Lets face it...Wade

[indiegrind]

athletically he seems to be at about 85-90% of where he was at his peak last year he maybe 95% the bigger problem is his decline in skills and mental focus. Wade needs to get the knee fixed slim down and get his jumper/other skills back he should be fine than. I doubt Wade is willing to put the work if they lost to the Pacers that would of been different but if there in the finals. I don't think Wade will view this season as disappointing cause they made the finals

I agree that wade has not declined physically a whole lot. He gets banged up, but he always has due to his style of play. If anyone has seen wade this season and how amazing he has been at getting up quickly blocking shots of guys with a 3-6 inch height advantage.

I think Wades woes are mental. I think it has more to do with Lebron establishing himself as the clear #1 on the team, and wade trying to find his place. Even though Wade and Lebron show great chemistry, we still dont have anywhere near the team chemistry as evidenced by our all around sloppy play. Bosh is just seeming to adjust to his new role as the 3rd option, and Battier is finally getting his bearings.

I just think for this team to be its best, wade and lebron both need to play off the ball more. When they are both cutting to the basket without the ball, establishing position in the post, and crashing the boards, we are lethal. A reliable ball handler and passer who can also run the floor other than lebron would really bring out the best in this team.

[ERRDAY3]

athletically he seems to be at about 85-90% of where he was at his peak last year he maybe 95% the bigger problem is his decline in skills and mental focus. Wade needs to get the knee fixed slim down and get his jumper/other skills back he should be fine than. I doubt Wade is willing to put the work if they lost to the Pacers that would of been different but if there in the finals. I don't think Wade will view this season as disappointing cause they made the finals

I agree that wade has not declined physically a whole lot. He gets banged up, but he always has due to his style of play. If anyone has seen wade this season and how amazing he has been at getting up quickly blocking shots of guys with a 3-6 inch height advantage.

I think Wades woes are mental. I think it has more to do with Lebron establishing himself as the clear #1 on the team, and wade trying to find his place. Even though Wade and Lebron show great chemistry, we still dont have anywhere near the team chemistry as evidenced by our all around sloppy play. Bosh is just seeming to adjust to his new role as the 3rd option, and Battier is finally getting his bearings.

I just think for this team to be its best, wade and lebron both need to play off the ball more. When they are both cutting to the basket without the ball, establishing position in the post, and crashing the boards, we are lethal. A reliable ball handler and passer who can also run the floor other than lebron would really bring out the best in this team.

Wade should be back physically next year but he'll need to lose weight and become a jump shooter/post up player next year if he wants to avoid injuries and stay healthy. I don't think the roles are changed this year most of the time Wade takes just as many shots as Lebron he just not playing as good as Lebron. On the other hand Lebron handles the ball a lot more and thats made it extremely difficult for Wade to get rhythm. He's been getting the ball more lately but he hasn't been handling the ball that much at all this season he's going to be rusty.

[GreenHat]

You guys think the refs are against us but they had an EASY way to hurt us yesterday and they chose not to. Even a fair ref could have called a foul on Lebron at the end there but for some reason these crooked refs decided to let it go?

You guys think the refs are CLEARLY against us and the Thunder and Mavs think the refs are/were CLEARLY against them. How is that possible?

Everyone thinks the refs/league/media is out to get THEM.

this is fanaticism in a nutshell
a large nutshell
and is precisely the reason why you cant engage in a healthy sports discussion with 95% of sports fans

In a nutshell huh.
The thing is, the refs are not going expose the game with a foul call on a final play on Durant, when they knowingly allowed a fouled-out Durant to be in the game in the first play. Don't think for a minute that these refs don't know what's going on. They ARE very aware of the situational calls and NON calls going on in games, and the side effect of each call.

A foul call in favor of Durant in that situation, considering what has just transpired with the charge foul converted into a block foul, would have been a clear assassin error on their part in exposing the obvious.

They are NOT that stupid.

How would that be "exposing the game"? Lebron DID foul him. You can make the argument that they don't call it as tight on the last shot but Lebron DID foul him.

IF the refs were trying to make us lose that would have been the PERFECT time to make that call. IF the refs were against us why would they not call it?

Also if the refs are "very aware" why can't they do a better job of beating us? A few calls go against us and they could be up 3-0 and no one would know. As a Heat fan if they called that foul on Lebron I would be pissed but I wouldn't KNOW they were against us.

You do realize if you take a look at the Thunder board they have the same crackpot theories that the refs are against them. How can the refs be against both sides?

Its almost as if both sides complaining about the refs have some sort of bias. I just can't figure out what that bias could be...

[WiseOwlWins]

MY DREAM CAME TRUE. WADE CALLED IN GROVER. GAME SET MATCH BITCHES

[Woolyy]

If anyone can help Wade get out of a horrible slump, it's Grover