Dwyane WadeDwyane Wade of the Miami Heat during a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 2015.(more)Following his breakthrough finals exploits, Wade continued to improve—notably leading the NBA in scoring average in 2008–09 with 30.2 points per game—but Miami failed to match its earlier postseason success over the four seasons after the team’s championship. During the 2010 off-season Wade recruited free-agent superstars and Chris Bosh to sign with the Heat. Although James supplanted him as the focal point of Miami’s offense, Wade continued his All-Star-level play, and the Heat advanced to the NBA finals during the star trio’s first season together. The Heat lost that series to the Mavericks, but it returned to the finals in 2011–12 and defeated the to capture another NBA title. Although the Heat made a third consecutive trip to the finals in 2012–13, Wade’s playoff production was lacklustre. Aging and injured, he averaged a career-low 15.9 points per game during the postseason. However, his standout performance down the stretch of a seven-game NBA finals series against the helped Miami clinch its third NBA title. Wade and the Heat advanced to a fourth consecutive appearance in the NBA finals in 2013–14, but Miami lost its championship rematch with the Spurs. James left Miami in the following off-season, and the team fell from the NBA’s upper echelon. Meanwhile, Wade resumed his role as the team’s focal point, leading the Heat with 21.5 points per game. The Heat rebounded in 2015–16, earning the third seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs after winning 48 games and advancing to the second round of the postseason. During the following off-season, Wade—who had previously signed a number of below-market deals with the Heat in attempts to help the team add more surrounding talent—grew frustrated with what he perceived to be a lack of appreciation from Miami’s management via its low contract offer, and he surprisingly signed with his hometown .He averaged 18.3 points per game in his first season with the Bulls—the lowest scoring average since his rookie year—and saw the end of his 12-year streak of being selected for the . The Bulls qualified for the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs and were eliminated in six postseason games. Wade and the Bulls agreed to a contract buyout in the following off-season, and he then signed a one-year deal to play alongside James as a member of the . Wade failed to find a useful role with the Cavaliers, and a struggling Cleveland team traded him back to Miami in February 2018. He played his final season and a half with a middling Heat team before retiring at the end of the 2018–19 season., Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. (/ dweɪn / DWAYN[1] or / duˈwaɪeɪn / doo-WY-ayn, [2] born January 17, 1982) [3] is an American former professional basketball player who is currently the co-owner of the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association., Dwyane Wade 's 885 career blocked shots are the most in NBA history by a player 6'4" or shorter. Can you name the player with the 2nd-most? Checkout the latest stats of Dwyane Wade. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com..