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Tracy McGrady scored 32 points Wednesday night to lead the Houston Rockets to a 112-102 victory over the Miami Heat, who had Pat Riley back on the bench but lost Dwyane Wade late in the game.

Wade injured his left shoulder in the fourth quarter and was in so much pain that he had to be taken off in a wheelchair.

The Heat were 13-17 when Riley stepped down nearly seven weeks ago for operations to replace his left hip and repair cartilage in his right knee. They had gotten back on track recently, winning seven of their last eight games, but trailed by as many as 18 Wednesday and dropped back below .500.

Wade, who left with 27 points, got tangled up with Shane Battier and grimaced in pain before going to the bench. A couple of minutes later he was helped into a wheelchair and taken off the bench. He was not moving his left arm and appeared to be in severe pain as he was wheeled away.

The Heat said Wade would not accompany the team on their trip to Dallas for Thursday night's game, instead going to a Houston hospital to have his injury diagnosed.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8NEJDI80.html

The AP is reporting he dislocated his Shoulder and will be out for awhile per ESPN.

Anyone who wants to add the video of his reaction to the injury and pain would be appreciated.

He cried... lollerskates

I was just waiting for the commentators to say something stupid like "wow he is so courageous" while he was being pushed off in a wheelchair
...
for a SHOULDER dislocation!

no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT WILL STERN DO WITHOUT DWADE.

I just got to see them wheelchair him off the court and in back of the arena.
IF he doesn't have a broken bone or major nerve damage he's a pussy.

First thing I thought when I saw this was, "Damn, now Riley needs to find a way out of this mess". I'm guessing his hip is going to start giving him problems again.

The Heat are actually fortunate that this happened before the trade deadline, since they may actually need Posey even more now, or they may go out and try to get somebody to help in Wade's absence.

Also, here's how this is going to play out, and you can go ahead and bookmark this paragraph. There will be an MRI today, then there will be an announcement that Wade is going to miss a significant amount of time (maybe a month or more). He'll sit out maybe 3-5 games and then will announce that he's going to try and "gut it out" and come back ahead of schedule (what a fierce competitor!). I'll also predict a huge wrap or brace on his shoulder that is easily visable even with his jersey on.

Lord help us if the Heat fall to the 9 or 10 spot in the East while he's out. If that's the case and he sneaks them into the 8 spot, I might kill myself so I don't have to hear about that the rest of my life.

Glenn:
Great point on Riley. I'm thinking maybe an accident involving hair gel and a skateboard, and Riley is going to be at Club Med within 72 hours.

Since when does a injured shoulder warrent a wheelchair? I guarentee you no football player or hockey player has ever been wheeled/carted/carried off from a dislocated shoulder. Stern probably has a rule that any time Wade gets hurt they have to use a wheel chair and neck brack to protect his investment.

http://espn.go.com/photo/2007/0221/nba_ap_wade_275.jpg

You know, some people walk off of the floor with a broken leg. He had to leave the arena in a stretcher.

Cold Pizza miami beat reporter speculating labral tear (Labrum)

If that's true his season is finished, but he'll be fine after the offseason.

I think Shaq will keep them in the playoffs still. Hopefully to pound on Washington or Cleveland in the first round.

Cold Pizza miami beat reporter speculating labral tear (Labrum)


Labrum? Are you sure they didn't say Labia?

I bet he is back Next week.

I bet he is back Next week.

And players get T'd up for touching him.

Can we play smokey robinson's "tears of a clown" every time he touches the ball next game in detroit?

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LOL Wheelchair for a shoulder, what a pusssay. And you guys crack me up.

I posted the pic because I know people on here can do some creative stuff with that.

And players get T'd up for touching him.

Shane Battier's days in the NBA are numbered.

Did Wade get called for a foul? I watched the video and Wade did it hacking Battier on the elbow.

Did Wade get called for a foul? I watched the video and Wade did it hacking Battier on the elbow.

foul?

david stern paid a few guys to teach Battier a lesson after the game. he's expected to miss 4-6 months.

