Dwyane Wade writing book on fatherhood

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 29-03-2012

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Dwyane Wade writing book on fatherhood

MIAMI (AP) – Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat is becoming an author.

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday plans to release “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger than Basketball” in September.

The book talks in part about Wade’s struggles growing up in Chicago and how he’s incorporating some of the lessons he learned into raising his own family.

“For me, it was therapeutic to do this,” Wade told The Associated Press.

Wade was awarded sole custody of his two sons in March 2011 after a long court battle with his ex-wife, who remains in the boys’ lives. The 2006 NBA finals MVP and eight-time All-Star said he hopes the book will show fans a side of him that they have yet to see.

“I don’t have to share it with people,” Wade said.

“But I felt there was a need. So many people came up to me in this process, so many fathers, so many men came up to me to congratulate me and to ask me how, how I did it and why I believed I could do it.”

While the book is about fatherhood, Wade said it also features much of his own childhood. Wade spent much of this past offseason working on the book, which he said will include some story lines that even people close to him do not know.

“We are thrilled and honored to publish Dwyane’s book,” Henry Ferris, a vice president and executive editor at William Morrow, said in a statement.

“He has an extremely important story and message about the role of fathers in children’s lives. And his career in the NBA is also a phenomenal and exciting story.”

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By TIM REYNOLDS, AP Sports Writer

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Gators leave mark on Miami Heat’s Wade

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 26-03-2012

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Gators leave mark on Miami Heat’s Wade

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – If Marquette’s loss to the Florida Gators didn’t already cause Dwyane Wade enough pain, he’ll be reminded of his team’s defeat in the Sweet 16 for the next year. Udonis Haslem made sure of that.

Wade, who played collegiately for Marquette and Haslem, who played for the Gators, made a gentlemen’s bet before the NCAA Tournament game between the two teams and Haslem has every intention of making Wade fulfill the agreement.

For the next year, Wade has to display a University of Florida Gators license plate on one of his cars.

“I’m going to fulfill it,” Wade said. “Now, I didn’t say how much I was going to drive the car I put it on, but I’m going to fulfill it.”

Haslem said after the Heat’s morning shootaround Friday that he’s going to let his teammates vote on which car Wade must register with a specialized Gators tag.

Haslem expected the team to vote on Wade’s McLaren, which he received for his birthday.

“He’s got to drive that one,” Haslem said.

The Gators defeated Marquette 68-58 on Thursday in Phoenix. Haslem and Wade texted each other throughout the game but when the Gators took a lead Haslem stepped up his rhetoric.

“I was talking trash but inside I was still a little nervous because we couldn’t quite put them away,” Haslem said.

“So even though I was talking a lot of crap, I was still really nervous deep down inside.”

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Wade speaks out on shooting death of Florida teen

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 24-03-2012

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Wade speaks out on shooting death of Florida teen

MIAMI (AP) – Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were only a few miles away from Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, participating in the NBA All-Star game on the night the unarmed black teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt was shot to death by a neighborhood crime-watch volunteer.

They never knew the teenager, but on Friday they decided it was time to speak out – as did many others around the NBA.

Wade posted a photo of himself from a previous photo shoot wearing a hooded shirt, otherwise known as a hoodie, to his Twitter and Facebook pages on Friday morning.

A couple hours later, James posted another photo – this one of 13 Heat players, all wearing team-logo hoodies, their heads bowed, their hands stuffed into their pockets.

The photo was taken at the team hotel, and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called it “a powerful statement.”

“As a father, this hits home,” said Wade, who has 10- and 4-year-old sons.

Among the hashtags James linked to the team photo: “WeWantJustice.”

The National Basketball Players Association issued a statement saying it was saddened and horrified by the killing, demanded an arrest and accused the police department in Sanford, Fla. – where Martin was shot – of “racial bias.”

“It really is a tragic story,” Spoelstra said. “And the more you learn about it, the more confused you get.”

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Wade, LeBron react to ‘loyalty’ and Dwight debate

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 19-03-2012

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Wade, LeBron react to ‘loyalty’ and Dwight debate

PHILADELPHIA – Dwyane Wade injected himself into the dialogue; LeBron James spoke as if he would have preferred to have been left out of the debate.

A day after Dwight Howard committed to the Orlando Magic for at least one more season, invoking James’ name into the conversation, and a day after Wade posted on his Twitter account, “Loyalty hahahahaha,” the Miami Heat stars were asked about becoming part of the story.

Wade said his post was not directed at Howard or any other player, but about the concept of loyalty in general, as well as in the NBA.

“Loyalty means damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” he said. “That’s the new definition of loyalty in the world, there you go.”

As the Heat completed preparations for Friday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wells Fargo Center, Wade continued his discourse on loyalty, “It’s the world we live in. It is in anything, it ain’t just the NBA. It’s in any part of life. So loyalty is not just about one person.

