Originally posted by LA9erFan:
Stahp. lol
Wiggins is best for the Cavs, but LeBron isn't the best for Wiggins. All he'll be until LeBron's gone is a spot up shooter & finisher in transition. But he'll be a great defender and will allow that burden to be taken off of LeBron.
He has consistently made players around him better. That's his biggest asset and that's why players want to play with him. That's why his teams won 66 games and went 26-4 against West with a supporting cast of Mo Williams, Varejao, and Z. After he left - the following year - they won just 19 games. Lebron has the highest win-share of any player in the last several years.
And, Varejao is not a spot up shooter, neither is Wade
(who had best stretches of his career with Lebron when healhty) - neither is Chris Anderson
(easily the best year and a half of his career).
Wade 2008: 28.2 ppg, 7apg, 4.7rpg, 2.0 spg 1.3bpg, 49% fg percentage
Wade 2009: 26.4ppg, 6.5apg, 4.8rpg, 1.8spg, 1bpg, 47.6% fg percentage
Wade had better years individually. When you factor in how bad his supporting cast was and how frequently he was double-triple teamed - his nos. are even more impressive. Yes, Kobe won championships with a great team around him...but strictly talking about individual player here.
[ Edited by 4ML on Jul 13, 2014 at 8:36 AM ]