I'm starting to get the feeling they're never going to be healthy at the same time. I'm not just saying that to be a hater, I mean they've already had 3 of their starters miss time in the pre-season and Wade's wreckless style has been catching up to him lately.

they just need to be healthy in may..they'll be in the playoffs..they may not get it done this year..but lebron should be good for at least 3 rings in the 6 years he'll be there...

I mean, that's what the Rockets and Spurs have said for the last 3 years, but it almost never works that way when you have one of those teams.

Historically, Lebron doesn't get injured. No idea about Bosh. Wade misses a lot of games. If they don't play together it will be because of Wade.

Wade will be back and he will be fine. Although he has been injury prone in the past, he is not carrying this team on his back no more. I'm more worried about Miller.

^He was never injured because he had to carry a team. He was injured because he threw his body around more than anyone in the NBA (with the exception of Allen Iverson) has in the past 15 years.

Bosh has been historically injured, too. Lebron hasn't historically been injured, but he did have that elbow in the playoffs that he failed to play through.

29.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg, 7.6 apg, 1.7 spg, 1.8 bpg, .502/.400/.733 isn't playing through it? What exactly do you expect?

Did you watch the end of the Celtic series?

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I mean, that's what the Rockets and Spurs have said for the last 3 years, but it almost never works that way when you have one of those teams.

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The 2005 Spurs would like to have a word with you.

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He was injured because he threw his body around more than anyone in the NBA (with the exception of Allen Iverson) has in the past 15 years.

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Right... but let me ask you why the hell do you think he had to play that way for 40 minutes a night every night? Maybe because that was his team's only and best option? With James and Bosh in the fold, Wade probably won't have to throw his body around so much. I really think adding those 2 probably extends Wade's career 3-5 seasons.

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The 2005 Spurs would like to have a word with you.

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You mean the same ones who finished with the 2nd most wins in the NBA that year.

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Regardless of having to carry a team or not, that is simply the style of ball that Wade plays.

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Regardless of having to carry a team or not, that is simply the style of ball that Wade plays.

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Absolutely right. But the difference is that when you have Lebron and Bosh on your team, they are going to get lots of iso opportunities, therefore Wade doesn't have to do it everytime up the court like he has in the past. That makes a big difference.

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Did you watch the end of the Celtic series?

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Yes I did. He had 27/19/10 with 3 steals in the last game of the series. He had one "bad" game (15/7/6) in that series, which you are apparently remembering as taking the whole series off.

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Yes I did. He had 27/19/10 with 3 steals in the last game of the series. He had one "bad" game (15/7/6) in that series, which you are apparently remembering as taking the whole series off.

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Are you kidding me? I've defended Lebron's decision to do what he did quite a bit here and think that in general he's gotten a horrible rap for his playoff career, but dude had horrible games 4-6. Yeah.. 4 and 6 looked ok statistically, except for the fact he shot below 40% in both and had like 16 combined turnovers in those games. Sorry, but that's not excuseable for players of his caliber.

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Sorry, but that's not excuseable for players of his caliber.

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Unless it's Kobe, who had an abysmal Game 7 against the Celtics, but doesn't get any blame whatsoever because he has phenomenal talent around him to bail him out instead of scrubs who wilt under pressure.

Kobe... 1 game... Lebron... 3 terrible games down the stretch. Yup... exact same thing

Plus, Kobe plays through pain well. Kobe gets a broken finger or bum knee and his stats take a small dip but then return to good levels come playoff time. Lebron gets injured, and his whole body language changes.

Most of the players on both teams in that Game 7 were abysmal, not just Kobe. They were all worn the f out. Excellent point has already been made about him playing hurt (finger and knee) most of the season too.

Reminds me of the Three J's in Dallas in the mid 90's. Had all 3 played more than something like 28 games together, may have changed the face of the NBA as we know it.

Would have developed camaraderie and brotherhood. Toni Braxton likely would never have been led to their demise. Would have been battling GP/Kemp's Sonics and Malone/Stockton's Jazz for Western supremacy once it clicked.