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Where has wade ever proven to be better then Melo or Bosh? Once he started getting the defenses attention as opposed to Shaq as it was from his second year on, The Heat and wade have been far from impressive. How good has his record been without Shaq? Even last year when he was healthy the Heat were bad during Shaq's yearly absence, this year they are horrible. Whether Heat fans like it or not Shaq has always and will always draw most of the defenses attention, as a fan I never worried about what Wade would do when the Nuggets faced the Heat, but instead how the hell we were going to stop Shaq.
His rookie year he put up good numbers but far from spectacular, and he was the third option on the team. Until Wade can prove that he can put up good numbers or lead a team anywhere, while being the true number 1 option he does not deserve to be called a top ten player.
To me he is another Penny hardaway, who some used to argue was the best SG in the league not named Jordan, even before the injuries he was far from spectacular without shaq.
Lol I don't know where to start.
When has Wade ever proven to be better then Bosh or Melo? You can't be series can you? Wade can put up better numbers, better team records, better accolades, and has had far and away the most playoff success of the three players, considering Melo nor Bosh have ever won a playoff series (Maybe Bosh has, I forget) But Melo sure as hell hasn't. I guess having a 3-12 career playoff record is better then Wades 33-22 record, with a finals championship and MVP, right? Wade has 2X the amount of playoff wins then Melo, in his rookie year alone.
Actually last year while Shaq was out the Heat were several games over .500 when he returned, and that's not to mention Wade was putting up the best numbers in the game, and it showed when he had the highest PER last year.
Lol his rookie year he put up good numbers but not spectacular. Okay, well you must have very high expectations for rookies then, because he put up 16 ppg, 4.5 apg, 4 rpg.
Until he can prove to put up good numbers while being the number 1 option and leading his team to something he won't be a top ten player? Okay, i guess Wade, KG, Kobe, Tmac, Nash, Amare, Dwight, Chris Paul all aren't top 10 players then. How many players in the game today have won a title while being the clear-cut number 1 option? I can tell you Wade has, and if you continue to argue Wade wasn't the number 1 option on the 2006 championship run then there's no use in arguing with you anymore. Duncan has, Shaq has. So, 3 players in about the last 7-8 years have been clear-cut number 1 options on their teams: Duncan, Shaq, Wade.
If you want to argue and say injuries are a concern for his future, that's a legit point, because they are. But there's nothing to say he can't turn it right back around next year fully healthy and lead his team far in the playoffs with a completely healthy Heat team.
