MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Back in 2006, the Miami Heat won the NBA Championship for the first time in franchise history.
A major reason for that was the play of emerging superstar Dwyane Wade, who had played just three years in the league at that point.
Wade would go on to lead Miami to two more titles and become a champion for the ages.
When Wade heaved a basketball into the air earlier this season in Dallas, he re-lived the moment when he first became an NBA champion.
In 2006 while playing in only his third NBA season, Wade turned into an unstoppable force, gaining the trust of a Hall of Fame coach and aging Hall of Fame players.