D-Wade fires back at Charles Barkley, implies he is ringless for a reason

[cotdt]

Wade says two superstars are needed to win a championship, three are needed for a dynasty. I disagree because MJ and Kobe only needed 1 other "superstar" and each achieved two separate dynasties.

“They got three terrific players,” Barkley said. “I was disappointed. I wanted LeBron to stay in Cleveland, to be honest with you. I don’t blame the guy. But I think it would be a lot more important and significant to win a championship in Cleveland than it would be in Miami, if he wins it. … LeBron is never going to be the guy.”

Countered Wade: “When he got older, he tried to team up with (Scottie) Pippen and (Hakeem) Olajuwon. He failed. Why wait until you’re old when you have nothing left in the tank? … There’s just a lot of misconceptions out there about how much talent it takes to win a championship. It’s takes at least two, it takes three to really be a dynasty. That’s what we want to be.”

Source:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...g=ap-heat-wade

[Timrock]

looking forward to their next commercial together.

[BallsOut]

Wade says two superstars are needed to win a championship, three are needed for a dynasty. I disagree because MJ and Kobe only needed 1 other "superstar" and each achieved two separate dynasties.



Source:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...g=ap-heat-wade

2's a party. 3's a crowd. These guys are just scared of competition, cowards.

[crisoner]

Ummmmm sounds like Wade is selling him self short as well? I think just him and Bosh would be a good duo to win a ring or two. They could of got a whole lot of good players to create a TEAM with that Lebron money.

[jlitt]

Yeah but atleast i can respect barkley without rings then lebron with rings. To win rings isnt enough if your an upper echelon player. You want to win rings as a meaningful member of a team and preferably the best player on the team. When robert horry was asked if he would trade his career for charles barkley horry said in a heartbeat. And thats the mentaility you should have if you have ever played the game of bball. Never once have i stepped on the court and wanted to take a backseat to my teammates. I always wanted to win and be the reason why we won. Sports is a ego driven field and those with the biggest egos thrive and those with the smallest are thrown by the wayside.

Barkleys ego cemented his greatness. Lebron on the other hand let go of any ego he had left. Id much rather not win a ship on a 60 win team and win mvp's then win a ring on a stacked team where they dont need me to play to my full abilities.

Ideally its best to go the hakeem or mj route. being the best player and main cog on a championship team.

[OneMoreSucka]

Wade is officially out of Barkley's fav 5

[SoCalMike]

I guess the truth hurts...

[bagelred]

Wade is officially out of Barkley's fav 5

you beat me to that EXACT joke by 3 minutes. Darn you!!!!.....waving fist......



Also, Wade is a p-ssy.....gotta go........

[Batz]

Wow, Wade being the most vocal so far. You can clearly tell who's the leader.

[G-Funk]

Charles Barkley atleast tried! these kids were too insecure to even give it a shot. I hope Melo CP3 and Howard find a way to team up.

[Poodle]

Wade's right. Barkley had a pretty stacked Rockets squad. but what Wade/Lebron/Bosh have done isn't much different than what the Lakers did with Malone/Payton, then later Gasol/Artest, including the Celtics with KG, Pirce, Allen.

the difference between GM's working their collusion, and players working their collusion isn't enough of a difference to cry about. so what if the players decided to play together rather than a GM working moves to stack their squad?

[bagelred]

Charles Barkley tried! these kids were to insicure to even give it a shot. I hope Melo CP3 and Howard find a way to team up.

Winning a championship isn't the destination, its the journey. It doesn't mean anything if you don't earn it.

What does it mean for Lebron, Bosh, and Wade to win a championship? Not that much.

CB got to the Finals with Kevin Johnson as 2nd best player. That's impressive.

[cotdt]

Wade's right. Barkley had a pretty stacked Rockets squad. but what Wade/Lebron/Bosh have done isn't much different than what the Lakers did with Malone/Payton, then later Gasol/Artest, including the Celtics with KG, Pirce, Allen.

the difference between GM's working their collusion, and players working their collusion isn't enough of a difference to cry about. so what if the players decided to play together rather than a GM working moves to stack their squad?

Lebron/Bosh are in their mid-20's, they still had the chance to win a ring as the team's leader and clear best player. Those other guys were in the 30's, after they've at least given it a shot to win on their own.

[Poodle]

Winning a championship isn't the destination, its the journey. It doesn't mean anything if you don't earn it.

What does it mean for Lebron, Bosh, and Wade to win a championship? Not that much.

CB got to the Finals with Kevin Johnson as 2nd best player. That's impressive.

so i'm assuming that applies to the Celtics too?

[Poodle]

Lebron/Bosh are in their mid-20's, they still had the chance to win a ring as the team's leader and clear best player. Those other guys were in the 30's, after they've at least given it a shot to win on their own.

lebron/bosh didn't try? Bosh really never had the support, and lebron's is HIGHLY overrated. just because they overacheived in a weak conference during the regular season doesn't make them a championship caliber team and it showed the last playoffs.

i just don't see much of a difference in terms of team stacking that some other teams have done or been doing, vs what lebron/wade/bosh just did. in fact what they did was more respect worthy since they took pay cuts to do it.