The Dwyane Wade Thread (2015-16 Pt. 1)

Zasterror · Post #61 » by **Zasterror** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:09 pm

Offensively, he has been spotty and much more inconsistent than ever before. However, there has been a lot of games in which Wade doesn't play the 4th quarter (which is usually his best quarter), especially in the 2nd half of the season due the Heat taking care of business by the end of the 3rd quarter nowadays. Wade always had some clunker games but this time around he hasn't had any multiple standout performances that would help out his overall numbers. Like others said, he has good/solid for most of the season but not particularly great in decent stretches.

With that being said, he is better defensively this year than last year, he has played the most games ever this season since 2011, and he is still a premier closer/clutch player and has single-handily won a lot of games this season for the Heat. Wade's mentality coming into the season was to really work on hisnbody and conditioning so he can play the most he possibly can and it was a success. I expect his numbers (specifically his efficiency) to rise in the PS.

cyclix · Post #62 » by **cyclix** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:55 pm

Sometimes Wade isn't really putting in the effort in games. When completely focused he is still easily the best and most talented player on the Heat. We need him big time in the playoffs because Dragic is absolutely egregious in half court play against set defenses, which we'll see alot more of in the playoffs. We will need him more than ever and he knows it that is why he tends to coast alot during the season. Wade has always been the type that always coast and save alot of his energy in RS, and then kicks that extra gear in the PS.

mischievous · Post #63 » by **mischievous** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 11:09 pm

cyclix wrote:Sometimes Wade isn't really putting in the effort in games. When completely focused he is still easily the best and most talented player on the Heat. We need him big time in the playoffs because Dragic is absolutely egregious in half court play against set defenses, which we'll see alot more of in the playoffs. We will need him more than ever and he knows it that is why he tends to coast alot during the season. Wade has always been the type that always coast and save alot of his energy in RS, and then kicks that extra gear in the PS.

I hope you're right. The way the 2013 and 2014 playoffs went, makes me leery of how he'll perform.

NBADraft2003 · Post #64 » by **NBADraft2003** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:24 am

mischievous wrote:
cyclix wrote:Sometimes Wade isn't really putting in the effort in games. When completely focused he is still easily the best and most talented player on the Heat. We need him big time in the playoffs because Dragic is absolutely egregious in half court play against set defenses, which we'll see alot more of in the playoffs. We will need him more than ever and he knows it that is why he tends to coast alot during the season. Wade has always been the type that always coast and save alot of his energy in RS, and then kicks that extra gear in the PS.

I hope you're right. The way the 2013 and 2014 playoffs went, makes me leery of how he'll perform.

Dealing with both knees hurting him in 2013 and still showed up when we needed him the most. 2014, don't know what the hell happened to him. That maintenance plan actually took him out of game shape compared to what he looked like earlier that season.

Zasterror · Post #65 » by **Zasterror** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:53 am

NBADraft2003 wrote:
mischievous wrote:
cyclix wrote:Sometimes Wade isn't really putting in the effort in games. When completely focused he is still easily the best and most talented player on the Heat. We need him big time in the playoffs because Dragic is absolutely egregious in half court play against set defenses, which we'll see alot more of in the playoffs. We will need him more than ever and he knows it that is why he tends to coast alot during the season. Wade has always been the type that always coast and save alot of his energy in RS, and then kicks that extra gear in the PS.

I hope you're right. The way the 2013 and 2014 playoffs went, makes me leery of how he'll perform.

Dealing with both knees hurting him in 2013 and still showed up when we needed him the most. 2014, don't know what the hell happened to him. That maintenance plan actually took him out of game shape compared to what he looked like earlier that season.

Contrary to popular belief, the 2014 maintenance plan actually worked up until the Finals. Wade was just as impactful as LeBron was in the 2014 ECF against the Pacers and made a ton of clutch plays. His raw numbers didn't look as impressive as LeBron because Wade barely played 25 min in Game 6 due to blowout.

I am still pondering on what happened in the Finals.

TroubleS0me · Post #66 » by **TroubleS0me** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:04 am

Zasterror wrote:
NBADraft2003 wrote:
mischievous wrote:I hope you're right. The way the 2013 and 2014 playoffs went, makes me leery of how he'll perform.

Dealing with both knees hurting him in 2013 and still showed up when we needed him the most. 2014, don't know what the hell happened to him. That maintenance plan actually took him out of game shape compared to what he looked like earlier that season.

Contrary to popular belief, the 2014 maintenance plan actually worked up until the Finals. Wade was just as impactful as LeBron was in the 2014 ECF against the Pacers and made a ton of clutch plays. His raw numbers didn't look as impressive as LeBron because Wade barely played 25 min in Game 6 due to blowout.

