The Official DWade Injury Thread

[atxrocker]

Did it though? Having seen it a few times on SC, it didn't really look that bad. I mean, not wheelchair, crying and stretcher bad. I thought the reaction looked worse than the moment the injury was sustained.


right. if it were dirk's soft ass, that woulda been a career ender. so you can take that bullshit somewhere else. you'd be singing a whole different song if that german fuck was involved.

[Shank]

right. if it were dirk's soft ass, that woulda been a career ender. so you can take that bullshit somewhere else. you'd be singing a whole different song if that german fuck was involved.

Hmmm...do we need a history lesson, son?

Dirk? Soft?

Try again.

[LEONARD]

look at the legs on wade and kobe in your sig....they look soooooo skinny compared to the rest of their body, it's just an odd pic

I like that somebody spent a lot of time on it but mis-spelled Wade's name :lol

[LEONARD]

right. if it were dirk's soft ass, that woulda been a career ender. so you can take that bullshit somewhere else. you'd be singing a whole different song if that german fuck was involved.

Wow...so racially hateful...

and Dirk isn't soft...

[Shank]

Dirk

1999 47 games/24 started
2000 82 games/81 started
2001 82/82
2002 76/76
2003 80/80
2004 77/77
2005 78/78
2006 81/81

8 seasons 603 sames/579 started including the Seattle game this year where his ankle was rolled by Wilcox. Dirk was questionable and returned to play 2 days later to play 26 minutes and have 20/12/4.

Shove that "soft" shit back up your ass.

[TheNextGen]

Wade will be back next week and score 50.

[P-O-Z]

Wade will be back next week and score 50.
i wish :depressed

[atxrocker]

Hmmm...do we need a history lesson, son?

Dirk? Soft?

Try again.


i got it right the first time. guaranteed he'd be out for a long time had he sustained this type of injury. don't bullshit me.

[Melmart1]

Dirk

1999 47 games/24 started
2000 82 games/81 started
2001 82/82
2002 76/76
2003 80/80
2004 77/77
2005 78/78
2006 81/81

8 seasons 603 sames/579 started including the Seattle game this year where his ankle was rolled by Wilcox. Dirk was questionable and returned to play 2 days later to play 26 minutes and have 20/12/4.

Shove that "soft" shit back up your ass.
Well, it's easy to stay healthy and uninjured when the refs blow the whistle for breathing on you...

[P-O-Z]

Cause he is a pussy. :lol
Dawg u is a bitch u obviously never had a dslocated shoulder cuz your fat ass is soo busy on the damn computer you probally never played sports in your life

[thispego]

I like that somebody spent a lot of time on it but mis-spelled Wade's name :lol
:lmao lol I missed that... funny

[LEONARD]

i got it right the first time. guaranteed he'd be out for a long time had he sustained this type of injury. don't bullshit me.

A dislocated shoulder would put ANYBODY out for a long time...

Anybody that questions Dirk's toughness is just a hater...

[Shank]

i got it right the first time. guaranteed he'd be out for a long time had he sustained this type of injury. don't bullshit me.

You idiot. Who wouldn't be out with a dislocated shoulder?

But you called Dirk "soft". He's returned from injuries that would have made others miss time.

And Melmart - nothing to say to you. I'll point to a game last week where he shot 0 Fts. I forget, but does Duncan shoot FTs, too?

[atxrocker]

the way you rejoiced in this thread, hoping that lebron would have the same lingering problems as grant hill?

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1422498#post1422498


goddamnit, ponky, get off my fucking dick already. you sure spend a whole lotta time going through each and every single one of my posts, i suppose i'm supposed to be flattered?

oh and nice try, but i hated lebron for some time now. i didn't wait till he crushed my team in the playoffs to start like you mav fans.

[Melmart1]

You idiot. Who wouldn't be out with a dislocated shoulder?

But you called Dirk "soft". He's returned from injuries that would have made others miss time.

