Heretic wrote:
LTrain23 wrote:
Wade is looking ran down to me. He doesn't look like he has the legs to do anything right now.
His jumper is is way off and he's not attacking as much as you usually see.
That's called a side effect of having to carry a poor team on your shoulders to make it a slightly above-average team (at best). I feel bad for Wade. He's a great player, but without major revisions to his roster, he's only going to bust his ass for either a hard-fought first round elimination or a second-round butchering.
It's kinda weird in a way, how everyone and their brother talks about LeBron leaving for greener pastures if the Cavs don't win it all this year (and maybe even if they do), but thoughts on Wade doing so don't seem so prevalent even though he legit plays on a team that might be comparable to about anyone a step better than the Nets without him.
No doubt it's because he's carrying a lot on his shoulders, just as LeBron did pretty much until mid- 2008.
Sadly for Miami, Michael Beasley has been a "bust". He's not terrible, but no where near as good as he was touted to be. He doesn't have the IQ or drive to be a great player.
I look at it like this. Wade probably trusts Pat Riley, who wouldn't? BUT, the lure of going home to Chicago and playing with Rose and Noah, among some others, has to be in the back of Wades head. I've said all along that the only "big" time free agent I see leaving is Wade.
I'm not sure on Bosh, because I think he could, but all of a sudden, he seems pretty happy in Toronto. (possibly due to them winning now)
I know the Heat sacrificed these last couple of years to stock up the cap for next season, just as they did in '05 (for the most part) so they could stock up a championship run in '06...
However, does Wade want to hang his hat on being good every few years? Supposedly Pat Riley is talking about adding 2 legit players to that roster. However, the only players after this season under contract are Beasley and Chamlers, I believe. That is A LOT to replace, especially if you're hanging your hat on grabbing TWO legit players. This league has proven that you need a legit bench to go along with your starting 5, or it doesn't matter who you have.
