bobly wrote:I don't think it was the shoulder injury as much as getting complacent with where his jump shot was. I also think some around 2008 he started to look more for calls on jump shots than he did previously and would would brick a normally makeable shot trying to fall into his defender. It's when I thought Wade started to look solely for calls a significant amount of the time rather than trying to make a basketball play first. The change in mentality could've been because he felt more confident in putting points up in the board that way after his injury though.
I also think we all as heat fans tend to overrate how good his mid-range game was though. While it has obviously regressed, expectations for players are different when they are still relatively new to the league. As a rising star his mid-range game was very impressive, more so than it usually would be, especially because he was so good so early in his career.
Couldn't say it better
The infamous pump fake was born and the flow of his J wasn't a smooth stroke
2009 he was pulling up without hesitation
Plus he was a huge gym rat that off season
