Miami Heat: The 25 Greatest Players in Franchise History

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1. Dwyane Wade

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There really is no other choice for No. 1 other than D3.

So far, he has played 12 seasons in Miami and has been here through the good and the bad. He had arguably the greatest NBA Finals series of all-time when he led the Heat from a 2-0 series deficit to defeat the Dallas Mavericks during the 2006 NBA Finals for the Heat’s first NBA championship.

He was around when Miami suffered their worst season in franchise history just two years after winning the NBA title when they went 15-67 during the 2007-08 season.

He was the 1B to LeBron’s 1A when the Heat made four straight appearances in the Finals from 2011-2014.

Not to mention he leads just about every major statistical category in franchise history.

Wade has certainly made the South Florida region “Wade County” in the new millennium.

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D.J. Siddiqi grew up in the heart of South Florida in Broward County. Growing up in South Florida during the late 90's and 2000's, D.J. witnessed the Pat Riley years where the Miami Heat faced off with the New York Knicks all the way to the painful late 2000's seasons where the Heat were a one-man team with Dwyane Wade. D.J. has closely followed the Heat over the past decade-and-a-half, and unfortunately witnessed Game 2 of the 2011 NBA Finals in person when the Dallas Mavericks overcame a 15-point deficit to knock off the Heat. D.J. has writing experience as a columnist with sites such as Bleacher Report and Rant Sports, and he is proud to bring his knowledge of the Heat and the NBA to Heat Nation.