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• eaglesfan893 said August 15, 2008

  I really disagree with D-Wade being in the top five. This last season, he was battling injuries. The year before that, dont forget that he lead the Heat to be NBA Champions. Also, just look what Wade is doing for the USA NBA Basketball team. He has been the best player and averaging more points that anyone.

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  • tedhill replied August 15, 2008

    I agree, he is coming back strong, especially with team USA.
    • Justwannawinna replied August 15, 2008

      i think i'll disagree with dwayne wade, yao ming and shane battier... dwayne is one of the most versatile players in the league and can do things other guys simply cant..... yao ming is one the best centers in the league at a time when we dont have many the guy plus the guy isnt even the fan favorite in his own country i think his expectations are the only ting thats overated... and as shane battier who ever talks about shane? lol only thing that guy really brings is defense
      • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

        Justwannawinna: Good point about Yao not being the fan favorite in his own country, I actually hadn't thought about that.
    • FlyMaster replied August 15, 2008

      Look at how many turnovers Wade averages. He may not be top five overrated, but he's making an effort to be there.
  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    I actually wrote this article during last NBA season right when Wade went out for the season. I've been really impressed by his play in the Olympics, but I wasn't impressed by his 11-54 record with the Heat last year. I think he's one of the top 10 players in the league, but up until recently he was compared to Lebron and Kobe. I just don't see him being as good as either of those two guys, so that's why I believed he was overrated. Very good, just slightly overrated.
    • DreadsSwayin replied August 15, 2008

      he was battling injuries that eventually knocked him out for the season....why would you base anything off that when you saw what he did when winning a championship. sure he had shaq but you obviously werent watching if you didnt wade put the team on his back (including shaqs fat as$) and lead them to a NBA finals victory.
      • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

        I'll agree -- Shaq's finals performance was terrible that year. I think Wade's great, just not Kobe/Lebron great, and I've heard those comparisons SEVERAL times. Tony Parker put his team on his back in the '07 Finals and I don't think he's Lebron/Kobe great, either.
        
        Wade's performance in the Finals was remarkable, and you're right --- I should have made mention of this.
      • DreadsSwayin replied August 15, 2008

        well thanks for listening, just a difference in oppinion
  • Tenebrous replied August 16, 2008

    I have to agree - in my opinion, Wade is decent, but not as good as many have too often made him out to be.
• hatepaste said August 15, 2008

  They all play in the most overrated league, what do you expect?

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• rcs360 said August 15, 2008

  Wade, not overrated. Yao, only Dwight Howard's better than him. Horry, just lucky but there when you need him most, and has 7 rings. Battier, great role player.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    I can't call Wade a top-5 player until he shows he can get the Heat to at least a .500 record without Shaq. Last season was a disgrace. I will say he was banged up, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt there. With his performance in the Olympics, he'll probably be off my overrated players list by next season.
    
    Yao, while unstoppable at the offensive end, is a liability on defense. His team played better after he got injured last year, when Dikembe Mutombo was starting. And with the amount of hype that he had coming over here, the only way he wouldn't be overrated is if he were about 3 MVP's deep.
    
    Horry is definitely clutch -- but this gets overplayed. He has hit some big ones, but people mention him as a potential hall of famer, which I disagree with.
    
    Battier is a great role player, but there are about 25 of those in the league. He gets the most accolades of any of them, so I find that to be overrated. Plus, I wanted to have a mix of all stars and non-all stars on the list.
    • rcs360 replied August 15, 2008

      For Wade, it's hard to get to the playoffs when the good half of your championship roster is gone and replaced with D-Leaguers, on top of being injured. Don't forget, Yao was an MVP canidate until his injury. Battier gets praised a lot because he's known as one of the premier defenders in the league and that's pretty much it.
    • bjj714 replied August 26, 2008

      Okay... you keep saying the team played better without Yao in the lineup. That is just plain false. Of their 22 game win streak the Rockets won 12 (more than half) while Yao was in the lineup. They began playing a different offense when he went out that involved more team play and Carl Landry and Scola stepped up like never before. That's a testment to the strength of the other players not the medicority of Yao. The Rockets were 16 games over .500 when Yao went out and 12 over .500 afterward. Once the streak ended the team struggled to close out the season only going 2 games over .500 after the streak ended. So to say they played better without him is again, flat out flase.
  • yelloke replied August 18, 2008

    I don't even think D-Howard is better than Yao yet. It depends on what kind of a team you have. For the Rockets, Yao is certainly better than Dwight Howard, but for a team like Phoenix, D-Howard is better by far.
    WaltonWisdom is way out of hand by listing Dwyane Wade was one of the "MOST" overrated players. The guy was injured last season playing with crybaby no-longer-can-dunk Shaq and his team got Ricky friggin Davis. Walton is one of the guys that cannot see past the statistics and make fundamental evaluations.
    I agree with Shane Battier being overrated, because at best he's no better than Bruce Bowen, yet everyone touts him as the perfect player. Yeah, he's awesome and I appreciate Battier, but I'd take Artest with his head screwed on straight ANYDAY over Battier.
    As for WaltonWisdom claiming that Rockets played their best ball without Yao, that's BS. They already won 12 games with Yao and then went on a hot streak to win 22. That's like saying the Knicks were better without Ewing or when the Knicks won the championship, they were better without Willis Reed. That is absolutely absurd. Yao has one of the best PER/minute stats in the game. It's Rafer Alston, Battier, and Chuck Hayes that can't seem to do anything on the offensive end to contribute.
• woodsey44 said August 15, 2008

  Shane Battier and Robert Horry? When I say Houston Rockets, no one ever thinks of Battier it's always Tracy McGrady or Yao Ming...the same the the Spurs, but with Ginobli, Tony Parker, and Tim Duncan. I dont see how they can be overrated when they've never had the spotlight on their team.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    Because Coach K used his influence to get him on the National Team last summer. Also because he is universally recognized as the model role player, when I'd argue that Ime Udoka, Bruce Bowen, and James Posey are all better.
• Zabriskie said August 15, 2008

  This list is very dumb, Yao is one of the best centers, and Wade carried a team to a championship.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    You can be one of the best and still be overrated... but you are entitled to your opinion, that's what this is for.
• Marinman said August 15, 2008

  So so wrong. Maybe Shawn Marion, but the dude still gets near 17 and 10 a game. Even if it's 'garbage' style, 17 and 10 is 17 and 10.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    Does that warrant paying him close to $20M per? That puts him in an elite class, even in the NBA -- that's also why Phoenix dumped him. A guy who can't create his own shot on offense should never have one of the highest salaries in the NBA.
    • Marinman replied August 15, 2008

      Overpaid and overrated are two different things.
      • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

        Yeah, I'll agree that salary is not the only indicator of "overrated"; I talked about that with a poster further down in this discussion. It does play some role, though, because at least SOMEONE (team management) values him as highly as they pay him.
        
        Good point, though.
• theoneandonly said August 15, 2008

  Shane Battier is a great role player, with great defense. Robert Horry is known for his clutch shots, not even his playoff games as a whole. Dwade I was starting to think the same as you, but the Olympics are giving a little hope. Lets wait to see how he does next year.

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• phillybirds536 said August 15, 2008

  i agree with them all except wade, he gets injured but he is no way overrated. shaq hardly helped in the finals, putting up a meager 11 ppg, whereas wade had 35 (10 more than lebron) and they were facing a fantastic defense that year. wade isn't overrated he's just a fantastic player who is injury prone, but as you can see (USA team) he is clearly back in full form. you have to give wade for still playing with the amount of injuries he's had, he even played for his team when his entire left shoulder was virtually unusable 2 years ago against the bulls for the playoffs. the guys a warrior and in no way underrated.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    He is a warrior, you're right about that. My only beef is the placing of him on Lebron & Kobe's playing field. I don't think he's quite there, and I guess that talk has kinda stopped in the past year or so.
• ShakespeareD said August 15, 2008

  I really don't agree with any of the players on this list. How about a different 5-
  1. Jason Kidd- Devin Harris was a much better fit for Dallas than Kidd. Obviously he is a legendary passer, but is one of the worst shooters in the NBA, plays terrible defense and has lost 3 or 4 steps.
  2. Carmelo Anthony- An incredible scorer. Gives little else. A smattering of rebounds, poor passer, no defense. Most importantly, hasn't made it out of the first round with a talented nucleus.
  3. Mike Dunleavy- Can any player not match his 07-08 stats being the number one option for a terrible team?
  4. TJ Ford- Held back Toronto the last two years getting minutes over the superior Jose Calderon. The fact that he gets traded for Jermaine O'Neal rather than a bag of balls is mind blowing.
  5. Pau Gasol- The 2008 playoffs showed what he really is. An extremely soft stat compiler.

