D-Wade addresses '06 Finals controversy on IG

[STATUTORY]

That ft was just to potentially send it to OT. The Mavs would have had to survive a Heat buzzer beater and OT to win that game. Of course it was a big miss, but it's not like the Mavs win for sure if he makes it.

That series was not rigged. It was simply a combination of terrible reffing, stupid and extreme rules on the perimeter, Wade being an all time great, Avery Johnson being a bad head coach, and most importantly...an overachieving Mavs team crashing back to reality against a great team.

Also, the actually turning point of that series was when Stackhouse got suspended. I'd bet a large amount of money that the Mavs win game 5 with him. Losing him was huge. He was playing around 30 minutes a game in that series.

Also, the Mavs mentally fell apart after game 5...that isn't on anyone but them. I can't imagine how frustrating that game that suspension plus that absurdity that was game 5 was for them, but they came back to Dallas done. Championship teams don't come back home done...

So, no, it wasn't rigged and Wade deserves loads of credit for being all time great. The truth is in the middle...terrible reffing...especially in the deciding game 5...stupid rules...which the NBA has fixed in many ways...a silly suspension....and a mentally done team coming back home.

Interesting, vaguely reminiscent of the series we just saw

[Stringer Bell]

ESPN just had an article on this. Good read.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16...006-nba-finals

[DMAVS41]

Interesting, vaguely reminiscent of the series we just saw

Like JVG always says..."dumb gets you beat"

I'd bet everything I own that both the Warriors in 16 and Mavs in 06 would be champs if Green/Stack didn't miss those games.

[BlkMambaGOAT]

3rd GOAT SG spitting the truth


He could've 4-peated if he had a better supporting cast.

[Dro]

Rigged just like the series between Kings and Lakers back in 2001.

02 and it wasn't rigged...

[Wade's Rings]

ESPN just had an article on this. Good read.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/16...006-nba-finals

Very great read. They should do this for the 2011 Finals as well.

[ArbitraryWater]

02 and it wasn't rigged...

dafuq?

[Wade's Rings]

dafuq?

@ this guy trying to troll.

[Stringer Bell]

Very great read. They should do this for the 2011 Finals as well.

Those Oral Histories are usually good to read. You can find them for the 93' Finals, 94' Finals, 02' WCF, 06' Finals...eventually they'll probably have one for the 11' Finals, as well as 13' and 16'.

[GINOBILI!]

iam proud to take a look back at these moments and say I had a hand in us winning our first ever championship.

Even Wade knows he was only the sidekick to the refs.