Mother, Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Friend, Business Woman, etc. means I am diverse, I am not defined by any one group, I am at all times everything I need to be.
Throughout the recently completed NBA playoffs, Dwyane Wade found himself the target of criticism about his age and suddenly diminished athleticism. There was a reason for that: Compared to his first title, and even the Heat’s runs in 2011 and 2012, Wade appeared old, with concerns about his knees and his ability to play a strong second banana to LeBron’s Michael Jordan act.
Luckily for the Heat, Wade came through in some of the biggest
moments and Miami won another title. Luckily for the Wade family, Dwyane
isn’t the last talented hoopster to carry the surname.
While Zaire Wade
(anyone care to take a wager on how long it will be before someone
nicknames him Congo or DRC?) may be as thin as any other beansprout
shooting fifth grader, he shows plenty of the athletic gifts of his
father, not to mention a similar deadly first step on his cuts to the
basket.
Dwyane Wade
appears to share something else with James, too: Zaire Wade’s
affections. Given the fact that his father is a highly paid Nike athlete
who has his own sneakers, one might assume that young Zaire
would compete proudly sporting the latest D-Wades. He doesn’t. Instead,
he played at the Future of the Game event wearing the latest LeBrons.
All the more proof of the new King of South Beach, and just where
Zaire Wade sees himself in the future. Given his skills at the age of
10, he just might get there, too.
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