Getty and Heavy Dwyane Wade. Retired NBA star Dwyane Wade has shared some serious cancer news about himself, saying that he received a “shocking” diagnosis. Wade, who played for 13 seasons with the Miami Heat, revealed that he discovered he had a tumor on his kidney after putting off going in for a checkup. The comments came in a January 30, 2025, episode of his podcast , “The Why with Dwyane Wade.” “What I saw in the midst of me going through my illness, I saw my family that may not always