And Melmart - nothing to say to you. I'll point to a game last week where he shot 0 Fts. I forget, but does Duncan shoot FTs, too?
We're not talking about Duncan, are we? He played an entire season with Plantar Fasciitis, and won a championship on two gimp ankles. I hardly think that qualifies him as soft.

[Melmart1]

Sure sounded like you had something to say to me, though.

[Shank]

We're not talking about Duncan, are we? He played an entire season with Plantar Fasciitis, and won a championship on two gimp ankles. I hardly think that qualifies him as soft.

Right. And we weren't talking about free throws either, were we?

[samikeyp]

To call Nowitzki or Duncan soft is stupid...both are hall of famers.

[P-O-Z]

by: John Hollinger

If the New Jersey Nets were hoping to get a boost at the trade deadline, they sure got it. The twist is that, after weeks of rumors involving potential Nets deals, this boost had nothing to do with their own deal-making.

Instead, the Nets' playoffs hopes are vastly improved today because of the demise of one of their rivals, Miami, thanks to Dwyane Wade's dislocated shoulder and the impending resignation of coach Pat Riley. (OK, I'm kidding on that last part. But have you ever seen somebody's karma account evened in such dramatic fashion? Somewhere, Stan Van Gundy is laughing his mustache off.)


As things stand today, the Heat are 26-27 and in possession of the eighth seed in the East, but without Wade it's hard to imagine that situation remaining the same for long. The Heat are 1-6 when Wade hasn't played this season, with all six losses being by double figures.

And in the other 46 games, it's only been the brilliance of the league's top-rated player that has kept the team's head above water. As I've been pointing out since the third week of the season, Wade's supporting cast has been horrid.

Yes, Shaquille O'Neal is back, but this isn't the Shaq of old. Minus their lone superstar (sorry, Shaq), it's tough to imagine the Heat winning more than a third of their games -- and that may be generous, considering they were barely over .500 even when Wade played.


Estimates of Wade's absence seem to be running between four and six weeks, which based on Miami's upcoming schedule will knock him out for between 13 and 20 games. If it's the shorter of those estimates, the Heat might be able to survive the blow. Say Miami guts out a couple tough wins and manages to go 4-9 without Wade, dropping it to 30-36. The Heat could still make up ground in the final 16 games, and with a fairly light closing schedule the Heat might still get back to the 40 or so wins they'd probably need to get a playoff spot.


But if he's out six weeks, forget it. Then we're talking about 20 games, and if the Heat go 6-14 in that stretch (which might be optimistic) they'll be 32-41 by the time Wade gets back, with only nine games left to repair their record. Meanwhile, with New Jersey at 25-30 this morning and expecting Richard Jefferson back in early March, it stands to reason the Nets will end up around the 40-win mark themselves. So unless the Heat ran the table when Wade came back, they'd be looking at lotteryville.


Of course, New Jersey isn't the only beneficiary of Miami's misfortune. The Knicks and Magic also have brightened their outlooks. Orlando is just 14-24 since its torrid start and has fallen below .500, just percentage points ahead of Miami in the current playoff pecking order. With the Magic's puzzling decision to stand pat at the trade deadline, the Wade injury may be what they needed to get into the postseason. And unbelievably, the Knicks aren't out of it either. New York is only 24-31 after last night's inexcusable mail-in against Philadelphia, but have a favorable schedule and own the head-to-head tie-breaker against the Magic.


Finally, Wade's injury also puts us one step closer to what would be an unbelievable development -- a defending champion returning the same roster intact, and ending up in the lottery. Some times truth is stranger than fiction.


do you think we will lose 66% of our games without Wade?

[Shank]

Yes. More like 80%.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

What do they have left, 29 games? I see the Heat pulling together and winning between 13-17 games. It's hard to see them going 9-20 or 10-19.

[ponky]

:lmao lol I missed that... funny

it's weird that i only realized last week how his name was really spelled...what's weirder is that anytime you misspell something on google, like a famous person's name, it will ask you whether you are looking for such and such person, like "did you mean: insert name?"

when you type in dwayne wade, it just takes you to dwyane wade, doesn't ask you if you accidentally misspelled it...i don't think i've ever seen this automated correction with google before

[samikeyp]

If the Heat were in the West...they would be toast...since they are in the East....they can still make the playoffs...if they can hang in until Wade gets back..who knows?

[thekingrobert]

try and impress me and lose 100%

[Spurminator]

Sucks that they now have a tailor-made excuse for not repeating this year.

[Phil Hellmuth]

Heat are done. if you are counting on kapano to save your season, give me a break.

i will take any money wagers.

[ponky]

they may be 1-6 w/o wade but those games were also without shaq so that's not a good indicator of how they'll fare...the real problem is that they are playing some tough teams the next 15 games with 8 of those teams above 0.500 and some of those who are below 0.500 still putting up good games against weaker teams (knicks, wolves, magic)

i think more of this eighth seed spot depends on how well the nets play...i think they'll continue to underachieve and suck it up so if wade gets back in four weeks, they'll still have time to secure the 8th spot

[P-O-Z]

If the Heat were in the West...they would be toast...since they are in the East....they can still make the playoffs...if they can hang in until Wade gets back..who knows?
i really hope so

[schadenfreude52]

To call Nowitzki or Duncan soft is stupid...both are hall of famers.
:tu

[ponky]

goddamnit, ponky, get off my fucking dick already. you sure spend a whole lotta time going through each and every single one of my posts, i suppose i'm supposed to be flattered?

oh and nice try, but i hated lebron for some time now. i didn't wait till he crushed my team in the playoffs to start like you mav fans.



:lol :lol :lol i'd rather be stoned to death than get on your rotting two-incher...it's not hard to go through a couple of posts in about two minutes, idiot

also, like that scenario with lebron beating the kings in the playoffs is ever going to happen...kings won't get that far in this decade...keep it real :smokin

[schadenfreude52]

also, like that scenario with lebron beating the kings in the playoffs is ever going to happen...kings won't get that far in this decade...keep it real :smokin

Well, I'd never say never for anything. Things can change fast in this league.

[ponky]

Well, I'd never say never for anything. Things can change fast in this league.

*sigh* ok, ok....kings won't get that far this year...or next year...or the year after, unless dirk nowitzki, tim duncan, steve nash, amare and lebron get injured or traded to the kings this year, next year or the year after

[atxrocker]

:lol :lol :lol i'd rather be stoned to death than get on your rotting two-incher...it's not hard to go through a couple of posts in about two minutes, idiot

also, like that scenario with lebron beating the kings in the playoffs is ever going to happen...kings won't get that far in this decade...keep it real :smokin


weak. quick, go find a thread where somebody disagrees with your views and search thier 2000 posts since you obviously don't have a life and have plenty of time to do so. and way to address the issue with your weak "this scenario would never happen" comeback, nice.

[Fillmoe]

mavs response to anything a kings fan has to say


"kings aint going anywhere"


you cats is mad funny....... aint won shit in 2 decades, but now yall got some false hope. you guys talkin like you won something..... choked on the biggest stage in the game.... choked harder than a bitch in a porno and still talk like yall just won the last 3 championships..... :lol :lol

keep talkin that shit cuz your leader is a choker. just remember when the playoffs come and your team gets bounced, i wanna see what all you fucks talkin reckless right now have to say......

[ponky]

weak. quick, go find a thread where somebody disagrees with your views and search thier 2000 posts since you obviously don't have a life and have plenty of time to do so. and way to address the issue with your weak "this scenario would never happen" comeback, nice.

dumbass, the thread archive is only 300 posts, takes like a minute or two to pwn you...way to start your retort by talking about your dick, insecure much?

