Monday, November 19, 2007

Why D-Wade is the team's savior

Yesterday, I was playing basketball, just shooting around with some other kids when I heard one of them say "Did you see Dwyane Wade last night?" (referring to the Heat vs Celtics game) And his friend said "Yes, he did pretty good for his 2nd game back." But then I heard the first kid say "Are you kidding me, he was terrible, he missed the game winning shot like usual" and "He has no basketball IQ, he's always doing stupid stuff like that." I was about to respond and argue but then I realized that this would be a full scale argument that might have ended up not so good. I thought to myself how could someone say such a thing about Dwyane Wade- that he is terrible and has no basketball IQ? Then, I realized he has a missed a few shots in the past and that his would-have been game winning shot against Boston was kind of unorganized in that he wasted the entire clock and didn't even try to drive to the basket and get fouled.

But then I was like wow, what am I thinking? He just came back from 6 months of inactivity and is a little bit rusty. Not to mention, he is the 2006 Finals MVP, as well as being the entire reason we won the NBA finals, and has made numerous of clutch shots that have saved the Miami Heat in his short career.

So my argument to the kid that said D-Wade has no basketball IQ, is that you are completely wrong Sir and you have no IQ yourself. And these are the reasons why:

1) Dwyane Wade was the most valuable player of the NBA Finals in just his 3rd year out of college. To show such maturity in just your third year and to be the Finals MVP before the Great One- Michael Jordan- is saying something.
2) He creates double teams, he gets his teamates open for shots, and is consistently at the free throw line- all these attributes show high basketball IQ.
3) Most of the time when the game is on the line, he is able to make the game winning shot. During the NBA finals, in the last few minutes of game 3 and game 5 when the game was close, he found ways to get himself to the free throw line, even if the fouls were a little questionable. Regardless, he found ways to get his team the W.
4) The man just got back from offseason surgery on his knee and shoulder and has already turned the team around and gotten them their 2nd win of the season against the New Jersey Nets- showing his ability to be a leader of this frazzled team.

So, that is why D-Wade is the Miami Heat's savior and he will continue to turn this squad around into a championship contending team.

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