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  • tcbailey24 replied August 15, 2008

    I agree with you Shakespeare, much better list
  • rcs360 replied August 15, 2008

    Better list, no one talks about Dunleavy at all.
  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    I especially agree on the Ason Kidd front. I didn't include him on my list, because there has actually been quite a bit of talk lately about his fall-off.
    
    Anthony is generally not regarded as highly as the others in his class, and rightfully so.
    
    Dunleavy isn't talked about at all, so how is he overrated?
    
    Ford was overrated by his coaching staff, but he's rarely mentioned by fans. Almost anyone who writes about sports (media, bloggers, etc.) knows Calderon is better than Ford.
    
    Unfortunately, I agree about Gasol. But let's rephrase your statement: The 2008 FINALS showed what he really is. He played decent in the rest of the playoffs.
    
    This is a very subjective task, especially to narrow it down to a top 5...
    • GSWgirl replied August 15, 2008

      We in Oakland call him Dumbleavy. He is definetly not rated highly around here.
  • whitejordan32 replied August 15, 2008

    I think you could throw Jermaine in that too. I'd still rather have Pau on my team than J-O. Pau is extremely soft, but at least he's talented on one end of the floor. Wouldn't say Dunleavy is overrated though, since no one really thinks of him as any more than a role player.
  • mindfeck replied August 17, 2008

    I disagree about Dunleavy, Ford, and Gasol.
    
    Dunleavy was the best player on a team that nearly made the playoffs. Does that mean Wade's numbers are meaningless since his team was terrible? Brandon Roy's numbers are also meaningless? No, Dunleavy finally had a good season.
    
    TJ Ford played nearly as well as Calderon, and they both played starters' minutes.
    
    Pau Gasol improved the Lakers immensely and helped them reach the finals. Once in the finals, he was not a good matchup against the Celtics, and other Lakers did worse too. That does not make him a bad player.
    • WaltonsWisdom replied August 17, 2008

      Good point about the matchup factor for Gasol, but I think his toughness (or lack thereof) is a bit of a problem against any team from the East, should they make the finals again. Most of the big men in the West are finesse players, so it isn't as much of an issue before the finals.
• DreadsSwayin said August 15, 2008

  ill take shakespears list 2. d-wade has been hurt and when he was healthy he was a top 5 player in the league. he was how chris paul was but a bigger version who scored. look at the oylmpics, now that he is healthy he is throwing down like he did before

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    Please convince me Kobe, Lebron, or KG could EVER play for an 11-54 team in the East, banged up or not. Those are the players Wade has been mentioned in the same breath as, and that's why I'm calling him overrated. Paul is a far better passer & ballhandler than Wade -- take one look at their assist/turnover ratios.
    
    Wade wasn't overrated when he dominated the NBA finals 3 years ago, but he's been living off that reputation ever since. As I've said numerous times on this discussion, Wade will be off this list next year if he proves his injuries are curbed and his team plays well. I'm expecting that to happen.
• DreadsSwayin said August 15, 2008

  and shane battier os 1 of the best defense players in the game and is underrated, not overrated. hes a great role player and good at what he does. no1 is calling him a superstar because hes not and tats not his role

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    So is Ime Udoka, so is Raja Bell, so is Bruce Bowen, etc., etc., etc. None of those guys got asked to play on the Olympic team last summer.
    • DreadsSwayin replied August 15, 2008

      Bruce bowen give you nothing on offense. zip. raja is a hot head and could mess with team chemistry. Shane is a great team player and can contribute on offense when asked 2. thats y he was asked over them. i have no idea who Udoka is lol.
      • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

        Battier gives you the same thing as Bowen does on offense: 3 point baskets. That's it. Battier averaged 9 ppg, Bowen averaged 6 ppg. If you call the extra 3 ppg added offense, then I'll give it to ya.
        
        Raja is an idiot at times, but it's always been directed at the opponent in my understanding. I have never heard any complaints from the Suns about him being a poor teammate. His hot headedness is seen in his tripping of Kobe or his technical fouls. I don't know if that really messes with team chemistry, but I could be wrong.
        