I am still pondering on what happened in the Finals.

Fatigue & age, the Spurs did little things to make Wade tired & they took advantage of Wade's lack of 3pt shooting

TroubleS0me · Post #67 » by **TroubleS0me** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:06 am

1 of the best players in the 4qtr in this season

JordansBulls · Post #68 » by **JordansBulls** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:37 pm

Them getting the 4 seed would be best to play Cleveland in round 2 and finally get a Lebron vs Wade matchup.

cyclix · Post #69 » by **cyclix** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:54 pm

JordansBulls wrote:Them getting the 4 seed would be best to play Cleveland in round 2 and finally get a Lebron vs Wade matchup.

Not eligible for 4th seed.

JordansBulls · Post #70 » by **JordansBulls** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 2:04 am

cyclix wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:Them getting the 4 seed would be best to play Cleveland in round 2 and finally get a Lebron vs Wade matchup.

Not eligible for 4th seed.

Atlanta and Miami are same division. Miami needs to lose tonight and Atlanta win and Atlanta is 3 and Miami 4.

cyclix · Post #71 » by **cyclix** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 2:09 am

JordansBulls wrote:
cyclix wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:Them getting the 4 seed would be best to play Cleveland in round 2 and finally get a Lebron vs Wade matchup.

Not eligible for 4th seed.

Atlanta and Miami are same division. Miami needs to lose tonight and Atlanta win and Atlanta is 3 and Miami 4.

JordansBulls · Post #72 » by **JordansBulls** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 2:26 am

Looks like both lost and Charlotte won.

RSCD3_ · Post #73 » by **RSCD3_** » Thu Apr 14, 2016 2:37 am

cyclix wrote:
JordansBulls wrote:
cyclix wrote:Not eligible for 4th seed.

Atlanta and Miami are same division. Miami needs to lose tonight and Atlanta win and Atlanta is 3 and Miami 4.

So theyve got the 3 seed

It still weird how if you take " charlotte winning and the hawks winning " as a constant it actually benefitted the heat to lose as theyve got a better chance vs the hornets than the celts even as the 3

charlotte

euliss · Post #74 » by **euliss** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 11:25 am

Awesome game 6, really enjoying his play this series. Has looked really fresh

mischievous · Post #75 » by **mischievous** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:01 pm

He's always been cold blooded, and had the "will to win" so to speak, people just forget. Despite his efficieny not being too hot, he still has a 23.8 PER.

Jim Naismith · Post #76 » by **Jim Naismith** » Wed May 4, 2016 3:10 am

mischievous wrote:He's always been cold blooded, and had the "will to win" so to speak

Wade demonstrated this again in Game 1 against Toronto tonight.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/MiamiHEAT/status/727695869710086145[/tweet]

Lost92Bricks · Post #77 » by **Lost92Bricks** » Wed May 4, 2016 3:10 am

NAME SOMEONE WHO'S CLUTCHER DEFENSIVELY THAN DWYANE WADE.

Muckraker · Post #78 » by **Muckraker** » Wed May 4, 2016 3:22 am

Lost92Bricks wrote:NAME SOMEONE WHO'S CLUTCHER DEFENSIVELY THAN DWYANE WADE.

Steven Adams

Zasterror · Post #79 » by **Zasterror** » Wed May 4, 2016 6:55 pm

Lost92Bricks wrote:NAME SOMEONE WHO'S CLUTCHER DEFENSIVELY THAN DWYANE WADE.

From a wing player perspective, I've never seen someone do it as consistently as Wade.

picc · Post #80 » by **picc** » Tue May 10, 2016 9:37 am

Another monster, clutch performance from Dwyane Wade.

He's not given enough credit for how aesthetic his game is, but watching him play is poetry in motion.

We all thought he was done after that 2014 Heat run, when he'd looked over the hill for a couple years. He's still as fundamentally sound as always, and now has vet tricks up his sleeve to get where his speed can't take him.

Just a joy to watch. So glad he's healthy and still able to dominate.

Oh, and he's averaging 27/3 on 57%TS this series. With the rest of the Heat unable to really do anything against the Toronto defense.

Its series like these that really drive home what a superstar is. Seeing Wade and Derozan on the same court is like a crash course in how basketball can be played to its finest, and how it can be played to its worst, simultaneously. The juxtaposition between the two is a nice little subplot to whats already a great playoff series.

"Oh, you thought THIS (DD) was a star? No, THIS is a star (Wade)."

I don't know. Guess all i'm trying to say is that it feels good to have D-wade back. :party: