Wade and LeBron

Last night the Cavaliers had an epic win over the Heat. Both James and Wade scored 32 points and James had 9 rebounds while Wade crashed 10 boards. The only difference is that LeBron was clutch and Wade was anything but Mr. Fourth Quarter.

Wade scored 2 points in the second half, he was 1-8 from the field.

It was 91-90 with 41.2 seconds left when Wade went to the line and missed two free throws. But the Cavaliers did not capitalize on their possession. Of course, the ball goes back to Wade and he dribbles with about 11 seconds and draws a double team and attempts a behind the back pass to Michael Beasely--but LeBron steals it and runs down the court and gets fouled by Wade.

James makes both his free-throws and puts the Cavs up by a single point. Wade comes down the court and misses the buzzer beater. After a 30 point first half, he is limited to two points and makes three blunders in the last minute of the game: missed two free throws and hands over a careless turnover--of course I am not counting the missed final shot as a mistake but he put his team in the position where it came down to that last shot (sure you can debate that it's a team game and he helped the team more than he hurt the team--but in that last minute, it was all Wade).

Wade has won a ring and is a swagger-full offensive force doing t-mobile commercials with Barkley. He has made big shots and he has carried the Heat since he got there. It was just a bad second half of one single game, but the game was highly concentrated between the two players that I day-dreamed of where they would be next year.

Imagine the future Knicks line-up as follows:
C- David Lee
PF- Danilo Gallinari
SF- LeBron James
SG- Dwayne Wade
PG- Chris Duhon

That would be the most beautiful thing in the world to me but realistically speaking, it's not going to happen. But for the sake of continuing a stream of thought, let's say that both superstars end up on the same team. Who would score more points and who would be the real go-to player?

James dominates the fourth quarter and was just as good as Ben Gordon--fourth quarter man himself. But I think that Wade would be the player who takes that last shot because Wade this attitude that I don't think LeBron could even match. Wade has matured and has the ring on his finger that no Kay Jewelers can give LeBron.

This fantasy of such a dominant two player team is implausible because no team would be able to afford such a duo--just imagine... if LeBron and Wade were on the same team, would they be the best duo in NBA history?