Sun May 15, 2005 8:00 pm
wade put on an absolute clinic in the 3rd quarter.. all his points looked so easy.. the pull ups, floaters in the lane.. wow, just wow.. he simply torched mr. nba all first defensive team
Sun May 15, 2005 11:28 pm
Enter Heir Jordan...or at least Heir Jordan .5 whatever.
I think what differentiates Wade from the other "Heir Jordans" is
1.) He isn't enamored with the 3.
2.) Drive first, get a foul rather than shoot jumpers.
3.) Shoots a lot of long 2s.
4.) His speed and explosiveness resembles that of Jordan.
5.) His dunks seem to be less flashy, but he seems to have more lift than many of the other "Heir Jordans"...(probably due to his height.)
LeBron James is more like Oscar Robertson
Carmelo? I don't know, but he doesn't really play like Jordan, and bit too big to be Jordanesque.
TMac and Kobe: They both shoot much more 3s than Jordan and are a bit taller. (Kobe has already more 3s attempted than Jordan's career and TMac has already passed Kobe.)
I am not saying that he is gonna be the next Jordan...There will be no next Jordan, just Flash D-Wade. Just noticing some similarities...
FO-FO-FO-FO! (I seriously doubt it, but whatever...)
I think what differentiates Wade from the other "Heir Jordans" is
1.) He isn't enamored with the 3.
2.) Drive first, get a foul rather than shoot jumpers.
3.) Shoots a lot of long 2s.
4.) His speed and explosiveness resembles that of Jordan.
5.) His dunks seem to be less flashy, but he seems to have more lift than many of the other "Heir Jordans"...(probably due to his height.)
LeBron James is more like Oscar Robertson
Carmelo? I don't know, but he doesn't really play like Jordan, and bit too big to be Jordanesque.
TMac and Kobe: They both shoot much more 3s than Jordan and are a bit taller. (Kobe has already more 3s attempted than Jordan's career and TMac has already passed Kobe.)
I am not saying that he is gonna be the next Jordan...There will be no next Jordan, just Flash D-Wade. Just noticing some similarities...
FO-FO-FO-FO! (I seriously doubt it, but whatever...)
Mon May 16, 2005 1:30 am
Whoever said that the Flash plays good just because he has Shaq in team,lied.
Mon May 16, 2005 5:46 am
i remember there was a thread started at the beginning of the season by the mr basketball superstar kobe4mvp saying how dwayne wade was overrated 
Mon May 16, 2005 8:52 am
I think in 1 or 2 years he can probably improve his jumpshot and in 3~5 years he can probably improve his defense...
During that time Shaq can probably play a lesser role and still win some championships. I think that was the master plan to begin with...but seriously I never thought Wade would be this good. I remember in the beginning of the year thinking that the Heat would probably be a 3rd seed at best. They "only" have 2 great players Shaq and Wade. They can win it this year, but with Wade improving at an exponential rate, they can be a constant threat EVEN with Shaq "declining". I never expected Wade to improve so quickly and that all the other players would improve their overall performance so well. GO HEAT~! FO FO FO FO yeeeeeeeeea!
During that time Shaq can probably play a lesser role and still win some championships. I think that was the master plan to begin with...but seriously I never thought Wade would be this good. I remember in the beginning of the year thinking that the Heat would probably be a 3rd seed at best. They "only" have 2 great players Shaq and Wade. They can win it this year, but with Wade improving at an exponential rate, they can be a constant threat EVEN with Shaq "declining". I never expected Wade to improve so quickly and that all the other players would improve their overall performance so well. GO HEAT~! FO FO FO FO yeeeeeeeeea!
Mon May 16, 2005 9:08 am
air gordon wrote:i remember there was a thread started at the beginning of the season by the mr basketball superstar kobe4mvp saying how dwayne wade was overrated
yea I remember that
I'm happy more people are finally realizing that Wade is no product of Shaq, the guy is really becoming a superstar if he isn't already one. While Miami did good, the Wizards were not a tough challenge as they were missing Jarvis Hayes [29 MPG - 10 PPG], Kwame, and Etan Thomas. It's good Shaq wasn't there too because the Wizards only had 2 actualy big men, and one of them was 6'8 Michael Ruffin.
The Heat won't be able to go without Shaq against the tougher opponents, but Shaq has 10 days to rest if Indy and Detroit goes to 7 games.
Mon May 16, 2005 9:14 am
I don't get to watch much basketball these days (by much, I mean any) so I'm struggling to understand how people say Shaq boosts Wade's game so much, considering from what I've read he gets most of his points from attacking the rim. Correct me if I'm wrong, but if I was driving to the hoop to score the last thing I'd want to see is someone with Shaq's circumference standing under the ring. Does Dwyane have to dunk on Shaq just to score or something? I really don't get it