Dwyane Wade entered the league as part of the famed 2003 draft class and signed a 3-year $8.5 million contract. Along with the usual purchases of a house and luxury clothing, the Miami Heat superstar also purchased some nice cars and also spent money customizing them.
Many young players coming into the league end up purchasing the snazziest vehicles they can. Wade had a Cadillac Escalade EXT pickup as one of his first vehicles. Considering his salary in his early days was around $2 million, the $51K truck was right in the budget.
As a man of elite fashion sense, he ensured his ride embodied that as he had it repainted in a custom shade of blue and color matched custom 26″ wheels. Usually such highly customized cars owned by sporting stars and celebrities do not attract attention of the wrong kind. However, Dwyane Wade was a target, as he revealed while speaking with former teammates on The OGs Show.
My blue wheels, 26-inch wheels. I was rolling through Miami, man, and they got me. They got me in Doral in my crib though. I came out to go to practice, I was like, ‘must have parked down the street’. Before I call the police, I call UD. ‘Hey man they got me. I got my jewelry and then everything, I have my chains and then’. UD got it back for me, ‘I kept the chains, I got rid of the truck’.
Dwyane Wade on The OGs Show
Dwyane Wade on his car getting stolen 😳 pic.twitter.com/tTDrF6ukYG
— The OGs Show (@theOGsShow) November 23, 2024
Show host Udonis Haslem went to say that Wade did not want to keep the truck after getting it back. The three-time NBA champion clarified that he took his jewelry but sold the truck, as he did not want to use it after the thieves were in it.
Dwyane Wade has a fine taste for cars
That Cadillac Escalade EXT pickup was one of the first vehicles he owned, but it was not the last. By his second year, Dwyane Wade was already an All-NBA player. With that comes heightened media coverage and endorsements.
Add the three NBA titles and his thirteen years of excellence with the Miami Heat, and the superstar ended up earning almost $200 million just from salary. That money helped him continue his love for luxury automobiles. He has had over the years in his garage the likes of a McLaren 720s, Ferrari F12, Lamborghini Gallardo and a Maybach.
With those cars and more costing millions collectively, he spent his money lavishly. However, a time came when at the advice of an individual, he sold off all his expensive vehicles. Since then, he has been more mature with his financial decisions and now invests more than he spends.