[ponky]

mavs response to anything a kings fan has to say


"kings aint going anywhere"


you cats is mad funny....... aint won shit in 2 decades, but now yall got some false hope. you guys talkin like you won something..... choked on the biggest stage in the game.... choked harder than a bitch in a porno and still talk like yall just won the last 3 championships..... :lol :lol

keep talkin that shit cuz your leader is a choker. just remember when the playoffs come and your team gets bounced, i wanna see what all you fucks talkin reckless right now have to say......

i never said kings weren't going nowhere...they might go to vegas

[mabber]

Unless they can somehow get the 7th seed or better it's not going to matter. They're not going to beat Detroit in the 1st round with Wade only back a short while (assuming he gets back prior to the playoffs). Their only chance is to avoid Detroit in the 1st round and gather momentum before playing them in the ECF's. I don't know what their schedule looks like the rest of the season though, so I don't know what their chances are of getting that 7th seed or higher w/o Wade.

[Fillmoe]

keep talkin that mess ponky.... cuz your squad is weak and the playoffs will be here soon enough...... and i will personally make sure you have committed suicide before the next season starts

[ponky]

keep talkin that mess ponky.... cuz your squad is weak and the playoffs will be here soon enough...... and i will personally make sure you have committed suicide before the next season starts


you do that dot, i'll continue talking smack until then

[LEONARD]

keep talkin that mess ponky.... cuz your squad is weak and the playoffs will be here soon enough...... and i will personally make sure you have committed suicide before the next season starts

Weirded post ever on ST??? :lol

WTF???

[mavs>spurs2]

Same to you when/if they win it all. Don't act like it's out of the realm of possibility.

[ponky]

Weirded post ever on ST??? :lol

WTF???

lol, i'm just messing with them because i'm bored, they are easy to rile up...fillmoe comes running whenever a mavs fan posts like he's the hallway monitor

http://www.rambamdayschool.org/Safety%20Patrol.jpg

[atxrocker]

dumbass, the thread archive is only 300 posts, takes like a minute or two to pwn you...way to start your retort by talking about your dick, insecure much?


spoken like someone who is a loser enough to know those things. way to make yourself look better. pwn me? haha, barely. you barely justify responses. you are good for a kick every now and then though, i'll give you that. insecure.... not at all. just hard to not notice when you dangle from my nuts so hard is all.

[DisgruntledLionFan#54,927]

Why wouldn't you know the thread count when every post has the corresponding number in the upper right?

[Rip-Hamilton32]

If the Heat were in the West...they would be toast...since they are in the East....they can still make the playoffs...if they can hang in until Wade gets back..who knows?

lol isn't denver in 7th or 8th with a .500 record?

[mavsfan1000]

spoken like someone who is a loser enough to know those things. way to make yourself look better. pwn me? haha, barely. you barely justify responses. you are good for a kick every now and then though, i'll give you that. insecure.... not at all. just hard to not notice when you dangle from my nuts so hard is all.
Ponky just brought up a point. It is getting annoying with this judgemental crap that the mavs can't be happy of Wade's injury despite all he's done and said against the mavs. You have been proven a hypocrite on this topic.

[samikeyp]

Ponky just brought up a point. It is getting annoying with this judgemental crap that the mavs can't be happy of Wade's injury despite all he's done and said against the mavs. You have been proven a hypocrite on this topic.

I think you have the right to believe how you want to. However, that right extends to the rest of us as well. You can celebrate DWade's injury all you want and no one has the right to tell you that cannot...however, others have the same right not to feel the same way you do and have the same right (as do you) to post accordingly.