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I made a new sig from that pic:

dwade tears of unity sigs may start popping up.

this just shows how soft a player he really is. maybe all his 'flopping' isn't flopping after all. maybe he really is just THAT fragile and soft.

because i've dislocated my shoulder before. it was and is very painful. more so than some people might think. but being wheeled off in a wheelchair? and then having to be put on a stretcher......?

what a huge sissy-bitch! i just think he's really THAT soft and can't handle any amount of pain.

i am almost embarrased for him! i mean, come on man! toughen up a bit! LMFAO. now i expect him to come out in one of those 'stephen hawking' type wheelchairs, with the straw so he can blow through it to control all his movements. cause afterall, it would be too hard to perform any other functions when you separate your shoulder!

anyway the heat are done. they'll make the playoffs but as a fairly low seed. we might even face them in round 1 if they're the 8th seed. that would be a dream come true for me; eliminating shaq in round 1!

Also, here's how this is going to play out, and you can go ahead and bookmark this paragraph. There will be an MRI today, then there will be an announcement that Wade is going to miss a significant amount of time (maybe a month or more). He'll sit out maybe 3-5 games and then will announce that he's going to try and "gut it out" and come back ahead of schedule (what a fierce competitor!). I'll also predict a huge wrap or brace on his shoulder that is easily visable even with his jersey on.

Lord help us if the Heat fall to the 9 or 10 spot in the East while he's out. If that's the case and he sneaks them into the 8 spot, I might kill myself so I don't have to hear about that the rest of my life.
What really worries me - is that this is almost 100% going to happen...

Loving the Battier sig too[smilie=llama_banan:

I told you Pat Riley coming back would be a jinx.

Dislocating anything fucking hurts like hell. The first time I dislocated my finger I thought I was going to faint. It fucking hurt so bad. Now when it dislocates its not near as bad.

Most of the posts in this thread reminds me of high school. lol

Seperated my shoulder a few years ago while on the wrasslin team. Sucked.

The wheelchair was pretty dramatic, but I wish him well.

Did it say anywhere yet that it was indeed a shoulder dislocation?

Did it say anywhere yet that it was indeed a shoulder dislocation?


I haven't seen it, but David Aldridge said on TNT it's a seperation and it will surely require surgury either now or in the off season.

Just saying, no official word leaves open a DWade comeback.

It would be like professional wrestling:

OH MY GOD, WHO IS THAT WALKING DOWN THE RAMP? IS THAT DWYANE WADE?! OH HE'S CRAZY! HE'S INSANE TO PLAY WITH THAT SHOULDER! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT! WHAT COURAGE! WHAT DETERMINATION!! WHAT A MAN!!!!!!!!!!

Fuck that.

I hear what Archdiocese is saying, but man, Wade MUST have grown up watching Soccer.
Another fucker is Ginobli. Every game I've seen him in, the fucker just flat out runs into people, falls down, and ends up at the free throw line.
Couple weeks ago, against Phoenix, he comes barreling into the key and knees a Suns player in the junk. So much for "principle of verticality". Suns player goes down, and now only a dog can hear him talk, and ginobli goes to the line for two free throws.
Fuck Ginobli. He's probably dating John Amaechi.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

lol

I haven't seen it, but David Aldridge said on TNT it's a seperation and it will surely require surgury either now or in the off season.

It is possible to play with a torn labrum (not very smart and effective), if it is the rotator cuff then no.

I'm sure Wade's agent will convince him to let Detroit have an easy playoff path this year.

The thing is just we have no idea what the injury is. If his shoulder is torn then I have no problem with the wheelchair to stabilize the arm. It prevents more damage. But if he comes back and plays in a week because it's just a bruise then he deserves to be made fun of. Depends on the extent of the injury.

What a pansy. Didn't Mike Golic play an entire 2nd half in the NFL w/ a seperated shoulder? I understand you don't want to move the shoulder but get real, a freaking wheel chair. I'm surprised David Stern didn't fly in to suck him off to make him feel better. He's also reviewing the tape to get Battier a 22 game suspension for "conduct detrimental to the league". Dictator stern doesn't know what to do w/o his son playin and getting all the calls. DIAPER DWAYNE IS THE BIGGEST PANSY IN THE NBA.

