theGoldmangod
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Act like Wade wasn't considered 1a or 1b best player in the world when LeBron joined him on his team. It doesn't need to have been a 73 win team that choked away a 3-1 lead on the biggest stage to destabilize the conference, stack the deck, and ensure LeBron never got double teamed. All that happened without it when he joined Miami because he joined a top 3 player, and a top 10 player in a weak conference.
But of course you will depend on win count from the previous year, as if the Miami team that was about to be (even without LeBron signing) the same team that it was prior to 2010 Free Agency.
Wade carried the corpse of Jermaine O'neal, rookies, and perennial bust Michael Beasley to the playoffs and averaged like 35 on 55% shooting against the same team that made LeBron quit with a better cast. They lost, obviously, since Wade's cast was trash, but everyone in the world knew that just giving him Bosh and a whole other max slot to either fill out the roster or get another elite player was automatically putting them as favorites to challenge Boston and take over the east. Bron was icing on a cake that Wade was already bout to eat before Bron made his "Decision".
Keep in mind, Wade himself had already won a championship in the most dominant fashion before LeBron. So it was Wade that was proven not Bron. And yet, after Bron's 2011 sabotage, and Miami's eventual win the next year, there was no lingering thought that Bron's rings didn't count or that his chips had asterisks.
It's literally one player (KD) being punished by the media indefinitely for doing a similar thing they completely excused another player (Bron) for.
But then again, I know you're going to come back with a post lying and downplaying Wade's greatness, and Bosh's greatness, everything Kyrie did and Love did, and act like Bron had to do it all and carried championship teams on his own. This is the reason why Bron is so toxic. Most toxic fanbase in sports. Literally the only one I can think of that can't tout their guys' abilities without bringing everyone around him down, including actual NBA greats and legends of the game. Disgusting.
@Marc Spector