Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union are engaged. The Miami Heat star shared the news Saturday night on Instagram, posting a photo of the ring with the caption, “She said YES!!! @gabunion.”
The couple has been dating for about four years, and it will be the second marriage for both. Union was previously married to former NFL player Chris Howard, and the two divorced in 2006. Wade was married to Siohvaughn Funches, the mother of his sons Zaire and Zion, and he was granted full custody of the boys in 2011.
Union has said in past interviews that the two were in no rush to walk down the aisle because they both moved too fast the first time around. “We both kinda rushed into marriage and neither one of us was successful at that,” she told Access Hollywood. “So, now we’re like, ‘Let’s take our time. If the goal is forever, what are we rushing for?'”
The engagement caps a big year for both. Wade won his third NBA championship with the Heat in June, and Union is set to star in BET’s new drama Being Mary Jane, which premieres in January.
