BRule
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15 / 4 / 4 on 45% shooting was his line....not horrible, not good but can be replaced when you have LeBron.
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15 / 4 / 4 on 45% shooting was his line....not horrible, not good but can be replaced when you have LeBron.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
No, they don't.
They needed 7 games, and needed a miracle to win Game 6.
They don't beat SA without DWade, probably lose in 5 without him.
Especially since he had an all time great game in Game 4.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
It's pretty good especially vs a sound defensive team in SA.
They don't win a title without him.
LeBron is good but he can't do it alone.
Don't think that can necessarily be replaced with a below average player. Not saying James isn't the best but I still don't think they win without Wade.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Agreed: but I'd upgrade that to "probably not."
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
Given the circumstances of that game, it absolutely was.
Game 2, blowout.
Game 4, they don't win that without Wade.
Game 6 and 7, close games but they win with Miller replacing Wade, right.
From ESPN Rumors:
When Oklahoma City traded up this past June to land Andre Roberson out of Colorado, it shocked a lot of people; Roberson was listed on most mock drafts as a high to middle second-round pick. Fast-forward to today, and the picks looks a whole lot better.
The 6-foot-7 Roberson was one of the nation's top rebounders during his last two seasons at Colorado, but his lack of an offensive game made him a difficult player to project at the NBA level. The doubters felt he was too small to play power forward, and too much of a specialist to log meaningful minutes at small forward.
However, the smart people saw something more. In fact, our own Insider Kevin Pelton ranked him as the third-best prospect in the draft based on his WARP, and the feedback Roberson is getting halfway through training camp is very encouraging.
On Tuesday, Thunder star Kevin Durant praised the rookie's game: “No disrespect. I never heard of Andre before we drafted him. Once we drafted him, I went to YouTube and checked him out; athletic as they come and his rebounding is like, you know, I told one of the coaches if he was up there at 25, 30 minutes a game he could average 11, 12 rebounds a game. He has a knack for that rebounding. It’s great for us. It’s going to help us out. He keeps a lot of basketballs alive, and defensively he’s probably the best defensive rookie I’ve seen in a while. He makes it tough for me in practice. He’s definitely making me better as a player.”
I said before draft day that Roberson's best chance to make it in the NBA was to model his on-court skills after Dennis Rodman, and already it looks like he might be the closest thing to "The Worm" in the league today (minus the tattoos and hair dye). He can't be viewed as "a steal" quite yet -- he still has much to prove in the regular season -- but the preseason returns certainly are encouraging.
When Oklahoma City traded up this past June to land Andre Roberson out of Colorado, it shocked a lot of people; Roberson was listed on most mock drafts as a high to middle second-round pick. Fast-forward to today, and the picks looks a whole lot better.
The 6-foot-7 Roberson was one of the nation's top rebounders during his last two seasons at Colorado, but his lack of an offensive game made him a difficult player to project at the NBA level. The doubters felt he was too small to play power forward, and too much of a specialist to log meaningful minutes at small forward.
However, the smart people saw something more. In fact, our own Insider Kevin Pelton ranked him as the third-best prospect in the draft based on his WARP, and the feedback Roberson is getting halfway through training camp is very encouraging.
On Tuesday, Thunder star Kevin Durant praised the rookie's game: “No disrespect. I never heard of Andre before we drafted him. Once we drafted him, I went to YouTube and checked him out; athletic as they come and his rebounding is like, you know, I told one of the coaches if he was up there at 25, 30 minutes a game he could average 11, 12 rebounds a game. He has a knack for that rebounding. It’s great for us. It’s going to help us out. He keeps a lot of basketballs alive, and defensively he’s probably the best defensive rookie I’ve seen in a while. He makes it tough for me in practice. He’s definitely making me better as a player.”
I said before draft day that Roberson's best chance to make it in the NBA was to model his on-court skills after Dennis Rodman, and already it looks like he might be the closest thing to "The Worm" in the league today (minus the tattoos and hair dye). He can't be viewed as "a steal" quite yet -- he still has much to prove in the regular season -- but the preseason returns certainly are encouraging.
Miami was lucky that RW got hurt last year.
TURBO
Sexist Pig
Cant wait to hear what you say after we win again.
We will see what happens with Wade. If he continues to disintegrate then you have a problem.
Unfortunately for both of our teams, the rest of the league got better.
BRule
<B>BBQ Lead Hostess</B>
LOL
I guess you still don't realize that OKC had one of the most dominating seasons in recent memory last year.
I have nothing but respect for those players and organization. I just feel that Durant/RW took it to such an insane level last year that nobody was beating them in the West. I figured Miami would beat them but that was before I realized that Wade was a shell of himself. I think they would have won last year. This year will be a lot tougher because they need someone outside of the big 3 to step up. I think Reggie Jackson could be that guy but they are going to need more than that and I'm not sure they have itthis year.