Zaire Wade

About

Zaire Blessing Dwyane Wade (, born February 4, 2002) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Cape Town Tigers of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He is the son of former NBA player Dwyane Wade.

Wade was born on February 4, 2002, in Chicago, Illinois, to then-Marquette Golden Eagles basketball player Dwyane Wade. He grew up in Chicago and Miami, where his father spent most of his NBA career.
For his freshman year of high school, Wade played basketball at Mount Carmel High School in Chicago. Also on the team, nicknamed ‘the Caravan’, was his cousin Dahveon Morris. Both played on the school’s freshman team. For Wade’s next two years of high school he played basketball at American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida. On May 29, 2019, it was announced that Wade would transfer to Sierra Canyon School, a private K–12 school in Chatsworth, California, for his 2019–20 senior year in high school.
After high school, he transferred to Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. He received scholarship offers from DePaul, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Toledo, but opted to turn professional instead.