Let’s get a few things out of the way first:

1. Dwyane Wade is playing the best basketball player of anyone on the planet right now.  There is a 92% chance that he is in that “there’s no possible way I’m letting my team lose” zone that we have only ever seen Kobe, Duncan, Shaq, Jordan, and Hakeem get into for the past 20 years.  I don’t want to and couldn’t possibly take anything away from him.

2. LeBron James did what his team needed him to do in games 1 and 3 for the Heat to win the game.  Sure, we could nitpick things like, “He’s a great passer, especially when it means he gets to give up the ball so he doesn’t have to take the deciding shot, thus absolving him from all responsibility,” but let’s be honest…this is what we have always wanted him to do. Everyone has said he’s more Magic than Jordan, and he’s finally playing like it. He’s a fantastic Second Banana.

3.  Dirk Nowitzki is just unbelievable…and still the most unstoppable scorer in the world.

These are the things we should be discussing right now.  Instead, ESPN has their own agenda of what they think is important.

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