The Miami Heat great dealt with numerous knee injuries throughout his career.
Even years after his retirement, Dwyane Wade still places quite high on the list of the most exciting players to watch this century. The Marquette product was tremendous from his first day in the NBA and became one of basketball's preeminent slashers and defenders over the course of his time in the league. All-NBA caliber scorersdefenders are rare players and it helped that Wade's acrobatics around the basket were wonderfully entertaining to watch.
Unfortunately, his play style took its toll. Wade faded quickly in the back half of his career as knee injuries piled up. As a three-time NBA champ with a long list of accolades, it's not really a great sports "what-if" story to wonder how good Wade might've been if not for those injuries. But the man himself believes he was on a legendary trajectory before they struck.
Before those injuries, Wade was an NBA champion who had proven capable of averaging nearly 30 points and two steals per game before his 25th birthday. If anything, that is undoubtedly greatness rarely seen and gives credence to Wade's belief.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead.
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