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Wade's 2006 was one of the more impressive Finals performances I've seen but that was pre-injury. Post-injury he isn't half of thqt player and that was true when LeBron got there in 2010. Had he gotten over himself and given the team to LeBron like he should have, it would have been Miami playing Golden State in 2015 after winning four straight titles. He still has yet to accept his new reality and adapt as a player and collectively with Rondo turned the Bulls into an absolute mess. And you can't dismiss what Shaq did or James Posey -who also helped Boston win.
Spurs beat a team who beat themselves but now Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and especially Golden State have used former members of their organization to build their teams and in the case of Golden State have perfected it. None of those teams have Kawhi but Golden State has two fantastic two-way wings with Durant and a potential third on top of that in Looney. And they have by far the most efficient point guard in the league. But what makes Golden State so unbeatable is that no matter what they do, they do it to fit their blueprint. They always have one two-way wing, one athletic big, one combo forward, one two-way guard, and one scoring guard off the bench. Minimum. They draft Looney as a potential Draymond or H Barnes replacement, draft McCaw as a potential Barbosa/Livingston replacement, draft Damian Jones as a potential Ezeli/Bogut replacement, and they sign Durant entirely because he fits what they like in a combo forward. They sign Clark and let Holiday walk, trade Lee and after a year of bad decisions to find his replacement eventually sign West and Zaza who have been huge in their own ways plus JaVale to replace what Ezeli aand Bogut gave them.
Memphis, San Antonio, and now Philadelphia basically think they can add any player to the mix and it kills them. The Spurs have made mostly questionable first round selections going back to 2010 or so, and Murray is by far their worst. Memphis too with the additions of Wade Baldwin and Harrison. I won't get into the questionable point guard moves my Sixers have made. Atlanta and Golden State on the other hand have mostly stuck to their blueprint and in Golden State's case almost to perfection. Golden State has also learned from their mistakes. They thought they could replace Lee easily last season but learned their lesson and made it a priority this past offseason -a much more important move than signing Durant.
Spurs beat a team who beat themselves but now Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and especially Golden State have used former members of their organization to build their teams and in the case of Golden State have perfected it. None of those teams have Kawhi but Golden State has two fantastic two-way wings with Durant and a potential third on top of that in Looney. And they have by far the most efficient point guard in the league. But what makes Golden State so unbeatable is that no matter what they do, they do it to fit their blueprint. They always have one two-way wing, one athletic big, one combo forward, one two-way guard, and one scoring guard off the bench. Minimum. They draft Looney as a potential Draymond or H Barnes replacement, draft McCaw as a potential Barbosa/Livingston replacement, draft Damian Jones as a potential Ezeli/Bogut replacement, and they sign Durant entirely because he fits what they like in a combo forward. They sign Clark and let Holiday walk, trade Lee and after a year of bad decisions to find his replacement eventually sign West and Zaza who have been huge in their own ways plus JaVale to replace what Ezeli aand Bogut gave them.
Memphis, San Antonio, and now Philadelphia basically think they can add any player to the mix and it kills them. The Spurs have made mostly questionable first round selections going back to 2010 or so, and Murray is by far their worst. Memphis too with the additions of Wade Baldwin and Harrison. I won't get into the questionable point guard moves my Sixers have made. Atlanta and Golden State on the other hand have mostly stuck to their blueprint and in Golden State's case almost to perfection. Golden State has also learned from their mistakes. They thought they could replace Lee easily last season but learned their lesson and made it a priority this past offseason -a much more important move than signing Durant.
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