Dwyane Wade season recap

[The Flash Rises]

Not going to let the 2014 finals dictate Dwyane Wade's 2013/14 season. He had a decent season.

Lets look at the numbers:
Regular season
Games: 54
Minutes: 33
Points:19
Field goal %:55 on 14 shots a game
Rebounds: 4.5
Assists: 4.7
Blocks: 0.5
Steals: 1.5
Turnovers: 3.0
40+ point games:0
30+ point games: 2
20+ point games:27
double doubles: 4


Notable games:

11/7/13 Vs Clippers
29 points on 59% shooting from the field
7 assist and 4 rebounds

11/15/13 Vs Dallas
17 points on 50% shooting from the field
8 assists
5 rebounds
8 steals and 0 turnovers

11/25/13 Vs Pistons

21 points on 70% from the field
12 assists
6 rebounds

11/29/13 Vs Raptors

22 points on 57% from the field
6 assists
7 rebounds
4 steals

12/18/13 Vs Pacers

32 points on 60% shooting from field

2/3/14 Vs Pistons

30 points on 69% from the field
5 assists
10 rebounds

2/20/14 Vs Thunder

24 points on 65% from field
10 assists
7 rebounds
3 steals

2/23/14 Vs Bulls (Without Lebron)

23 points 45% from field on 22 shots
7 assits
10 rebounds

Reviewing Dwyane Wade's season.

He showed some glimpses and what's important to note is that he had some terrific performances against quality opposition teams. What stood out to me the most this season was the drop of 30+ games, only have two of these is a little worry moving forward, however in 50% of his games he played this season he scored 20+ a games. This demonstrates that he can be the #2 option with Lebron, i'd take a player scoring 20+ games in half of his games and shooting a high percentage. Since Wade delegated the role of being the #1 option to Lebron he has adopted his game and is picking and choosing his spots, he never really took unnecessary shots and usually takes high percentage shots. To be honest we are seeing Wade decline gracefully and evolve his games, you no longer see him soar over big guys and attack them rim as fiercely he once did, hence the low free throw count. Wade know's his game and to me he has evolved his game, you see him in the post now where he savvy, strong and skilled enough to score and make the right play against other guards even forwards, which is an encouraging sign to help prolong his career. Wade's jumpshot, although i really believe he will devote his summer working on a catch and shoot game from long range, he has always been an underrated midrange shooter. He is a great rhythm shooter especially off the screen around the elbow area and off the dribble.

PLayoffs

Lets have a look at the numbers shall we.

Postseason:

1st round V Bobcats 4-0

points: 17.5 only 1 20+ game
assits: 3.8
Rebounds: 3.3

2nd round V Brooklyn

points: 18.2
Assits: 4.2
rebounds: 3.8

Had an important game 5 to close out the series with 28 points and scored in multiple ways, jump shots, post ups, transition, cuts, over great and taller defenders in livengston and Johnson.

ECF V Pacers

Points: 19.8
Assists: 4.7
Rebounds: 4.3

This series was D-Wade's best he also recored 1.7 steals a game and there were moments where he took over small parts of games when Lebron was resting. He was scorching Stepehson in the post and I've always questioned why Spo didnt use him more in the post.

Finals V spurs:

Points: 15.2
Assits: 2.6
Rebounds 3.8

This was a horrendous finals campaign for Wade, shooting a terrible 43% from the field. The most disappointing part of this was his lack of urgency on defence and was painful to watch, only he knows why this occurred but it wasn't necessary the points that defined his terrible finals performance, it was his heart and intensity, a player who is known for these intangibles definitely did not live up to his traits. His first game was great, probably was the best player in the series up until half time had i think about 13 points and looked good, showed his entire arsenal but it soon went south after that. The defining moment of this series for Wade was when Lebron left the game and the game was still up in the air, the moment came for him to take over… it never happened.

