« Reply #735 on: August 26, 2019, 03:36:43 PM »
Didn't talk about Giannis shooting at all. But seems strange you would be doing that with Wade, who you know was also a terrible shooter.
Wade's best statistical season was 2008-2009 when he averaged 30/5/7.5 with 2.2 steals and 1.3 blocks. His TS% was 57.4. He finished 3rd in MVP voting (his highest finish) and was 2nd Team All Defense (along with 1st Team All NBA). His WS/48 were .232. The Heat lost in the 1st round of the playoffs. Now maybe you prefer one of Wade's winning seasons, of course then Wade was the 2nd best player and had 2nd best player stats, so I'm not sure those would be the correct seasons to use especially given he was only a top defender in the seasons when he wasn't playing with Shaq or Lebron.
Giannis, as I said, was the MVP, finished 2nd in DPOY, was on both 1st Teams, and for the record had a TS% of 64.4% and his WS/48 were .292 (which is the 16th best single season in NBA history - only 8 people ahead of him on that list). He also won 2 playoff series and wasn't a 1st round loser.
I absolutely would have Giannis ranked more highly than Wade where I only needed 1 season. Wade, thus far, has had a better career, but Giannis is just getting going and already has the best season among the pairing.
Also, for the record, I wouldn't have selected either for my team unless the value was too much to pass up (like 5th round or later), as I think both of them are difficult to fit into this type of setting. They are too hard to fit in.
First of all, its certainly up for debate who was the best player on the Miami 06 team. A lot of people would say Wade was.
Secondly, I don't think it's a bad thing to pick a player's season when he was a second fiddle. In this kind of game, it might actually be advantageous to do so where that's the role that just about every player drafted in 3rd round and beyond will be on their team.
I can see the argument on who was better, but I don't think there was much question that Shaq was more valuable as Miami was 42-17 with Shaq and 10-13 without him in the regular season. he made that team go.
And I have no issue taking a guy that was great in a secondary role, but the 3rd round seems awfully early to do that for a player that wasn't a good defender or shooter. Wade has always been at his best when he gets the ball with room to work. Even in his Lebron years, that is when Wade was at his best. Given every team is going to be loaded with great players, I just wouldn't have taken Wade that early even if he might be that highly rated all time. This is just a different animal. Fit matters and players like Wade and Giannis are hard to find the right fit around. I had Giannis rated more highly because he is a better defender and his size and athleticism causes more problems. Wade is fairly small as the all time great SG's go and I can't see him being able to guard the Kobe's and Michael's of the world consistently, and I don't think he makes up for that on the other end of the floor.
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