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Written by Matthew Maurer
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Six Degrees of Separation is the popular theory that you can link a person to anyone else in the world through acquaintances with an average of only six people separating the two individuals.
So what's Dwayne Wade got to do with Ty Cobb & Babe Ruth? Follow the trail that connects Dwayne through one of the greatest lines in Six Degress that will span 5 Hall of Fame players in baseball and basketball...
- ►Michael Jordan hand picked Dwayne Wade to join his Jordan Brand Shoe Company through a shoe endorsement deal.
- ►Dean Smith coached Michael Jordan while at North Carolina from 1982-84.
- ►Frank McGuire asked Dean Smith in 1958 to join him as an assistant on his coaching staff.
- ►Joe Lapchick was a close friend to Frank McGuire through his college years and later in life.
- ►Babe Ruth would often play barnstorming basketball games with Lapchick's Celtics teams during the 1920's
- ►Rip Collins played with Ruth on the 1920 & 1921 New York Yankee teams as well as Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers of 1923 - 1926 seasons.
Dwayne Wade might have the single greatest six degrees of seperation that leads back into the 1920's.
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