2012 Miami Heat vs 2025 OKC Thunder

[Phoenix]

The only reason he "took a step back" was to not step on Lebrons toes and have another 2011 situation happen. He willingly took backseat for chemistry purposes. Wades athleticism didn't start to fail him til late 2013 when he hurt his leg.

What 2011 situation? Yes, Wade and Lebron were 'my turn/your turning' and that wasn't ideal, but that got them 2 games from an NBA title. The 'situation' was the Heat were up 2-1 on Dallas and lose game four by 3 points with Lebron scoring 8 points( Wade had 32 and Bosh 24). If Lebron plays even 'average' in that game the Heat are up 3-1 with HCA the rest of the way. Odds are they chip in year one with what was mostly an issue of a top heavy roster with very average role players( past prime Big Z and Bibby, Carlos Arroyo, Joel Anthony, Erick Dampier) heavy in the rotation. The 2013 Heat won 66 games with Wade a full step behind where he was 2 years ago. You put 2011 Wade on the 2013 team and they're probably winning 70+ plus. In reality that Heat team should have at least won 3/4 titles ( I'll say they would have burnt out in 2014 even with a healthier Wade and lose to the Spurs regardless, but not likely in the blowout we saw).

[Hakkim90cc]

Heat are sweeping OKC in 5

Peak James finals MVP

Kd Wb were better than SGA Jwill

it's not even close