        Haha, Udoka was kind of a random name but relevant nonetheless. Just ask Spurs fans. I know of Udoka because he came out of Portland (where I live). The Spurs signed him last year -- he's a younger version of Bowen with more offensive upside.
  • tcbailey24 replied August 15, 2008

    well said
    • tcbailey24 replied August 15, 2008

      *well said Dreads
• KBfan4lyfe said August 15, 2008

  yao ming is very over rated. He should be one of the best players since he is so tall. He seems of balance all the time.
  It seems like every year he gets dunked on

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  • whitejordan32 replied August 15, 2008

    Of course he's gonna get dunked on. At least he doesn't pussy out and get out the way. Tim Duncan gets dunked on ALL THE TIME and he is still All-Defensive team every year. Yao is a 20-10 center, which is extremely rare now. Battier isn't overrated, D-Wade is the most overrated. He isn't good on defense at all. I remember when they played the Lakers a few years back, a 38 year old Gary Payton was guarding Kobe, not "the superstar" Wade. Wade is only thought of a star because of the Finals in which every time he touched the ball, a foul was called, and may I remind you it was in a time when the NBA was rigged by refs? Wade in the Donaghy-era is kind of similar to Bonds in the steroid-era. Wade can't shoot AT ALL. He is a great athlete, even among other great athletes, but you need more than athleticism to be elite, which he isn't despite what many think.
  • rcs360 replied August 16, 2008

    Shawn Bradley was 7'6 and he wasn't that good. He's the original guy getting dunked on. Even Yao dunked him. Tall doesn't always equal talented, and Yao is one of the best.
• sixersfan234 said August 15, 2008

  hmm... ask greece if d wade should be there... your an idiot go away from me

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    Will do, Sixersfan. Just do me a favor and work on that vocabulary.
• simplyhiredguy said August 15, 2008

  wade has been the best on the olympic team.

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• bpika113 said August 15, 2008

  What a terrible list! My list goes something like:
  
  Vince Carter
  Ben Gordon
  Zach Randolph
  Pau Gasol
  Ron Artest
  
  Thoughts?

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    I'm not a huge fan of any of those guys (except Artest), but are any of them really "overrated?" I think it's a fanwide consesus that Randolph is overpaid & lazy; Carter and Gordon hardly get any pub anymore; Gasol has been massacred by fans and the media after his soft Finals showing; and Artest is Artest -- he's a tough basketball player but nobody is calling him an all-star.
    
    Could possibly be part of a "most overpaid" list.
• sixersfan234 said August 15, 2008

  tell me something. how does 16pts. 6 stls. 5 assts sound? doesnt sound like he deserves to be asnywhere near this list

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    1. This list was made in the spring, when Wade hung up the sneakers for the year. Miami's record at that point? 11-54. Times have changed since then, and I hope Wade can come back healthy and strong next year -- he is a phenomenol player when he's at full (or close to full) strength.
    
    2. Can we really take a lot away from players' performances in the Olympics? If we are honest with ourselves, every player on that roster would put up close to 30 ppg in the Olympics if they played for any team other than the stacked U.S. squad. The foreign teams are better suited for the international rules, but EVERY player on the U.S. would be a star on the other teams. Do you also think that Kobe Bryant is overrated because he had a few statistically bad games in the Olympics?
    
    3. This list is about being "overrated" -- it is not a list of bad players. Every player on the list is good, and Wade is the best that I have listed. I'm saying that he shouldn't be compared to Kobe & Lebron due to his injury problems, high turnover rate, and how badly his team played this season. Lebron & Kobe will NEVER play for an 11-54 team, no matter how "dinged up" they are.
• bpika113 said August 15, 2008

  Perhaps I should elaborate...
  
  I think in order to determine who's the most overrated we first need to define what overrated means. By my estimation it means overpaid for what they give/offer. Thus, my list of Vince Carter, Ben Gordon, Zach Randolph, Pau Gasol, and Ron Artest.....:
  
  Vince Carter - offers nothing other than volume shooting and a highlight reel every now and then (although even that's fading). He's a player who's publicly stated that he wasn't trying when he finished out in Toronto. He offers no veteran leadership, is not a good mentor to rookies/young guys, and doesn't make his teammates better. He made 13+M last season.
  
  Ben Gordon - shooting is his best asset and he hasn't shot better than 42% from the field in over 2 years, nor has he ever eclipsed .435% from beyond the arc. He made almost 5M last season.
  
