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Mo Z. Dizzle:
--- Quote from: Carlton Banks on November 13, 2010, 10:49:52 PM ---Heat beat the Raptors...musta been nice for Bosh
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Too bad for him though he didn't do much in the game.
Give credit to the Raps for hanging on and making it a fairly close one.
OG Hack Wilson:
eh Im sure he cares more about the win
was watching the Celtics so I didn't watch the game
OG Hack Wilson:
Lebron had 20 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in 23 minutes
amazing shit
OG Hack Wilson:
oh and bosh dropped 35 tonight...season high
7even:
--- Quote from: Carlton Banks on November 17, 2010, 10:28:33 PM ---Lebron had 20 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in 23 minutes
amazing shit
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Wade has to take a backseat to LeBron real quick. LeBron is clearly the best player. Having another player to compete trying to be the man will hurt Miami big time.
Bill Simmons' take:
--- Quote ---You can't win an NBA title without someone eventually saying, "I got this" and everyone else agreeing, "You're right, you got this." Miami isn't there yet.
I thought LeBron would make that sacrifice, but upon further review, Wade needs to reinvent himself as the team's defensive stopper, facilitator, emotional leader and occasional closer (much like Kobe did on the 2008 Dream Team). Why? Because LeBron is better than him. In Boston, I was praying to myself, "I hope LeBron doesn't decide to take over." Wade was an afterthought. And yeah, he struggled that game ... but I know what I saw, and I know how I felt. The only guy on the court who could stop LeBron on Tuesday night was Dwyane Wade.
Maybe every Heat member slowly realized during the preseason, "Good God, LeBron is MUCH better than Dwyane. What do we do? How do we handle this? Do we wait for Dwyane to admit it? Do we ... wait, what do we do???"
Maybe Wade can feel it. Maybe his competitive juices are kicking in. No, no, we're equals. He's not better than me. We're equally good. Look, I'll show you. Maybe it's just been the elephant in the room for six weeks. Maybe deep down, everyone knows the Heat can't take off until Wade has his "You can be chairman and CEO, I'll be president and COO" moment. It goes beyond who gets to take the last shot. It's about the dynamics of basketball. It's about someone emerging as the emotional leader, the spine of the team, the guy who says over and over again, "I got this." And you can't keep saying that if you're looking over your shoulder worrying that someone else is saying the same thing. It's like a fly ball in the outfield. Eventually, someone has to call it.
The titles can't happen until Wade has his Frank Wells moment. And only then. Might happen this season, might happen next season, but it will happen. Even if Wade doesn't want to admit it yet.
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