Half a decade ago, the elite shooting guard hung up his jersey and retired from the game. Now he’s coming back—as a talking head.
GQ hung out with Father Prime as he gears up to join the broadcast team for Prime Video.
It’s a sticky early-summer morning in New York City, and deep in the maze of 30 Rockefeller Plaza I’m watching Dwyane Wade gargle a glass of water.
The Hall of Fame basketball player, 13-time All-Star, and three-time NBA champion is meticulous about his body, which in many ways is still his instrument.
From 2003 to 2019, he was Flash, an apt nickname for a man who zoomed up and down the court with a controlled recklessness that made him a top-three shooting guard in NBA history.
But today, he’s doing vocal warm-ups rather than calisthenics, considering his new gig no longer requires him to dunk someone through the floorboards.
It’s a new challenge for Dwyane Wade.
Author's summary: Dwyane Wade joins Prime Video broadcast team.