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Originally Posted by 411ken
(Post 7297532)
I still don't get that.. if it NEEDS to go to a Heat player, it would have to be Wade as he's played wayyy better than Lebron IMO.
| That's not true. I am a die-hard Wade fan and even I will tell you that LeBron has played better the D-Wade thus far.
Here's why: Quote:
James statistically has been the better player -- and not by a teensy amount. He is averaging 26.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7.3 assists and shooting 48.2 percent from the field, 36.5 percent from the arc and 76.9 percent from the line. He ranks second in the NBA in efficiency (27.7), and has 20 double-doubles and three triple-doubles. Wade's corresponding numbers are 25.4, 6.7, 4.1, 49.8 percent, 30.4 percent, 72.9 percent, 24.07 efficiency, six double-doubles and no triple-doubles.
• James is separating himself from Wade more recently. He increased his scoring average in each of the season's first four months: 20.5 ppg in October, 24.6 in November, 25.2 in December, 30.6 in January. And he's currently averaging, uh, 51.0 in February after Thursday's performance at Orlando. Wade, according to the same splits: 21.5, 21.6, 27.9, 28.8 and, with Thursday's small sample, 14.0.
• Miami is 17-7 when James leads the team in scoring, 17-6 when Wade does so. When James tops 30 points, its record is 12-3; when Wade does that, Miami is 12-4. But James has led the Heat in scoring 24 times, in rebounds 10 times and in assists 38 times. Wade has done it 23 times, 15 times and 11 times, respectively.
• In terms of the big picture, James' arrival is the most obvious change from a year ago. Now the Heat is 35-14 after 49 games. Then it was 24-25. One guy is the reigning two-time MVP. The other guy finished third in the balloting in 2008-09 and fifth last year. His previous bests were sixth (2006), eighth (2005) and 12th (2007). If Wade was going to win an MVP award as his team's brightest star, he had seven seasons to do so. James had seven seasons, too, and got it done twice.
Wade is a marvelous talent, spectacular athlete, terrific leader and pretty nifty team architect. He is a future Hall of Famer, a perennial All-Star and one of the top four, five, six or seven players in the game, depending on the week. But he isn't the most valuable guy on his own team, which means he's not even in the Top 5 among candidates for MVP balloting.
That's not a conspiracy. Or even a hard foul. That's just logic.
| Also, I don't think Rose is MVP, but I do think his performance this season is a prime example of why the league needs to add a new award. It needs a "Most Outstanding Player" award, or an "Offensive Player of the Year" award, same shit. THAT is what Derrick Rose deserves. Quote:
Originally Posted by 411ken
(Post 7297533)
What's the current proposal right now anyway? i'm too lazy to look it up at work
| The main components of it were just Bynum for Melo.
That said, here's the latest news on that: Quote:
Lakers VP of Player Personnel Jim Buss has made it clear that Andrew Bynum will not be traded, according to Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Most league insiders seem to think that these Nuggets/Lakers talks are a ploy to get the Knicks to offer more for Carmelo Anthony. Jim Buss, son of owner Jerry Buss, drafted Bynum and apparently sees Bynum as the future of the organization. Meanwhile, Knicks owner James Dolan is reportedly trying to negotiate directly with the Nuggets to get something done. If nothing else, Denver is doing a good job of creating leverage and getting the best offer possible for their superstar.
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