"DwAynE wAdE"

I really like playing basketball. I first played the sport when I was still 5 yrs old. This sport was the first sport I have ever played in my whole life.

I watch television to see different basketball players show their skills in playing basket ball in their exhibition game. The most basketball players I like to watch are the NBA players. They are really good in playing the sport. They are very incredible.

My favorite basketball player is Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. I don’t watch television always to see different games but if his team has a game, I watch the show and observe him. He’s my idol.

Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr. (born January 17, 1982) is an American NBA basketball player, currently of the Miami Heat. His nicknames include "Flash" and "D-Wade". Wade was named 2006 Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated. Despite the unorthodox spelling, Wade's first name is pronounced as Dwayne; often in print media, it is misspelled as such. Wade has become one of the more well-known and popular players in the league. He had the top selling jersey in the NBA for nearly two years, as he led the NBA in jersey sales from the 2005 NBA playoffs, until the mid point of the 2006-07 NBA season.

After entering the league with little fanfare as the fifth pick in the 2003 NBA Draft, Wade has become one of the more accomplished young players in the NBA today. After making the All-Rookie team in his first season, and the All-Star team the following two seasons, he led his team to an NBA Championship at the conclusion of his third pro campaign. Wade was named 2006 NBA Finals MVP as he led the Heat to a 4-2 series win over the Dallas Mavericks.

Dwyane Wade was born in the south side of Chicago to Dwyane Sr. and Jolinda Wade. He cites one of his older sisters, Tragil, as the individual most responsible for his childhood upbringing and for steering him in the proper direction. His parents divorced and he lived with his father and stepmother in Robbins, Illinois during his childhood. As a child growing up in the Chicago area Wade idolized former Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan, and has said he patterns his game after him.

Wade attended H. L. Richards High School in Oak Lawn. He did not see a lot of playing time his sophomore year as his stepbrother, Demetris McDaniel, was the star of the team. Wade grew four inches in the summer before his junior year and proceeded to average 20.7 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.^] Wade then averaged 27.0 points and 11.0 rebounds his senior year, and led his team to a 24–5 record. They advanced to the title game of the Class AA Eisenhower Sectional, during the season he set school records for points (676) and steals (106) in a season.

He is such a great player. Even though he’s not as good as Michael Jordan and other legends in NBA history, he is still my idol and I know that he can be as good as those legends of NBA history