Top 3 Players every season since 1999-2000

[Bigsmoke]

LOL at people not having Dirk in the top ****ing 3 when he was easily the best this year.

Wade was easily the best in 08-09 too.

easily?

Only in this site when someone who can lead a team to 66 wins with old Z and Big Ben and Mo Garbage and then average 35ppg on 50% shooting is nothing special.

[D.J.]

easily?

Only in this site when someone who can lead a team to 66 wins with old Z and Big Ben and Mo Garbage and then average 35ppg on 50% shooting is nothing special.

Agreed. I also feel Wade was the best, but certainly not easily. He deserved MVP more than LeBron did, IMO. Not that LeBron's supporting cast was all that great, but they were still better than the D-leaguers Wade had.

[ThaSwagg3r]

Agreed. I also feel Wade was the best, but certainly not easily. He deserved MVP more than LeBron did, IMO. Not that LeBron's supporting cast was all that great, but they were still better than the D-leaguers Wade had.

Wade's supporting cast was definitely worse than LeBron's in 08-09. If you combine the Heat and Cavs into one team, Dwyane Wade would be the only Heat starting, the rest would be Cavs. Nobody on that Heat team was worthy of starting. The second best player Wade had on his team was probably a 7th-8th man on most NBA rotations.

I still think both LeBron and Kobe were better than him that season simply because of his mediocre performance in the playoffs.

[D.J.]

Wade's supporting cast was definitely worse than LeBron's in 08-09. If you combine the Heat and Cavs into one team, Dwyane Wade would be the only Heat starting, the rest would be Cavs. Nobody on that Heat team was worthy of starting. The second best player Wade had on his team was probably a 7th-8th man on most NBA rotations.

I still think both LeBron and Kobe were better than him that season simply because of his mediocre performance in the playoffs.

The best players on the Heat after Wade(at least out of the ones that played on Miami all year) were Beasley(14/5), Haslem(10+/8), and Chalmers(10/5/3/2). Haslem was the only one of the three that wasn't a rookie. The starting 5 for Miami was Chalmers/Wade/Haslem, the PF was between Marion and Jermaine(they were traded for each other) and Jamario Moon started most of the games he was there. If Jamario Moon is starting for you, your team sucks.

Cleveland's starting 5 was Mo Williams/West/LeBron/Ben Wallace/Z. the games when Ben was hurt, Varejao started.

The best player on Miami after Wade was a rookie Beasley, who no doubt is probably the 7th-8th guy on a good team and maybe a 6th man on a mediocre-sh*t team.

[Bigsmoke]

Agreed. I also feel Wade was the best, but certainly not easily. He deserved MVP more than LeBron did, IMO. Not that LeBron's supporting cast was all that great, but they were still better than the D-leaguers Wade had.

the playoffs doesnt matter?

Lebron's season and playoffs performance >>> Wade's

[D.J.]

the playoffs doesnt matter?

Lebron's season and playoffs performance >>> Wade's

It's not like Wade was a scrub in the playoffs. He put up 29/5/5(averaged over 33 a game in games 5-7) and got to the line over 8 times a night. LeBron has an edge in the playoffs, but it's not night and day. Wade gets the nod during the regular season. He did more with less. And you can't say that team would have been horrible without LeBron over the course of a whole season because only 5 guys from that '08-'09 squad are still there.

[Jacks3]

lol @ Wade being better in 08-09. That was the season LBJ established himself as one of the "sacred peak" guys ala Jordan/Kareem/Wilt/Bird/Shaq and a potential GOAT candidate.

Wade isn't on that level.