Wade & Bosh without LeBron

[kennethgriffin]

imagine how many rings theyed have if lebron never joined miami. but instead they spent that 15 mill on more balance like they have now

[Akhenaten]

2011 was by far the toughest competition the Big 3 Heat faced in the East, the defending conference champion Celtics were still legit, and the Bulls won 62 games, had the league MVP and HCA in the series

and they cut through them like a hot knife through butter, they steamrolled the 11 Celtics and backdoor swept the Bulls

Like others have already stated, Wade+Bosh+Deng/Gay/Melo/Pau George-ESQUE type SF+ a Kyle Lowry type PG and a competent big would roll through the East evem more impressively than the 11 Heat.

2011 Wade was a BEAST
they woulda rolled 2012 too, after is where it gets dicey with Wade's health

[SouBeachTalents]

and they cut through them like a hot knife through butter, they steamrolled the 11 Celtics and backdoor swept the Bulls

Like others have already stated, Wade+Bosh+Deng/Gay/Melo/Pau George-ESQUE type SF+ a Kyle Lowry type PG and a competent big would roll through the East evem more impressively than the 11 Heat.

2011 Wade was a BEAST
they woulda rolled 2012 too, after is where it gets dicey with Wade's health

With Bosh injured and Wade no longer at the peak of his powers, I don't think so. Unless you think Loul Deng could really duplicate LeBron's Game 6 at Boston, or entire 2012 playoff run in general

[Akhenaten]

With Bosh injured and Wade no longer at the peak of his powers, I don't think so. Unless you think Loul Deng could really duplicate LeBron's Game 6 at Boston, or entire 2012 playoff run in general

Remember the hypothetical assumes that we acquire more pieces in lieu of signing Lebron, maybe Al Jefferson would have taken 13 mil to come play in Miami with a prime Wade and Bosh in the 2010 summer instead of taking 15 in Utah.

Maybe we sign Kyle Lowry for 6 mil, send Chalmers packing, keep Bibby as the backup at the vet min.

Wade
Lowry
Jefferson
Deng

YEAH, we'd have ROLLED the Celtics, wouldnt have needed Lebron's heroics

[GrapeApe]

With Bosh injured and Wade no longer at the peak of his powers, I don't think so. Unless you think Loul Deng could really duplicate LeBron's Game 6 at Boston, or entire 2012 playoff run in general

You can't apply that type of logic in terms of the circumstanes being identical. Events wouldn't unfold in the exact same way, i.e. Bosh's injury and Game 6 in Boston.

Thanks for the feedback so far guys.

[coin24]

East didn't exactly look like a cakewalk.

Keep telling yourself that pauk

Replace LeBald with any sf and they win in 2011

[KBaller33]

2011 probably. That's when Wade was still in his prime and still Flash. After that I don't know. It's not really fair to LeBron either because Wade and Bosh faced injuries during their championship runs. Do the injuries still happen in this scenario? Also, where is LeBron? Does he stay in Cleveland, go play with D Rose in Chicago, or go the the Knicks with Amare(who was a beast for most of 2010-2011). There's many things going on here.