonna be easy.” So, our first time playing together in 2010, it took a while to get comfortable with each other. And then when you play together in the Olympics, it’s a totally different game and the rules are different-and you have even more All-Stars on the team. ![]() It’s easy to play with each other in the All-Star Game. Wade: Yeah, but it took a lot of time to get that chemistry. But tell us about your chemistry with Chris Bosh and LeBron-maybe something we don’t see. It’s super dope, man.ĪF: You’ve been asked a lot about the Heat, I’m sure. So, I understand that as players, when we are counting wins and losses, there are also people out there using the inspiration from the Miami Heat as tools for inspiration in life. All these stories I know about and understand, because I was that kid before. You go out there, put your best foot forward and get the maximum effort to become the best player you can.īut then you get to 2006 and winning a championship, and hear it and what it meant to this family, or a game you had that gave them the inspiration to have their own game. Only because of the fans who have come up to me and shared their stories. Pots and pans banging, people high-fiving in the streets.ĭo you feel like you’ve provided the same joy to people in Miami? says of LeBron and Chris Bosh, "From them I learned so much." photo by Bob Metelus StudiosĪF: I live in Chicago and remember Bulls championships’ special energy. The photos and words together, I think, give you more context.Īnother photo from "Dwyane" of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James on a boat outside Miami in 2013. (In it) I talk about my triumphs, difficulties and all those things, and I wanted to put visuals to those and not just have only words.īut in the book, you’ll see a lot of parts that include my thoughts before games and my insecurities in certain moments. I wanted to tell my own story about basketball, and for fans who know and follow me, to give them a closer up glimpse of the player that they see. ![]() I’ve kind of had him track me over my career. For the last 10 years I’ve been working with Bob Metelus, who shot most of the photos in the book. It is a cool coffee table book, and my way to just wrap up my career, with memories about the game I love and the people in it. What was your inspiration?ĭwyane Wade: Yeah, that’s what it is. Last Wednesday and just before the book’s release, I got to talk with Wade by phone about “Dwyane” and the motivation behind the project.Īndy Frye: You’ve put out a few books before, but “Dwyane” looks like more than just a cool coffee table book. cover by Harper Collinsĭuring Wade’s 15 seasons with the Miami Heat, he won three NBA Championships (2006, 20), was named a 13-time All-Star and was also the NBA’s scoring champion in the 2008-2009 season. A closeup of the cover of "Dwyane" -a 306-page photographic memoir by Dwyane Wade, which Wade calls. ![]()
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