what will bowen do to wade?

[3rdCoast]

How does Shaq get so lucky and catch a upcoming superstar in Wade? This guy could be the next Jordan and is already better than Kobe. Bowen will not stop Wade because Wade is too fast for Bowen or anyone else.

SHAQ DIDNT GET LUCKY. HE KNEW THAT WADE WAS BAD ASS THEREFORE HE HAD MIAMI ON HIS LIST OF TEAMS HE WOULD ACCEPT A TRADE TO.

[E20]

The problem is if you let "Wade get his", Wade is going to go out there and get 50.

Well when Wade is getting 50, it won't be like Nash getting 30 Points and 12 Assists which equals over 55 points. No matter what people say about how Shaq isn't 100% and can still dominate it comes down to Wade, he's actually doing the dominating and the way Shaq played with 24 Points and 6 Rebounds against a horrible defensive game by the Pistons I wouldn't be too worried about him and have faith in Mo, Rasho, and Mass in trying to contain him.

[ALVAREZ6]

Yeah this is his SECOND year.

And?

Read the second sentence in my previous post.

[ducks]

you do realize how good the heat were without shaq?

[Tek_XX]

Damn some of ya'll make Wade sound like MJ, he's good but don't make him seem unstoppable(see game 1 of this series). He will get his points, and that's ok, we would just have to hold other players down as much as possible.

[ducks]

how many days was wade off before game one
like 11 right?

[myhc]

Wade is the real deal. I'd easily put him as a top 5 guard in the league. He did struggle in game 1 but then dropped 40 and 36 on a great defensive Pistons team. Nobody on our team is going to stop him. The key would be to stop everybody else. You can't have guys like Dooling and the Jones boys hitting 3s.

[TMSKILZ]

We're in trouble.

[mavsfan1000]

I would put Bruce Bowen on Eddie Jones and alternate Parker and Ginobili on Wade. The key is to shut down Eddie Jones and Damon Jones.

[HB22inSA]

I like Ginobili on Wade, and Bowen on E. Jones.

[3rdCoast]

what will bowen do to wade?

He will watch in awe while Wade makes a lot of posters................


It will be fun when it goes down. Congrats to the spurs for sweeping. lets see if mia can trash det in 5 or 6.


heat vs spurs in the finals. these will be some fun gtg's.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

You can't have guys like Dooling and the Jones boys hitting 3s.

That's the key, same as it was against the Lakers - you can't let the role players kill you.

[MI21]

Tony Parker - Damon Jones
Manu Ginobili - Eddie Jones
Bruce Bowen - Dwyane Wade
Tim Duncan - Udonis Haslem
Nazr Mohammed - Shaquille O'Neal

Would anyone have any problems with that at all?

[usckk]

Rasho-O'Neal

[wildbill2u]

can he shut down wade in the finals?


if there is a thread about playing pistons in finals I think the heat deserve one also.

And wade is awesome

Shut him down? NO. Wade IS a great young player and you can't completely shut down the great ones.

But Bowen doesn't have to shut him down for us to win. If he takes him from a 30ppg player to low 20s ppg then he will have done his job and probably handed the series to the Spurs.

[mavsfan1000]

This is one matchup that Bowen will struggle with. Bowen likes to get in peoples faces but Wade has such a quick first step that he will get by Bowen and might get the spurs big men in foul trouble. I say put all 3 players on Wade to give him different looks so he doesn't get in a rhythm. If you keep one player on him he will figure it out.

[Jimcs50]

Wade would not break 30 in any game that Bruce was on him.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Parker has guarded him before. When Wade first entered the league, he was a PG and Parker guarded him for pretty much the whole game.

Looking back on the stats of that game, Parker did a pretty good job. 14 points, three rebounds and one assist on 7-15 shooting.

Again, that's not the first person I want on Wade but in certain pick and roll situations, Parker makes sense.

Wade wasn't the player he is now, not by a long shot. I don't know what they're feeding the kid, but it certainly had the effect they intended, that and more.