It was a really disappointing end to the season, he talked about the postseason all year long. It all started with the Durant beef, he then made a commercial about the postseason, but unfortunately he didnt show up.

[Smash3]

Not going to let the 2014 finals dictate Dwyane Wade's 2013/14 season. He had a decent season.

Stopped reading after that sentence, as far as I am concerned everything else is irrelevant.

[Maroko]

Not going to let the 2014 finals dictate Dwyane Wade's 2013/14 season. He had a decent season.

Stopped reading after that sentence, as far as I am concerned everything else is irrelevant.

+1

This is the second time in a row he played 2 horrible NBA Finals against a one dimensional player

[LBJ-ITALY]

Not going to let the 2014 finals dictate Dwyane Wade's 2013/14 season. He had a decent season.

Stopped reading after that sentence, as far as I am concerned everything else is irrelevant.

+1

This is the second time in a row he played 2 horrible NBA Finals against a one dimensional player

+1

[Altered_Beast]

The purpose of wades maintenance plan was so he could go balls out on the playoffs and he did just the opposite vs San Antonio. He should've just lied and said he re aggravated his knee cause if he was healthy like he said he was his performance/effort was pitiful. Danny green and ginobli murked him on both ends

And part of the reason why this team never showed great consistency throughout the season and formed bad habits was In direct correlation to wade in and out of the lineups. It also lead to lebron having to play much more minutes.

It was all for naught

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[KingDavid]

Whelp.

That escalated quickly.

[DWadeno3]

How many Wade threads do you wanna create? Go to dwyanewade.com, see if they have a forum and if not, ask them if they wanna create one just for you.

And no, given that he missed all the games to be fresh for the entire playoffs, his season was a disappointment. I'm not faulting him, but it was disappointing.

[Heat3]

He did have a good year. He had a bad finals. Who on the Heat not named Lebron had a good finals? Maybe the team they were playing had something to do with it...

[Dupas]

He did have a good year. He had a bad finals. Who on the Heat not named Lebron had a good finals? Maybe the team they were playing had something to do with it...

1-1
Lebron **** wade when he was ballin against the mavs

[fast-break]

He did have a good year. He had a bad finals. Who on the Heat not named Lebron had a good finals? Maybe the team they were playing had something to do with it...

1-1
Lebron **** wade when he was ballin against the mavs

Haha come on now, no need to blame Lebron for Wyane Wade's decline.

Besides, The Mavs actually schemed their defense to stop Lebron specifically... and he's been good/great every year since.

15ppg on 43% being guarded by Manu Ginobli? Belinelli? Green?

Bruh.

D Wade **** Grover and the whole Spurs team because that was just flat out rape.

Or maybe Grover **** him? He still got paid at least.

Boom, roasted.

[Dupas]

He did have a good year. He had a bad finals. Who on the Heat not named Lebron had a good finals? Maybe the team they were playing had something to do with it...

1-1
Lebron **** wade when he was ballin against the mavs

Haha come on now, no need to blame Lebron for Wyane Wade's decline.

Besides, The Mavs actually schemed their defense to stop Lebron specifically... and he's been good/great every year since.

15ppg on 43% being guarded by Manu Ginobli? Belinelli? Green?

Bruh.

D Wade **** Grover and the whole Spurs team because that was just flat out rape.

Or maybe Grover **** him? He still got paid at least.

Boom, roasted.

So what? Lebron got 16 ppg against a guy thats not even in the league anymore. The truth is we didnt lose cuz of lebron this finals and we didnt lose cuz of wade in 2011.

[fast-break]

1-1
Lebron **** wade when he was ballin against the mavs

Haha come on now, no need to blame Lebron for Wyane Wade's decline.

Besides, The Mavs actually schemed their defense to stop Lebron specifically... and he's been good/great every year since.

15ppg on 43% being guarded by Manu Ginobli? Belinelli? Green?

Bruh.

D Wade **** Grover and the whole Spurs team because that was just flat out rape.

