Dwyane Wade is averaging 26 ppg in his last ten games.

[Dresta]

I think the half splits would be interesting. It seems to me that Wade goes HAM on insane efficiency in the first half of quite a lot of games, but then d-fades for some reason in the second half.

Wrong. He led the league in 4th quarter scoring only a couple of games ago. His second half scoring has fallen off lately, because without Bosh, he has very little help, so teams crowd him, and he's worn out already from putting the team on his back in the first half. He's obviously past the point of carrying his team for 40 minutes a night like in 09, but then so is Lebron.

[Dresta]

Last year the Heat went 54-28, second best in the East, and reached the NBA Finals for the fourth consecutive season. This year, replacing LeBron with a 2x all-star SF in Deng, the Heat are 14-17 and mired in 7th in the East, at risk of missing the playoffs. 16 teams have a better record than the Heat.

The collapse of the Miami Heat post-LeBron illustrates how great LeBron is and how vital he was to their success. Remember, Chicago replaced MJ with a guy who was not even in the NBA (not exactly a guy who was in the all-star game in 2 of the previous 3 years) and still almost won the #1 seed the following year. The Heat may miss the playoffs in a conference that is very weak outside the top teams. 35 wins may be enough to make the playoffs in the East.

This is disingenuous. Deng played like garbage for a good portion of December as he was adjusting (you can see he's getting more comfortable), McBob went down for the whole season, and Bosh has missed more games than Wade (he played 79 last season). Moreover, the team was built to cater to Lebron's strengths, and so an adjustment period is clearly needed to move to a system that is better suited to this personnel. Been remarkable just how much better Miami have looked lately with a nobody like Hassan Whiteside at center than with UD; and Wade can actually play with big guys, unlike a certain someone.

Just need to get Wade and Bosh on the court together ffs.

[Mass Debator]

In the last 6 games...

Wade is 30/6/4 on 50/36/75
Westbrook is 30/8/6 on 43/13/84
Harden is 31/9/5 on 48/35/87
Lebron is 25/8/5 on 46/37/72
AD is 25/11/4 on 51/0/89

Top 5 right now now?

[AirFederer]

In the last 6 games...

Wade is 30/6/4 on 50/36/75
Westbrook is 30/8/6 on 43/13/84
Harden is 31/9/5 on 48/35/87
Lebron is 25/8/5 on 46/37/72
AD is 25/11/4 on 51/0/89

Top 5 right now now?

Vintage Wade, and great to see "new" guys taking over the L.
But WB at 13% from 3p range?