(CRAFT)[DWYANE WADE WOULD JUST VANISH.]

There was no one harder to guard off a screen-roll than Dwyane. That’s a sweeping but true statement, and a lot factored into his skill. Mainly, he had such a strong base, and could get so low to the ground, that once he came off of the screen he was gone. He would just vanish. It was really, really hard for me—and for our big men, who he would split and leave in the dust—to guard him.

Ultimately, I had to sit down and watch a lot of film with our bigs. I showed them that I needed them to hold him up for one second, then I could get back to him. Now, a second might not sound like a lot of time, but he was blowing by guys in .2 seconds. So, I really had to drill that into our bigs.

The first year or two, yeah, I could sag off of Dwyane a little bit and buy that extra time and space. By his third year, nah. Even though his shot didn’t look good, it went in, so you had to respect it. His shot only got better and more fluid from there.