Or maybe Grover **** him? He still got paid at least.

Boom, roasted.

So what? Lebron got 16 ppg against a guy thats not even in the league anymore. The truth is we didnt lose cuz of lebron this finals and we didnt lose cuz of wade in 2011.

18/7/7 on 48%*

Decent numbers, but not that of a star.

And now you come to your "senses" in your last sentence, and for that I agree.

[DWadeno3]

He did have a good year. He had a bad finals. Who on the Heat not named Lebron had a good finals? Maybe the team they were playing had something to do with it...

1-1
Lebron **** wade when he was ballin against the mavs

Haha come on now, no need to blame Lebron for Wyane Wade's decline.

Besides, The Mavs actually schemed their defense to stop Lebron specifically... and he's been good/great every year since.

15ppg on 43% being guarded by Manu Ginobli? Belinelli? Green?

Bruh.

D Wade **** Grover and the whole Spurs team because that was just flat out rape.

Or maybe Grover **** him? He still got paid at least.

Boom, roasted.

Talk about an emotional response regarding LeBron.

[xMADEinDADEx]

People (including me) gave lebron hell for playing like **** in the finals in 2010.

Wade deserves the same thing. Sorry wade fans.

Heat > Wade or Lebron.

[Amorphous Blob]

The finals was such a disappointment he only played 54 games this season to be ready for the finals and he didn't show up very disappointing.

[TRG]

Considering this entire season was all about preparing Wade for the Finals, it's impossible to not see this year as a disappointment.

I know some disagree but I really think Wade needs to be our Ginobli and take a 6th man role next season. LeBron + Bosh and 3 point shooters are more than capable of holding down the fort. Having Wade come off the bench would really help out with our depth issues + it will help preserve him.

Also this raises Bosh's usage and gets him more touches which is what everyone wants.

[KingDavid]

Considering this entire season was all about preparing Wade for the Finals, it's impossible to not see this year as a disappointment.

I know some disagree but I really think Wade needs to be our Ginobli and take a 6th man role next season. LeBron + Bosh and 3 point shooters are more than capable of holding down the fort. Having Wade come off the bench would really help out with our depth issues + it will help preserve him.

Also this raises Bosh's usage and gets him more touches which is what everyone wants.

I would love for Wade to come off the bench a la Manu. That and a 3pt shot would prolong his career.

[jona187]

I think alot of people are disappointed and even upset as wade took off so many games while promising to be fresh for the playoffs. Dude didn't even hustle in the finals. I don't know what happened, but as soon as we got to the finals, his performance just dropped.
His defense was horrible, but his offensive game was just as bad. I totally agree that he needs to be coming off the bench. They just played a better team with a better system.
Ultimately he will be measured by championships and not good games during the regular season.

[contract]

The finals was such a disappointment he only played 54 games this season to be ready for the finals and he didn't show up very disappointing.

The fact that he needed the better part of a month off at the end of the regular season should have been a red flag. Spo needs to accept that Wade has bad knees, put him on a minutes restriction, and stick to it. In the Indiana series he had games where he played 37, 39, and 40 minutes. That's too much. Spo has to trust the bench to eat some of those minutes.

[PaulieWal]

snip...

You are reaching really hard to prop-up Wade. He was good in the ECF but one round of good but not great basketball doesn't justify the 28 missed games and the additional burden on the rest of the team. The Spurs were the better team and we would have lost even with a better Wade but it would have been a longer series. I like Wade and prime Wade was one of my favorite players to watch but there are simply no excuses for him. Trying to say this was a good season for him with cherry picked games and moments isn't really fair or honest.

Look at it this way: we rested him in the RS and used LeBron a bit more but Wade didn't even have two good rounds in him. That's scary and no matter how you try to twist it or justify it, I really hope that Riley works to bring more depth to compensate for Wade's decline and we need to look into reducing his MPG even further and making Bosh the official #2 option.