[ponky]

spoken like someone who is a loser enough to know those things. way to make yourself look better. pwn me? haha, barely. you barely justify responses. you are good for a kick every now and then though, i'll give you that. insecure.... not at all. just hard to not notice when you dangle from my nuts so hard is all.

right, that's why you can't resist responding to my posts. i don't think you get the whole "get off my dick" "dangle from my nuts" concept but whatever, i find it amusing when guys have to resort to their genitalia to prove a point and you and fillmoe do it more than most

[thispego]

keep talkin that mess ponky.... cuz your squad is weak and the playoffs will be here soon enough...... and i will personally make sure you have committed suicide before the next season starts
:lmao :lmao :lmao

[TheMulvany]

My stepmom did this about a month ago. I was there when it happened. She didn't cry and walked to the car on the way to the hospital. She is going to miss 2 months of work from it...and she's not a basketball player, obviously. I don't see how Wade is going to only be out 6 weeks. No way. If he comes back in 6 weeks he's the biggest vag in the history of the NBA for crying on the bench like that.

[samikeyp]

Im confused ponky...does ATX want you to get off his dick or does he want you to dangle from his nuts. Both is possible but given the proximity could be difficult.

:lol

[SAtown]

Why can't you post this shit in the other threads about D Wade. I know all you little Mavs fans keep wiping your juicing cooters over this, but enough already. Get over it

[samikeyp]

I did and it felt like someone jabbed an icepick into my shoulder. Hope your stepmom gets better soon.

[thispego]

Ponky just brought up a point. It is getting annoying with this judgemental crap that the mavs can't be happy of Wade's injury despite all he's done and said against the mavs. You have been proven a hypocrite on this topic.
i get what you are saying. see, a spurs fan like me wouldnt understand that unnatural hate for a player of another team because no other team has beaten the spurs in the finals. we just dont understand

[thispego]

people dont undertsand that there are degrees of severity for injuries?

[ponky]

Im confused ponky...does ATX want you to get off his dick or does he want you to dangle from his nuts. Both is possible but given the proximity could be difficult.

:lol


:lol he definitely wants something but all i'm willing to do is give them both a quick swift kick...anyway, doesn't matter, he's probably usually obsessed with these in his mouth


http://blueridgeblog.blogs.com/blue_ridge_blog/Harley.jpg

[samikeyp]

:lol

[ponky]

i get what you are saying. see, a spurs fan like me wouldnt understand that unnatural hate for a player of another team because no other team has beaten the spurs in the finals. we just dont understand

i can see that...but, hehe, there have been spurs fans on here wishing that someone would've really broken dirk's ankle when he rolled it about a month ago...there are crap fans in every team's fanbase

[samikeyp]

I do...I had a grade 2 seperation and my shoulder still acts up from time to time. Its a bitch.

[mavsfan1000]

i get what you are saying. see, a spurs fan like me wouldnt understand that unnatural hate for a player of another team because no other team has beaten the spurs in the finals. we just dont understand
Maybe not the Finals but do you remember the lakers? I'm sure you all would love to see Shaq going down during those years the Lakers were destroying you all. It is natural to have a gut wrenching hate towards a player that beat your team. Especially if he talks shit about your team after he beats you.

[J.T.]

Where is the Heat vs Mavs vBookie so I can all in on the Mavs and make some fucking vcash.

[samikeyp]

i can see that...but, hehe, there have been spurs fans on here wishing that someone would've really broken dirk's ankle when he rolled it about a month ago...there are crap fans in every team's fanbase

Agreed. If someone roots for an injury, to me that is classless. I am not saying they can't do it, but I don't have to like it. Personally, I want the opponent to be 100% especially in the playoffs. It makes for better basketball and when its over, there are no excuses. Although sadly some still make them.

[thispego]

i can see that...but, hehe, there have been spurs fans on here wishing that someone would've really broken dirk's ankle when he rolled it about a month ago...there are crap fans in every team's fanbase
i was being more facetious towards mansfan1000 because he's a dumbass, but all the same. and you're right, it takes all types to make up a fanbase

[P-O-Z]

With the decision to avoid surgery, Wade and the Heat are hoping that rest and special exercises will re-strengthen the shoulder enough to keep the bone from popping out of the socket again so he can play this season, sports physicians said. Typically, such a program takes four to six weeks.
Wade's injury was a partial dislocation, meaning the upper arm bone was knocked loose from the socket, which in 85 percent of cases also tears the rotator cuff, a cup of cartilage that holds the bone in place.