  Zach Randolph - for a man who has faced double-teams his entire career, he's never averaged more than 2.2 assists per game. No doubt he's got skill, but since 03-04 he hasn't pulled in more than 4.5 rebounds per game. Couple his lack of ability to pass and his minute rebounding prowess with his poor attitude, troubles with the law, and his ultimate trend of declining and you have a very overrated player. There's a reason Portland shipped him off for next to nothing. Oh yeah, Ze-Bo made more than 13M last season.
  
  Pau Gasol - please see: NBA Finals (any game)
  
  Ron Artest - the guy just straight up is not a winner. He doesn't seem to have ever cared about winning and has put his rap career (or lack there of) ahead of his team. Any guy getting paid more than 7M/season who doesn't think before he acts (see: The Brawl) is overrated. Not to mention he's never averaged more than 0.9 blocks per game and shoots a terrible percentage from the field.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    Those are all really good points. I will have to correct you on a couple of points though. Your rebounding stats on Zach Randolph are way off, he hasn't averaged 4.5 rebs per game since 02-03, when he played 16 minutes/game. He's actually averaged over 10 rpg in 3 of the past 5 seasons. Shooting .435 from three point range is GREAT in the NBA. Just take a look at the the league leaders each year. Where Gordon struggles is from the rest of the floor, causing his overall percentage to be poor.
    
    You made a great point about defining what "overrated" means. If it is just "overpaid," then my list would make no sense (outside of Marion). You'd have to adjust your list to include players like Brian Cardinal and Kwame Brown, though. I took fans' and media's impressions & opinions of players into consideration, along with salaries. Very few of my above points speak at all to the salaries of these players, because using that as the only criteria would qualify about half of the players in the league.
    
    Appreciate your feedback.
• BrendanC said August 15, 2008

  I really don't like your list, it's really bias and you don't have any reason to list Shane Battier & D Wade. I do agree Yao Ming is overrated to some degree, but with the lack of big men in the last 6-7 years and the emergence of Howard, Bynum and Oden, then that could possibly make him overrated. The fact is he's a decent center, doesn't dominate like Shaq and won't ever will but most NBA players wouldn't mind a Yao ming as their starting center.
  Shane Battier is a premiere defender and doesn't get enough credit for it, he's still one of the only players outside of Lebron & Paul Pierce that shut him down in a game.
  Have you been watching the Olympics? Wade was injured all last season, obviously his use of a billion & 1 pads on every joint shows that he's been hurting. In the olympics he's been stellar and shows his 2006 form, I don't think anyone can discredit that.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    2006 form Wade is unbelievable. Hopefully he can take that form back to the regular season, when he is playing against better athletes in the NBA.
• Jaelyn said August 15, 2008

  Gasol should definately be at the top of the list. I remember Laker Nation going apesh*t with gleeful anticipation when they signed him. After the Finals, Laker Nation went apesh*t wanting to throw their excrement at him.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    Good point, Gasol would have been a great addition to this list earlier in the year. However, he has been killed by the media and fans ever since the Finals, so I don't know if he's necessarily "overrated" anymore.
• UnderScored said August 15, 2008

  "Flash" is a player who in the right system of "ballers", whether they be stars or role-players will always produce. His track record speaks for itself, for example his Final Four run with Marquette where he was clearly the best player on the court. Then he puts Shaq and co. on his back and stuns Dirk and the Mavs. To call wade injury-prone is correct but that's because he plays like it matters and with a point to prove. He's not overrated, but rather overused by the Heat because of their(front office's) arrogance not to surround him with a solid group of NBA-caliber players.Instead they make him run with the D-League's "B" squad, cmon, the proof of my argument is how well he's flourishing with Team USA, he's healthier now and playing that aggressive Dwade style we grew to love. So blame the Heat on their lack of support for "Flash", he's overused...I hope he jumps to the Knicks in 2010 cuz Miami is a trap.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    I think he'll get some help from Beasley this year. What they really need to do is sign a decent point guard so Wade doesn't have to handle the ball AND score all game long.
• JASONMAJIC said August 15, 2008

  wow ! paul gasol is the most over rated in the league ! waade is a beast and you will see that next year

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• lsutigerfan19 said August 15, 2008

  i disagree with everyone on the list except Horry..Dwight Howard should be on the list

