In fact, many NBA fans have said: single-core championship itself is a false proposition! After all, basketball is a sport for five people, especially on the stage of the NBA Finals, and no star can rely on his superpower to save the team from fire and water. That being said, monocore is always relative!
In fact, in the past 20 years, fans generally recognize that the single-core championship is Duncan in 2003 and Nowitzki in 11 years, and there is actually a reason why Wade is excluded. First, Wade, although he has performed very well, has been carrying the question of the Heat's black whistle. Second, the heat's many "old stars" have made his single-core team lose some support, such as O'Neal, Mourning, Payton and other stars, although they are no longer braver than they were then, but they are also former All-Star players.
So the question is, leaving aside all objective factors and public opinion guidance, is Wade in 2006 a rare single-core champion? Let me show you about the situation at that time.
The data of the main rotation players in the 2006 Heat Finals is as follows:
1. Wade: Averages 34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game.
2. Antoine Walker: Averaging 13.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game,
3. Shaquille O'Neal: Averaging 13.7 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game,
4. Jason Williams: Averaging 8.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game,
5. James Posey: 7.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game,
6. Udunis Haslem: 6.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game,
7. Alonzo Monin: 4.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game,
8. Gary Payton: Averaged 2.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game.
In fact, that year's Finals was Wade's first Finals, and he had matured like an old player after only 3 years in the league. Remember the 06 Finals, the Heat was taken by the Mavericks first two wins, if you lose one more game, it will basically declare that the Heat will not be able to win the championship, because no team in the history of the NBA can successfully turn the tables under the premise of 0-3. At this time, Wade stood up and performed the anti-heaven performance for 4 consecutive times like a god and finally took the game away.
During the Finals, "Flash" Wade averaged 34.7 points, 7.8 boards, 3.8 assists and 2.7 steals per game, and the efficiency value reached 33.8, it is worth mentioning that the efficiency value of 33.8 made Wade the first person in the history of the Finals at that time! After watching Wade's performance, many fans think that even if the Heat fell behind 0-3 that year, as long as there is Wade, it is likely to complete the turnover! Because Wade scored 42 points, 36, 43 and 36 points in the last four games.
Such a feat completely made Wade a god, even if there are stars such as Morningn, O'Neal, and Payton in the team, but you know, they will no longer have the strength and data of the stars, just like Kidd and Marion when the Mavericks won the championship, they can only contribute experience in the finals, and they are strong and insufficient!
The black sentry gate overshadowed Wade's feat
The black whistle gate is actually a thing, but the fans prefer to believe that Wade, who is just a maverick, can't restrain the rampage, in order to make an objective and fair evaluation analysis, here I also briefly mention the black whistle gate of that year.
According to the NBA's famous black whistle referee Donnesi (who later went to jail for blowing black whistle), the 2006 Finals was a star-making event deliberately planned by the league! In order to save the league's dismal Finals ratings, Wade's personal heroism was also a very good selling point, after all, the league at that time was not popular with stars, but one person and one city.
If we savor, that year, the new star Wade, who reached the finals for the first time, faced the Mavericks led by European superstar Nortenwang, and the first two games were 0-2 behind the opponents, it seems that this championship trophy Mavericks is bound to win. However, after game three, the league began to "protect" Wade, as long as he hit the inside line, there is a high probability that he can easily complete two free throws for fouls, which is tantamount to a chronic poison, killing the Hope of the Mavericks to fight back.
In the final four games, Wade averaged 18.3 free throws per game, especially in the fifth and sixth key games, with Wade standing on the free throw line a total of 46 times. Wade averaged 39.3 points in his last four games, helping the team to win four consecutive sets, creating history and putting the Mavericks in despair, and Cuban even to this day is still angry that he believes that this championship should belong to them.
All in all, Wade created a myth, you can say that Wade's Heat ate the benefits of the league's black whistle favoritism, but we can't deny his ability to lead the team, after all, Wade was a rookie third grade at that time, and many stars may not be able to come up with such an explosive Finals performance even if they have advantages. So, do you think Wade is a single-core team leader in 2006?