Only a handful of NBA players have been able to imprint themselves on a franchise like Dwyane Wade. The Raptors are now looking for someone to have a similar impact going into the playoffs. (michaelgrange) Presented by UberEats.
Wade filled the bill on the floor. Over an eight-year period from 2005-06 to 2013-14, he won three NBA titles, appeared in four NBA Finals, was a Finals MVP and led the NBA in scoring once. He averaged 25 points 5.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists while grabbing 1.9 steals and averaging one blocked shot per game over that stretch — his ability to change the game defensively almost as deadly as his lightning-strike offence.
When the Raptors were playing the Heat in the playoffs in 2016 Wade lingered around the practice court in Miami after his standard media obligations were finished. He didn’t seem in any great rush so me and Bruce Arthur of the Toronto Star kept asking questions. Wade kept answering them. We were there for 45 minutes. He couldn’t have been nicer or more down-to-earth.
A moment later he drove deep into the defence and fired a bullet past the collapsing defence to a wide-open James Johnson. Wade then rocketed to the rim in traffic and tapped Johnson’s miss straight back to Goran Dragic, who missed his three too. Wade then assisted on a Dion Waiters triple that was the Heat’s last gasp. He gave everything right to the end.
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