“When I say, ‘Loyalty, ha ha,’ that’s the world, damned if you do, damned if you don’t. It’s going to be bad things said about you, whatever you choose to do.”

During Thursday’s announcement in Orlando about his decision to bypass his opt-out clause for 2012-13, Howard referenced James’ decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Heat in 2010 free agency.

“Nobody wants to be hated,” Howard said at his Thursday media session. “I don’t think LeBron wants to be hated, but he did what he felt was best for him. The way he did it could have been wrong, but he did what was best for him. And he has to live with it, just like me.”

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By Ira Winderman, South Florida Sun Sentinel

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Dwyane Wade’s dad ejected

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 18-03-2012

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Source: Dwyane Wade’s dad ejected

Dwyane Wade Sr., the father of Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade, was ejected from Wednesday’s contest at the United Center, according to an arena source.

While seated in the 100 level, the elder Wade was asked by arena personnel to stop using profanity. He refused and was ejected, the source said.

According to the venue’s website, the United Center “intends to provide all guests with a safe, comfortable, and friendly environment. Our family atmosphere prohibits foul or abusive language, and any violation of these policies may result in ejection.”

The Heat declined comment on the matter.

The Bulls defeated the Heat 106-102 on Wednesday. The younger Wade, a native of Chicago’s south suburbs, had 36 points in the losing effort.

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Lakers vs. Heat: Why Kobe Bryant Will Get His Revenge on Sunday

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 03-03-2012

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Lakers vs. Heat: Why Kobe Bryant Will Get His Revenge on Sunday

Dwyane Wade must be shaking in his boots in anticipation of Sunday’s marquee matchup between the Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers.

He made Kobe Bryant angry. You wouldn’t like Kobe when he’s angry.

With one hard swipe to the bridge of the Black Mamba’s nose at the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, D-Wade awakened a beast within Bryant that needs no help stirring itself from slumber.

With that one needlessly hard foul, Wade single-handedly lent Kobe a propane tank full of motivational material with which to fuel himself heading into yet another highly anticipated home game.

As if losing to the Heat in Miami in January didn’t give the Mamba enough bulletin-board material with which to work. As if going 0-3 overall against the LeBron-Wade-Bosh Heatles weren’t enough to rev Kobe’s engine.

Now, assuming Kobe isn’t hindered by the effects of a broken nose and a mild concussion for too long, he’ll enter this weekend’s game with a sharp, singular focus: to beat the Heat and embarrass Wade in the process. To repay Wade’s disfavor, not in kind, but in on-court domination.

Keep in mind, Kobe parlayed the slight of being listed as “just” the seventh-best player in the NBA prior to this season into a league-leading scoring average.

Before that, he used slights from teammate-turned-foe Shaquille O’Neal as extra flammable material to supercharge his and the Lakers’ sprint to three NBA Finals appearances and back-to-back titles.

Sticks and stones may break Kobe’s bones, and words might not hurt him, but a slap in the face is, indeed, a slap in the face.

Just the sort of thing to which Kobe doesn’t take kindly – the repercussions of which the Mamba will visit manyfold upon Wade’s own head.

Well, maybe not literally, unless Kobe enlists Andrew Bynum to go all “JJ Barea” on him.

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Dwyane Wade apologizes for foul

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 01-03-2012

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Dwyane Wade apologizes for foul

MIAMI – Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade said he sent a message of apology to Kobe Bryant after unintentionally breaking his nose during a hard foul in Sunday’s All-Star Game.

“It’s all I can do,” Wade said of the message to Kobe. “He knows it’s no ill intent of me to do that to him. Talk about me for taking the foul, but I never wanted that kind of outcome.”

The Los Angeles Lakers announced on their website that Bryant suffered a nasal fracture during the Western Conference’s 152-149 win over the East on Sunday night.

Bryant was bloodied by a hard foul and stayed in the game, but he left to be evaluated afterward. A CT scan revealed a broken nose, but no concussion.

Bryant did not attend the team’s first practice after the All-Star break on Tuesday and his status for Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves is “unknown at this time,” according to a team spokesman.

Bryant visited Dr. John Rehm, an ear, nose and throat specialist, on Tuesday morning where his nasal fracture was confirmed.

Bryant was experiencing other symptoms related to the nose injury, and the 16-year veteran was sent to a neurologist to undergo an MRI following his appointment with Dr. Rehm. The MRI confirmed Bryant also suffered a concussion.

The Heat are set to take on the Lakers on Sunday, but Wade said the foul won’t change his preparation for it.

“It adds to the storyline, but it won’t change my approach to the game,” Wade said. “From the standpoint of coverage and media attention? Yeah, it makes it interesting.”