[samikeyp]

Maybe not the Finals but do you remember the lakers? I'm sure you all would love to see Shaq going down during those years the Lakers were destroying you all. It is natural to have a gut wrenching hate towards a player that beat your team. Especially if he talks shit about your team after he beats you.

I understand that and I do see the venom directed at DWade from Mavs fans. As a Spurs fan, while I never wish for anyone to get hurt, I never shed tears for Shaq when I hear he misses games. I don't agree with the hate part though. I don't believe that hate belongs where games are played. That, however, is a personal opinion and not a suggested course of action nor is it chastising anyone who feels differently.

[P-O-Z]

My stepmom did this about a month ago. I was there when it happened. She didn't cry and walked to the car on the way to the hospital. She is going to miss 2 months of work from it...and she's not a basketball player, obviously. I don't see how Wade is going to only be out 6 weeks. No way. If he comes back in 6 weeks he's the biggest vag in the history of the NBA for crying on the bench like that.
it wasnt that serious what happend to your step mom then cuz if she really didnt cry than she is not human

[Melmart1]

How many threads do we need about Wade? You attention whores need to learn how to post in the other half dozen or so Wade threads like everyone else.

[thispego]

Maybe not the Finals but do you remember the lakers? I'm sure you all would love to see Shaq going down during those years the Lakers were destroying you all. It is natural to have a gut wrenching hate towards a player that beat your team. Especially if he talks shit about your team after he beats you.
i cant speak for anyone else, but I didnt want to beat the Lakers unless they were in full force. I would rather lose to the lakers in a gut-wrenching 7 game series than beat them in 5 with shaq injured. Cause then the spurs would have gone on because the lakers had some bad luck. least thats what they'd say.

[P-O-Z]

Where is the Heat vs Mavs vBookie so I can all in on the Mavs and make some fucking vcash.
its not like its real money i mean we are talking about v bookie what can you possibly do with that

[ponky]

Agreed. If someone roots for an injury, to me that is classless. I am not saying they can't do it, but I don't have to like it. Personally, I want the opponent to be 100% especially in the playoffs. It makes for better basketball and when its over, there are no excuses. Although sadly some still make them.

i agree. time to make dinner and get on with the games tonight.

[samikeyp]

Well said.

Now I gotta figure out what I am going to eat!

[J.T.]

its not like its real money i mean we are talking about v bookie what can you possibly do with that

Precisely so I can say shit like "My vDick is bigger than yours" on this forum.

[mavsfan1000]

i cant speak for anyone else, but I didnt want to beat the Lakers unless they were in full force. I would rather lose to the lakers in a gut-wrenching 7 game series than beat them in 5 with shaq injured. Cause then the spurs would have gone on because the lakers had some bad luck. least thats what they'd say.
Yeah that would be the ideal situation. I'm sure most mavs would like to beat the Heat at full strength. I feel that Wade deserved some karma. Maybe celebrating an injury is going overboard though but seeing the Heat struggle and watching Shaq try to carry a team by himself is fun as well.

[Holmes_Fans]

I don't like to see anyone get injured but at least it happened while he was in the act of fouling another player (which wasn't called) Better than if he had been knocked down on one of his patented drives to the basket.

Of course, they'll probably suspend Battier for hurting Wade...a reverse flagrant foul...or something. This is the NBA after all.
Word is Battier has been banned for life.

[td4mvp21]

Yeah that would be the ideal situation. I'm sure most mavs would like to beat the Heat at full strength. I feel that Wade deserved some karma. Maybe celebrating an injury is going overboard though but seeing the Heat struggle and watching Shaq try to carry a team by himself is fun as well.

