<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Michael Bryant @ Sep 4 2006, 05:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not trying to say Wades performance wasn't great, I'm saying it wasn't as great as some people say. How about some perspective. I hate how after only 4 games he's now considered some amazing hero.</div>Yes, it was. It was one of the greatest Finals performances of all time. He carried a Heat team that was down 0-2 and down 10 points with 5min to go to 4 straight wins against the best overall team in the game, scoring 40PPG through those 4 games and having 2 of the greatest 4th quarter performances ever. And it isn't like with MJ where he had Scottie in his prime, Shaq was averaging well below his averages, as were other role players....against a team with Dirk, terry, Howard, Stackhouse, a deeeeeep bench, etc..I hate how after a blatant travel and easy uncontested layup LeBron is now considered clutch. I hate a lot of things, but sometimes they are correctly assesed as much as we hate it. Wade's performances in clutch situations (not just in mavs series, throughout whole career) cannot be overlooked.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Sep 5 2006, 07:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes, it was. It was one of the greatest Finals performances of all time. He carried a Heat team that was down 0-2 and down 10 points with 5min to go to 4 straight wins against the best overall team in the game, scoring 40PPG through those 4 games and having 2 of the greatest 4th quarter performances ever. And it isn't like with MJ where he had Scottie in his prime, Shaq was averaging well below his averages, as were other role players....against a team with Dirk, terry, Howard, Stackhouse, a deeeeeep bench, etc..I hate how after a blatant travel and easy uncontested layup LeBron is now considered clutch. I hate a lot of things, but sometimes they are correctly assesed as much as we hate it. Wade's performances in clutch situations (not just in mavs series, throughout whole career) cannot be overlooked.</div>Well you could say the same thing about wade in the nba finals. I hate how everyone considers him god when the refs were obviously bias towards him. Dallas at times were attacking as much as the heat but once they saw they weren't getting the calls, went back to their jumpshot.If we got those europeans refs, wade doesnt get 97 freethrows and mavericks win the championship.
OMG I am SO sick of this bias crap. Wade was getting fouled, some of them shouldn't be called, but Wade was fouled. If Josh Howard didn't call that timeout we wouldn't be having this discussion.And you don't think I'm still pissed about that AJ foul in the Nets vs Pacers playoff game? Or that Wade didn't get a blatant foul call against Greece which caused a 4pt difference at end of 3rd quarter as player got fastbreak layup). Refs make mistakes, but it doesn't take away from what Wade did.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Sep 5 2006, 07:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>OMG I am SO sick of this bias crap. Wade was getting fouled, some of them shouldn't be called, but Wade was fouled. If Josh Howard didn't call that timeout we wouldn't be having this discussion.And you don't think I'm still pissed about that AJ foul in the Nets vs Pacers playoff game? Or that Wade didn't get a blatant foul call against Greece which caused a 4pt difference at end of 3rd quarter as player got fastbreak layup). Refs make mistakes, but it doesn't take away from what Wade did.</div>Um... It wasn' only the wade calls. If the refs call it evenly Dirk was fouled also. Alot. I remember perfectly on one game dallas attacked, they got fouled and the refs didn't call anything. They stopped attacking.What you need to do is go rewatch the nba finals. I actually still have it on video, i rewatched it and the calls were not even close to being even.Again go rewatch it.edit: Wade's one funny dude. When he didn't get the call on one play he stared at the ref as if to sa y "I'm Dwayne wade, Nba champion".
If you can, put the game you feel was most lobsided on the internet, I'll watch it and I'm sure I'll find a lot of calls that Dallas got that shouldn't have been called and no-calls for Wade.LoL, that is pretty funny. He doesn't seem to have a big head, hopefully it stays that way.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Sep 5 2006, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If you can, put the game you feel was most lobsided on the internet, I'll watch it and I'm sure I'll find a lot of calls that Dallas got that shouldn't have been called and no-calls for Wade.LoL, that is pretty funny. He doesn't seem to have a big head, hopefully it stays that way.</div>It's everywhere on the internet, i have it on video lol. And it wasn't even the calls wade was getting , the calls were not even.
In many games with a player like Wade the calls are not perfectly even. The way Wade buys the fact that he is touched, the refs will call fouls. Sort of like how some players always get the offensive foul called for them, while other players don't because they don't sell it right. He got Jordan treatment to a degree, but the Mavs also got calls and it wasn't as lobsided as people make it out to be. When a player like wade drives so much and other teams don't make adjustments, the refs will keep calling the fouls, also.
