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Article on Donovan's visit to the Dwayne Wade invitational

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Too bad Mitchell could only stay the first day. Also I was hoping for a bit more detail based on the article title but oh well.

https://www.deseretnews.com/article...ell-learned-from-dwyane-wade-this-summer.html

Dwyane Wade and his wife Gabrielle Union’s personal chef, Richard Ingraham, also prepared an amazing dinner for an extremely exclusive group of guests — handpicked by Wade — at a private beach house on behalf of the Stance Sockscompany.
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Mitchell mingled with Wade, CJ McCollum, Jimmy Butler, Delon Wright, Justise Winslow, Jahlil Okafor, Caron Butler and other celebrities for the kickoff mixer on Monday, Aug. 27, then the next day it was back in the lab for business.
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Seems like decent company.

That Tuesday, Aug. 28, Mitchell arrived at the Stance World Headquarters facility for an intimate training session alongside Wade, who announced Sunday that he will be returning to Miami for his 16th and final season.

Day 1 started with on-court drills and work with skills trainers, Stanley Remy and Chris Johnson, followed by additional training room fitness implementing dumbbells, barbells and cables from the staff of DBC Fitness — based out of Miami.

The session concluded with a business chat from the staff of Muzik Connect, creators of smart headphones with financial backing from celebrities such as Kevin Hart, Drake and Michael Jordan.

The goal was to provide insight on investing in brands and how a company finds its best match in partnering with an athlete, according to Wade.
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Interesting that there was also a business focus.

Wade’s invitational would last three more days, with Houston Rockets teammates Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul stopping by later in the week, but Mitchell had to dart after the opening day due to other endeavors. The sole purpose for Wade was to infuse his knowledge of the game into the next generation of rising stars.
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During Mitchell’s highlight-filled rookie campaign in Salt Lake City, he often drew comparisons to Wade in his aggressive style of play. Even during exit interviews, Mitchell vowed to soak in as much knowledge as possible to return as a better player for his sophomore year.

“I’m going to be training with any NBA great possible that I can get in contact with just to pick their brain,” Mitchell foreshadowed. “This isn’t a victory lap summer. It’s been a great year, but in my head there’s a lot more to work on.”

That includes conditioning, ball-handling, shots on the move; floaters and a ton of other skills to fine-tune his game. In fact, he’s already logging extra hours around the practice facility since the start of OTAs on the week of Sept. 3 as Jazz players gather on an optional basis to get ready ahead of training camp.
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Nice.

“I just think they’re super similar on both, how they play and how they are off the court,” Miyasaki explained. “That was a really cool aspect of it for sure because Donovan gets a lot of comparisons to D, and D had him out to train with him and offer advice with whatever he could do for him.

“Dwyane really likes him for sure.”
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:)
 
Still bugs me that Wade's name is mis-spelled. Was it a typo on the birth certificate?

Dwyane

Dwayne

So it should be pronounced "d-why-ane".
 
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LogGrad98 said:
Still bugs me that Wade's name is mis-spelled. Was it a typo on the birth certificate?

Dwyane

Dwayne

So it should be pronounced "d-why-ane".
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Why do you care so much how a parent spelled their kids name. Southside of Chicago would be a culture shock for people born and raised in Utah.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
You havent seen how people in Utah spell names then. It wouldnt be much of a culture shock.
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Pretty sure if I moved from Utah to the Chicago ghetto it would be a pretty big culture shock for me.
 
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