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 15, 2008

    I think people are putting waaaaay too much weight on players' performances in the Olympics. Keep in mind that how players play in international competition doesn't necessarily translate to how they play in the NBA. If the Olympics really mattered in terms of a player's ability in the NBA, Carlos Arroyo would have been an NBA all-star.
• deadred988 said August 16, 2008

  I think yao is good one for sure. Being over-rated doesnt mean your not a good player or a even a great player, it just means people think your better than you really are.
  5. D-Wade-been injured but im sorry but has anyone noticed that he just charges through the lane falls and gets to the line? EVeyrone gives him a break for being on the worst team in the league but when it happened to T-mac a couple years back everyone wanted his head.
  4.Dirk-Softey, i was their to witness the warriors destroy him and though a great player his career will be defined by that series until he wins a championship
  3.Yao-I know he has nice numbers but never gone anywhere in the playoffs and when you watch him in person he's not as dominant as a 7'6 guy should be.
  2.Pau-Makes Dirk look like titanium. SOFT SOFT SOFT
  1.J-Kidd- people are figuring this out and i love j-kidd but he's past his prime like sour milk. That trade was a HUGE disappointment and Rod Thorn stole one from Cuban
  1b-The Knicks- people dont think there bad enough

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  • DreadsSwayin replied August 16, 2008

    ya...want to know y people werent calling for D-wades head? because he won a playoff series! wait better yet.....he won a championship! o and what has t-mac done...nothing.
• ChrisHumpherys said August 16, 2008

  Vince Carter, Stephon Marbury, Wally Szczerbiak, Sebastian Telfair, Emeka Okafor and Darius Miles.

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• WaltonsWisdom said August 16, 2008

  D-Miles can't even get a spot on an NBA roster...

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  • Jaelyn replied August 18, 2008

    And people had the nerve to call Miles "Baby KG"?! PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• justinvavala said August 18, 2008

  i'm a sixers fan...and i have to say igoudala. futility is the word.

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• LA53005 said August 19, 2008

  Paul Pierce is greatest player in the world and also the most UNDERrated. These lame articles about other players are just a waste of time .

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• YardbarkerPro said August 23, 2008

  Wow...Dwyane Wade and overrated in the same sentence? c'mon, That is almost as stupid as putting Paul Pierce and greatest player in the world in the same sentence. Wade was badly injured and tried to play through it, and your still going to blame the disappointing season on him? Wade is a top 3 player, stop hating

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• YardbarkerPro said August 23, 2008

  Your should rewrite this article with Melo there instead of Wade, than you would have a pretty accurate list.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied August 27, 2008

    Again, I wrote this late last season. At that time, I was convinced Wade was overrated. Obviously, Wade played out of his mind in the olympics so now a lot of people are going to be upset about his inclusion. Hindsight is always 20/20, but he looked pretty overrated to me last year when his team was so awful, whether he was injured or not (Kobe played with torn ligaments in his shooting hand for most of last year).
    • YardbarkerPro replied August 28, 2008

      I know you wrote this article last season and all (and I'm sure you changed your mind about him watching the olympics, even if it is against non-NBA talent players), but Wade played the season with a dislocated shoulder and tattered knee, which is much worse than torn ligaments as Kobe had (on the basketball level). Yes, Kobe and LeBron would both do as bad as the Heat did if they had the same injuries and same team. I mean their other scoring options were Shawn Marion, who you say is overrated and can't create his own shot, Ricky Davis, probably the best selfish player in the league (which is not saying much, and I say he is selfish because there was times in the season where I saw him play and it actually looked like he was trying to sabotage the Heat season with the shots he would take), and Mark Blount, a one-dimensional player who with his defense make Ben Wallace a scoring threat. LeBron, I'm sorry, i think is slightly overrated. I have never seen him play defense, except his once-a-year highlight block. (He still is one of the Top-3 in the league, ALONG with Wade.) I sill think the article would be better with Melo in place of Wade.
• DRoss88 said September 05, 2008

  You is about to start a riot because The Matix and Dwade is not overrated. What games do you be watching? The Matix is in every major category in the NBA. THe boy is a staight hustler and he play's guys bigger than him. DWade is a baller and he was puttuing up double-doubles with injuries. You need to look again and do your homework.

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  • WaltonsWisdom replied September 05, 2008

    After watching Wade in the Olympics, I think he's back and better than ever.
    
    How did the Heat end up with the worst record in the worst conference last year?