Everything (and everyone) from Miami keeps pointing to King LeBron
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The descension between factions in this thread is beautiful
They wouldn't even had made the Finals if not Bron vs Chicago. Wade couldn't get past the first round without Bron
forget miami brehs, the focus is now on northeast ohio and that nice team he's assembled to win the larry o' brien trophy next june.
Gil Scott-Heroin
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And they wouldn't get past Boston without Wade....y'all really love doing this dumb shyt.
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
Wade won a Finals MVP without Bron and a Shaq past his prime.
The first bit of adversity in cleveland is gonna be fascinating.
Wade was irrelevant post-Shaq. Even with his great '09 season, he was doing nothing in the shytty East
IllmaticDelta
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as the factor that dragged the energy out of the locker room in the final season of the Heatles
From D Wade's own mouth, every player wanted it so it couldn't have been that, but I've heard just about every starter not named LeBron said them nikkas just ain't have no fun.
I haven't heard any names dropped, so
But I doubt it. The crushing pressure of GOATness got to them.
The players were not pointing fingers at lebron, if anything, the combination of Wade sitting out all of them time, the grind of 82 games, inconsistent play (fueled by wade sitting out) and championship expectations wore them out. So a breakdown would be..
2010- Extreme excitement and level of fun was obvious.
2011- Redemption, critics were all calling the big 3 experiment a bust, how will they bounce back?
2012- Can we repeat? One title is still not enough.
2013- Everyone and their momma knew the Heat were shoe-ins for the finals, the regular season felt like an 82 game pre-season with coasting etc.
Of course Wade didn't have any fun, he always sitting and this one of the things that lebron was mad about because in the end, he was the one getting his body taxed. I remember this time last year, while everyone worked their asses of in the gym, Wade was at fashion shows and celebrity parties
So back info from last season about Wade always sitting out
Report: Dwyane Wade's Maintenance Program 'Frustrated' Some Heat Players
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ntenance-program-frustrated-some-heat-players
Dwyane Wade's Health Quietly Becoming Miami Heat's Biggest Concern
Forget, if you can, what Wade does for the team.
Forget what he adds to a battered and struggling supporting cast.
Focus on what he does for James, on what James needs from him.
Nearly four years since uniting, familiarity between Pookie and King James shouldn't be a concern. But it is. Playing without Wade impedes fluidity. Their chemistry will not reach its peak potential if Wade is sidling in and out of Miami's rotation.
"You want to have a rhythm going into the playoffs," James said, via Goodman. "I’ve always wanted to have a rhythm going into the playoff with the lineups and the flow, but this is a different season. This season is very different than any other I’ve been a part of. So, you take it as it is."
James has openly admitted in the past that Wade's inconstant playing time forces adjustments. As the Heat gear up to defend their championship throne, they don't have time to accommodate radical changes. Now is a time for continuity, for fine-tuning nearly finished products.
Instead of sharpening their cohesion, the Heat are in limbo, waiting on Wade so they can start from almost scratch. The real work, as Skolnick explains, cannot begin until he returns, whenever that may be:
And that's when the next phase of the Heat's pre-playoff preparation will begin. He and James need some time together, to get some rhythm. Both James and Erik Spoelstra acknowledged as much on Monday, even if Spoelstra didn't mention the two stars specifically.
"It's a great point," Spoelstra said.
He predicted that rhythm would return, and would return "quicker," because of the deep postseason runs and all the minutes played together over the past four years. "But that doesn't mean that there won't be a process to it," he said. "There always is. We constantly have to work on it."
It's not that the two haven't been effective together, but their playing time alongside one another has dipped considerably:
Infogr.am.
This is the first time since joining forces they've averaged under 25 minutes per game alongside one another. So it's not just the overall absences; it's Wade's reduced playing time they're up against too.
James has also generally played better with Wade off the floor this season. Last year, meanwhile, Wade had the exact opposite effect on James:
LeBron With and Without Wade
LeBron... Off. Rtg. Def. Rtg. Net Rtg. eFG% TS%
With Wade 2013-14 109.3 102.1 7.2 60.4 63.9
Without Wade 2013-14 113.2 104.3 8.9 61.6 65.5
With Wade 2012-13 113.9 98.5 15.4 62.1 65.5
Without Wade 2012-13 112.3 100.8 11.5 57.6 61.9
NBA.com.
None of this is reason enough to sound the alarm. By normal standards, they're still a formidable duo that on any given night can destroy any given team on their own.
But those dominant performances have come few and far between. James is at the point where his rhythm and flow are adversely impacted by Wade's presence. If that doesn't change soon, the Heat are going to have additional problems.
Issues that extend well beyond Wade's durability.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...-quietly-becoming-miami-heats-biggest-concern