Karma for what? Putting on a monster performance in the Finals?

[ducks]

Season-ending surgery an option for Wade
Season-ending surgery an option for Wade

By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer
February 22, 2007

AP - Feb 22, 12:22 am EST
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MIAMI (AP) -- Dwyane Wade is considering season-ending surgery to repair his dislocated left shoulder, which would be the biggest loss yet for the Miami Heat during their rocky reign as NBA champions.

The All-Star guard was hurt in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's 112-102 loss at Houston. Wade flew home early Thursday in a private plane and was examined at a hospital by team physician Dr. Harlan Selesnick, who conducted a battery of tests.

"Wade is presently weighing his treatment options provided to him by the Heat medical staff," the team said in a statement. "Wade still needs to discuss these options with his family and Heat president and head coach Pat Riley, and will then decide what course of action to take."

Riley said he would talk with Wade about the decision in the next couple of days.

"I don't have any anticipation," Riley said Thursday night before an NBA finals rematch against Dallas. "I wrote him a letter today -- FedExed it, because his mailbox was loaded on his phone."

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Regardless of Wade's choice of treatment, his injury further weakens the Heat's bid to repeat. They may be hard-pressed merely to make the playoffs.

"We're going to need a couple of days to readjust to this," Riley said.

The injury stung especially hard because it came in the first game in which Wade, Riley and Shaquille O'Neal have been together since mid-November. Plagued by health issues much of the season, the Heat had won seven of eight games to reach .500, their best record since they were 3-3, and appeared ready to surge into the playoffs.

Instead, they went into the Dallas game missing their leading scorer and five games behind Washington in the Southeast Division with 29 to play. At 26-27, Miami had the eighth-best record in the East and was 2 1/2 games out of ninth place.

The top eight teams in the conference qualify for the postseason. Only once since 1970 has the defending NBA champion failed to make the playoffs -- Chicago in 1999.

"You don't know how this whole thing is going to play out," Riley said. "We'll have to play with a sense of urgency."

Wade's injury wasn't enough to push the Heat into making a deal before Thursday's NBA trading deadline.

"There were some late-night calls last night," Riley said. "But my begging didn't work. It usually doesn't happen in the 11th hour. ... We couldn't make the kind of move we thought would have impact."

O'Neal said he's not yet projecting playoff seedings, but in Wade's absence, he said it's time for him to become more active.


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"I'm going to start playing really aggressive," he said. "Hopefully I'll get more looks and get more touches and be able to keep everyone involved."

O'Neal, who turns 35 next month, is still rounding into form after returning Jan. 24 from knee surgery. He had 20 points and 16 rebounds in 27 minutes Wednesday.

"If we can get Shaq to play the way he did tonight, we will be in pretty good shape," Riley said.

"We have to keep the big fellow going," forward James Posey said.

Even with O'Neal as another option on offense, Wade leaves a huge void. The MVP of last season's NBA finals is third in the league in scoring with an average of 28.8 points.

"He's the one we look to to take shots," center Alonzo Mourning said. "Guys are going to take up the slack. We've got guys in here who have been in those roles before, so when our number is called, we've got to produce, plain and simple. We've got to do everything a little bit better now."

Wade was on defense when his left arm collided with Houston's Shane Battier and awkwardly stretched back. Wade walked off the court hunched over in pain and sat on the bench in tears as his shoulder was examined. He then left in a wheelchair and went to a hospital by ambulance.

Wade bruised the same shoulder in a game Feb. 13 but played in the All-Star game Sunday.

For the Heat, Wade's departure was all too familiar. He already had missed seven games this season, O'Neal has been out 39 games, and starting point guard Jason Williams has missed 20.

In addition, Riley returned this week after been sidelined since Jan. 3 for operations to replace his left hip and repair cartilage in his right knee.

"Obviously injuries are a part of this game," Mourning said. "But it seems as though this year we've been behind the eight ball when it comes to injuries."

