Dwyane Wade 2012 NBA Finals knee surgery

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    Dwyane Wade reflected on how the 2012 NBA Finals changed his career trajectory. He said, “After we beat OKC in 2012, that summer I got my third knee surgery after that I felt I never got back my explosion…. When I was driving to the bucket I could see I couldn’t take off like I used too.” The full interview is available via the links below.

    Transcript (en)

    Yeah, because we lost. We lost. Yeah. And I knew I wasn't the same for that year. And even the year after, I wasn't the same. I would say probably very similar to UD. It was my third knee surgery. It was in 2012. So after we beat OKC in the finals in 2012, that summer, I got my third knee surgery. And after that, I don't feel like I never got back my explosion. Maybe I came back a little too quick. We went to the finals and I got knee surgery and I was there for training camp the next year. Maybe I came back a little too quick for my third knee surgery and I didn't give myself really a full time to really heal. And I never got back. When I was driving to the bucket, I could see that I couldn't take off like I used to. I could see my explosion on there like it once was. So I had to start adjusting my game even more after that season. So I would say 2012, that was my last year of prime. And after that, I was just good enough to be good enough.