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Wade breaks Bryant’s nose, Heat at Lakers on Sunday

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 28-02-2012

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Wade breaks Bryant’s nose, Heat at Lakers on Sunday

Kobe Bryant left Orlando with two keepsakes of his all-time scoring record in NBA All-Star Games – a broken nose after a hard foul by Dwyane Wade, and a calendar reminder that Wade’s Miami Heat visit his Los Angeles Lakers in a nationally televised game Sunday.

With Bryant and Wade known for tough play against each other, who says there’s no drama in this lockout-shortened season?

As if ABC needed more of a buildup Sunday (3:30 p.m. ET), with the Lakers looking to avenge a 98-87 loss in Miami on Jan. 19. Bryant scored 24 points but shot 8-for-21 as the Lakers trailed by as many as 23 – even with Wade sitting out with a sprained ankle.

Bryant will see Los Angeles ear, nose and throat specialist John Rehm Tuesday after getting whacked across his shoulders and nose Sunday when Wade reached around to slap the ball away on a layup attempt in the West’s 152-149 victory.

Bryant went to the sideline to get his nosebleed stopped, then returned to hit two free throws and finished with 27 points in surpassing Michael Jordan as the All-Star Game career leading scorer.

Wade, who made no attempt to apologize after the incident, said later he wasn’t trying to draw blood but that Bryant had fouled him two times in a row, “So he’s still got one up on me.”

Bryant, who was just feeling fully recovered from the torn wrist ligament he had played with all season, did not speak after the game.

Wade, on Twitter shortly after the game, congratulated the All-Stars “4 putting on a gr8 show” and did not mention the hard foul. Teammate Chris Bosh, however, already was looking ahead.

“We play them in a week,” Bosh told news reporters, “so we’ll probably get it crackin’ early against these guys.”

The Lakers return to action Wednesday at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Heat are at the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.

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Once healed, Wade now dominating

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 21-02-2012

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Once healed, Wade now dominating

MIAMI – On the heels of a three-game losing streak and in the midst of a struggle to find some identity, the Miami Heat made a decision last month that seems to have made an impact on their season.

With Dwyane Wade limping through a foot and ankle injuries, the team decided to shut him down for two weeks. He’d been struggling, going through a stretch of eight games where he barely shot more than 40 percent.

It took a meeting among Wade, the team’s trainers, coaches and even president Pat Riley. The consensus was to shelve him for 14 days no matter what happened with the rest of the team.

Wade could have returned and played through the injuries. In most other years in his career he probably would have, especially with some major opponents on the schedule at the time.

But he waited the two weeks and watched the Heat play better and better – to the point there were some discussions, some with a few legitimate arguments, if the team might have an advantage without Wade.

That discipline to lay low, it has turned out, has led to one of the greatest stretches of Wade’s career and an elimination of such theory.

He had yet another fantastic game Sunday, scoring 27 points as the Heat won their sixth straight game by double figures in beating the Orlando Magic, a team that had been on a hot streak of their own, 90-78.

For the 10th consecutive game Wade shot better than 50 percent from the field, this time making 13-of-23 shots. That’s the longest streak of such games since his rookie season in 2003-04 when he did it 11 times in a row.

Wade is shooting 57 percent and averaging 24 points since coming back from his hiatus to get healthy and it’s been a major reason the Heat have won nine of their last 10.

“He’s playing as efficiently offensively as he’s [ever] played,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He’s playing in a terrific rhythm and playing within the context of what we’re trying to do.”

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Wade one of few NBA players without tattoos

Posted by Spoelstra Heat | Posted on 16-02-2012

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Wade one of few NBA players without tattoos

Guard Dwyane Wade is one of four players on the Heat who do not have any tattoos.

When Dwyane Wade was growing up in Chicago, his parents had all sorts of rules. No earrings, no hats, no tattoos.

So when Wade headed to Marquette as a freshman in fall 2001, it was time to rebel. He was a man, and he was going to show it.

“I got my earring, and I was like, ‘A tattoo is next,’ ” Wade said. “I walked into a tattoo parlor, but I walked right out. I understood I was doing it just to say I was grown up. But it wasn’t me. So I walked out, and I’ve never been back.”

More than a decade later, Wade is starring for the Miami Heat and still isn’t a graduate of Tattoo U. And that puts the guard in an NBA minority.

Since the 1990s, tattoos have been as prevalent in the league as timeouts and turnovers. The 2003 book In the Paint: Tattoos of the NBA and the Stories Behind Them stated that more than 70 percent of NBA players are inked. And, looking at today’s teams, that seems to remain an accurate figure.

Eleven of Miami’s 15 players are said to have tattoos. That’s 73 percent.

Of course, if forward Shane Battier is playing a prank, some might think the percentage has gone up.

“I come in every now and then with a fake tattoo just to see the reactions,” said Battier, who said he’s “never had the urge” to get a real tattoo. “The really cheap ones. Like a rose. I get some chuckles …. (The tattoos he selects) are over the top. It’s a way to make fun of my clean-cut-ness.”

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