AP Sports Writers Tim Reynolds in Miami, Kristie Rieken in Houston and David Jimenez in Houston contributed to this report.

[angel_luv]

I feel so sorry for Wade. Hopefully he is as good as new soon.

[lefty]

He deserves better

[johnpaulwall21]

Well one threat out of the way :spin

[lefty]

Well one threat out of the way :spin

Remember when Duncan missed the 2000 playoffs?

U don't want that to happen again

[sandeepgm]

It might be probably better to take the surgery option for him. Listening to what kenny and charles said it seems like surgery is a must, its just a matter of when.

I think with rest after the off season surgery, he should be as good as new.

[johnpaulwall21]

Remember when Duncan missed the 2000 playoffs?

U don't want that to happen again


What does what i said have to do with duncan? :reading

[Amare_32]

I say he takes the surgery. The Heat were not going to repeat anyways. Why put off surgery for what is going to be a losing cause?

[johnpaulwall21]

I say he takes the surgery. The Heat were not going to repeat anyways. Why put off surgery for what is going to be a losing cause?


I agree with AMARE, just do the surgery there aint no point of comin back this year to lose to the pistons and not even make it to the finals.

[lefty]

What does what i said have to do with duncan? :reading

Think Kelso think

[lefty]

I agree with AMARE, just do the surgery there aint no point of comin back this year to lose to the pistons and not even make it to the finals.
So why did u say "Well one threat out of the way"?????????/

[johnpaulwall21]

cause hes hurt and hes no longer a threat to this years title run, and they might have gotten past the pistons if he was a man possessed. :toast

[lefty]

cause hes hurt and hes no longer a threat to this years title run.
That's why I mentioned Duncan

[TDMVPDPOY]

dont dare to compared wade to tim duncan, duncan didnt fuckn cry when he went down

[trueD]

Good opportunity for the big guy to prove his worth to the team, beyond saving himself for the PO's. I think he'll pass the test. Whether or not the Heat do well in the PO's, look for Shaq to contribute in Wade's honor, seems like that's just how it is with those two. gush gush gush...

Get well Mr. 2006 Playoff MVP.

[JMarkJohns]

He's got to do this surgery. Don't sacrifice the future on the altar of the immediate.

[jman3000]

"I don't have any anticipation," Riley said Thursday night before an NBA finals rematch against Dallas. "I wrote him a letter today -- FedExed it, because his mailbox was loaded on his phone."



I might be the only one who caught this... but isn't it illegal to send letters via anything but the USPS?

[trueD]

I might be the only one who caught this... but isn't it illegal to send letters via anything but the USPS?

No, legal documents are sent via overnight UPS, FED-EX, etc. daily.

[Fillmoe]

lol, i'm just messing with them because i'm bored, they are easy to rile up...fillmoe comes running whenever a mavs fan posts like he's the hallway monitor

http://www.rambamdayschool.org/Safety%20Patrol.jpg


nice one.... stop stealing my own jokes please

[Fillmoe]

mavs fans are prolly out celebrating.....

[sabar]

Karma is Wade's season ending injury leading to Miami getting the first pick, drafting Oden, and taking out the Mavs in the finals for the next 3 years.

[thepeopleslawyer]

Karma is Wade's season ending injury leading to Miami getting the first pick, drafting Oden, and taking out the Mavs in the finals for the next 3 years.


:lol

[dirk4mvp]

mavs fans are prolly out celebrating.....


why would people celebrate over that?

[Holmes_Fans]

why would people celebrate over that?
Because the spurs are the class of the league and can do no wrong.

[LEONARD]

I don't see any way that Wade can have surgery and come back for the playoffs. He should just have the surgery and start fresh next year...he'll be risking having it not heal properly, or re-injury...

[RonMexico]

NBA Live cover curse

[samikeyp]

Damn that NBA live! :p: