Is Miami still "Wade's team"

reapaman · Post #61 » by **reapaman** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:20 am

who wanna bet that next game, lebron has a big game and then its his team again and wade all of a sudden becomes tonto?

picc · Post #62 » by **picc** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:22 am

Very possible. This is realgm after all, where its not "what have you done for me lately", its "what have you done for me in the last 3 nanoseconds".

qm22 · Post #63 » by **qm22** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:24 am

It is inevitable it will happen again...and again.

Darko Miliminutes · Post #64 » by **Darko Miliminutes** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:34 am

Helllz yeah it's Wade's team! Don't let anyone or the media fool you.

Lebron is the best player though.

gino_giode · Post #65 » by **gino_giode** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:54 am

I think it's Wade's team, only during the NBA finals.

Dude's been putting up impressive numbers. The silver lining in the Heat winning a championship for me would be seeing LeBron's reaction as Stern hands Wade the Finals MVP trophy.

JNelson43 · Post #66 » by **JNelson43** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:54 am

It's hard to say, you don't know what's happening in the locker room and behind the scenes.

Lebron is the best player, but I'd say that emotionally Wade probably has the support as the leader of the team and the support of the fans.

Let's say Wade and James get into a huge squabble, they both have a case for being right in the situation (whatever it might be, doesn't matter). Who do the fans support, Wade or James? I think that Wade is probably the guy they'd rally behind.

SweetTouch · Post #67 » by **SweetTouch** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 3:55 am

this is the same problem that okc thunder will have in coming years with Howard and Durant

the-diesel · Post #68 » by **the-diesel** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:04 am

Wade's better than Lebron. Why? Defense.

deepblueday · Post #69 » by **deepblueday** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:06 am

As a completely disinterested observer, even after games like this, the Heat still feel like LeBron's team. Still the best player, still the vocal leader, still the heart and anchor of the new defensive indentity, still the number one offensive option. Equal to any of this, LeBron just seems the more engaged of the two, constantly talking to the refs, teammates, pumping up Wade (not much vice versa)... This kind of thing is subjective of course and others might percieve it differently, but everything feels like it coalesces around him.

the-diesel · Post #70 » by **the-diesel** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:06 am

SweetTouch wrote:this is the same problem that okc thunder will have in coming years with Howard and Durant

that is to be devoutly wished for OKC fans.
Not happening..

El_Standard · Post #71 » by **El_Standard** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:20 am

the-diesel wrote:Wade's better than Lebron. Why? Defense.

dude...just no

nonemus · Post #72 » by **nonemus** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:26 am

the-diesel wrote:Wade's better than Lebron. Why? Defense.

lol.

JohnMcCartney · Post #73 » by **JohnMcCartney** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:36 am

is lebron really going to go out like that...

2nd fiddle to Wade? pahahahhaha

qm22 · Post #74 » by **qm22** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 4:47 am

JohnMcCartney wrote:is lebron really going to go out like that...

2nd fiddle to Wade? pahahahhaha

You make that sound like a terrible thing worth mocking him over when Wade will in all likelihood establish himself as a top wing player of all time.

Kerosene · Post #75 » by **Kerosene** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 6:11 am

JohnMcCartney wrote:is lebron really going to go out like that...

2nd fiddle to Wade? pahahahhaha

Sad, I was hoping this guy would make a bigger fool out of himself with his expert trolling.

Heat84__ · Post #76 » by **Heat84__** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 9:55 am

I really don't care about this argument, but for reasons having nothing to do with stats or performance, it'll always be Wade's team to me. Wade had already been here 7 years. Its like Wade is my biological child and I adopted Lebron. You can never love an adopted child like on that's your own flesh and blood(unless maybe you adopt the child when its still very young, Lebrons about 9 or 10 analogically speaking.) At least I assume that's how it is. I don't actually have any kids.

How did that shake out with the Lakers? Kareem had already been there 6 years or so when Magic came along.

Post #77 » by **Rerisen** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 10:10 am

The whole point of coming together was that so neither guy had to carry a team by themselves anymore (like Dirk is having difficulty doing atm). It's now a shared duty, and yes, that means sharing the credit as well. It's not clearly one or the other's team, and nor is either one clearly a robin.

LeBron is the better player over the long haul, but Wade can be better 3 or 4 out of every 10 games along the way. So that's pretty even distribution of responsibility, more so than even Kobe and Shaq in the early 2000's for instance.

e92kevin · Post #78 » by **e92kevin** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 1:20 pm

This is wades team plain and simple. He steps his game up in the finals and lebron srinks.

Vides990 · Post #79 » by **Vides990** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 5:36 pm

Rerisen wrote:The whole point of coming together was that so neither guy had to carry a team by themselves anymore (like Dirk is having difficulty doing atm). It's now a shared duty, and yes, that means sharing the credit as well. It's not clearly one or the other's team, and nor is either one clearly a robin.

LeBron is the better player over the long haul, but Wade can be better 3 or 4 out of every 10 games along the way. So that's pretty even distribution of responsibility, more so than even Kobe and Shaq in the early 2000's for instance.

This. Great Post.

Seralin · Post #80 » by **Seralin** » Mon Jun 6, 2011 5:45 pm

Lebron swallowed his pride and came to Miami to play with Wade (and Bosh) to get a ring as soon as possible. At this point, if risking plays against Dallas would diminish his chance to achieve that, then he is expected to do anything he can to avoid that. Even if it means being only a facilitator instead of the leader, or just a sidekick...

But, I am guessing what we are seeing will only be limited to the first one. After that, we will most likely see a much more different James. At the least, in terms of confidence, he will do the plays that he has been avoiding so far against Dallas. I still can't believe he is not using his agility to drive and get the foul calls that may potentially kill Dallas by taking Chandler out of the game.