Dwyane Wade is a midrange maestro. “I’m confident in my mid-range more than any shot,” Wade said. “I feel like my mid-range is as good as any other shot I take.” In his final year with the Miami Heat, he attempted just 44 three pointers during the season, compare that to 1139 shots inside the arc (the third highest 2 point field goal attempt mark in the entire league), and it’s easy to see where Wade butters his bread. He converted 533 2-point field goals, which was good for 9th in the league. Obviously not all of those shots were midrange jumpers, but those figures perfectly illustrate the old school nature of Father Prime.
At 34 years of age, the Olympic Gold Medalist averaged only 30.5 minutes per game through 74 games, but when it came time to be the man, he was in fine form. Each of Miami’s two playoff series went to 7 games, and Wade had his largest scoring output since 2010-2011, with 21.4 points per game (15th in the league for the postseason) and the 12th best Player Efficiency Rating (PER) of the entire playoffs.
The point of this video is to showcase what a special player Dwyane still continues to be. Age is starting to catch up to him, but there’s something ageless about the midrange game. His moves, jukes, jab dribbles, shoulder shimmies, and footwork are all things to be studied and admired, so I put together a few of them here for exactly that reason. These are all from the 2015-16 season aka his final run in Florida. To paraphrase Cypress Hill, he's insane in the mid-range.
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