For those of us in the Chicago area who have known Dwyane Wade’s name since he was standout at Richards High School in Oak Lawn, it’s almost startling to realize he’s just 38 years old.
From leading Marquette to a Final Four appearance in 2003 to an Olympic gold medal to three NBA championships with the Miami Heat to a late-career stop with the Bulls to a high-profile custody battle to his romance with the actress Gabrielle Union, Wade has lived under the brightest of spotlights for nearly two decades.
It feels like we’ve known Wade forever, but, of course, we’ve just known ABOUT him for a long time.