Damn. When you look at it, it's really sad how Wade's been injured. If he doesn't get injured in the 2005 Playoffs, and doesn't get injured in 2007 and 2008, you're looking at averages of 28-30/7/7 and potentially an MVP along with more than one ring.
Damn. When you look at it, it's really sad how Wade's been injured. If he doesn't get injured in the 2005 Playoffs, and doesn't get injured in 2007 and 2008, you're looking at averages of 28-30/7/7 and potentially an MVP along with more than one ring.
Sad, indeed.
Even in Kobe's injury plagued seasons (2004, 2005) he still got numbers.
Damn. When you look at it, it's really sad how Wade's been injured. If he doesn't get injured in the 2005 Playoffs, and doesn't get injured in 2007 and 2008, you're looking at averages of 28-30/7/7 and potentially an MVP along with more than one ring.
The two great what-ifs of his career. What if he doesn't get injured in that series, they beat the Spurs, and he gets his first Finals MVP in 2005? If they still win in 2006, he's then leading a Wade/Shaq dynasty. Would we have been living in the "Dwyane Wade era?"
And what if the shoulder injury hadn't happened in 2007? He was dropping 29/5/8 when it happened-- in other words, just about where his numbers were in the comeback year in 2009. If we assume players' careers follow arcs, how much higher would Wade's arc have gone if he had reached the heights of 2009 in 2007?
I would have liked to seen that Dwyane Wade, minus those two injuries (which were freak injuries), battle it out with LeBron James for player of their generation.
Can Wade accomplish 20k points, 5k assists, 5k rebounds milestone?