GO PISTONS...

I also remember Corey Schlesinger playing the entire second half of a season with a broken back. But Dwyane Wade can't walk off of the court?

Don't get me wrong, it sucks he hurt himself. BUT MAN UP!

Chris Spielman played an entire game with a seperated shoulder, and led the Lions in tackles that game too. Why didn't he just walk off to begin with? Why bother with the bench, I would have just headed to the lockeroom right then.

Chris Spielman played an entire game with a seperated shoulder, and led the Lions in tackles that game too. Why didn't he just walk off to begin with? Why bother with the bench, I would have just headed to the lockeroom right then.

he had to stop by the bench for a box of tissues.

There are degrees of separation, iirc.

Jack Lambert played a Super Bowl with a broken ankle.

Matt types on his computer with a broken finger nail.

i've been known to tough it out with a hangnail, on some nights.

once i stubbed my toe, though. i called 911 and requested a helicopter to take me to the hospital. those fuckers thought i was kidding.

i've been known to tough it out with a hangnail, on some nights.

once i stubbed my toe, though. i called 911 and requested a helicopter to take me to the hospital. those fuckers thought i was kidding.

I'm toughing it out right now too. I slept on my shoulder wrong but I'm still watching TV.

Tahoe, put some Icy Hot on that shit, ASAP.

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I was going up to jam on someone who stuck their foot out where my leg got caught,
tearing my ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus from the awkward bend inside that my knee made.
While falling forward on that same knee, I suffered a bone contusion on it and got up.

I needed help, but I walked on that sonofabitch. This cat is a professional
basketball player. I'm not. Walk off the court and give people something to cheer
about. Don't be a lil' bitch. Fuck that shit.

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I was going up to jam on someone who stuck their foot out where my leg got caught,
tearing my ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus from the awkward bend inside that my knee made.
While falling forward on that same knee, I suffered a bone contusion on it and got up.

I needed help, but I walked on that sonofabitch. This cat is a professional
basketball player. I'm not. Walk off the court and give people something to cheer
about. Don't be a lil' bitch. Fuck that shit.

[smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2:

werd.

I was going up to jam on someone who stuck their foot out where my leg got caught,
tearing my ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus from the awkward bend inside that my knee made.
While falling forward on that same knee, I suffered a bone contusion on it and got up.

I needed help, but I walked on that sonofabitch. This cat is a professional
basketball player. I'm not. Walk off the court and give people something to cheer
about. Don't be a lil' bitch. Fuck that shit.



Werd. I tore my ACL and meniscus, and I walked off as well (lightly). D-Wade's a flopping pussy son of a bitch.

I was going up to jam on someone who stuck their foot out where my leg got caught,
tearing my ACL, MCL, LCL and meniscus from the awkward bend inside that my knee made.
While falling forward on that same knee, I suffered a bone contusion on it and got up.

I needed help, but I walked on that sonofabitch. This cat is a professional
basketball player. I'm not. Walk off the court and give people something to cheer
about. Don't be a lil' bitch. Fuck that shit.

[smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2: [smilie=heatsmiley2:


that's weird because i had the EXACT same injury. and i played the rest of the game, hitting the winning shot (a dunk from the free throw line). later on i skipped rope to the hospital to strengthen the knee going into surgery.

then i assisted the doctor, no, make that i operated on my own knee and played in the very next game.

you guys are all soft.

acl, mcl, meniscus, full tears, I came back for the 2nd half. Quickly realized it was a bad idea, but I went back in.

I fell from a 5th story window and broke every bone in my body, but I'll be damned if I didn't get up and shake the baby in the stroller I landed next to.

Funny funny guys, but really I broke a few bones in my foot including the Lisfranc injury that Jones has and I walked myself in my house and onto the couch. DWade is just a complete pussy. This solidifies what Ive always thought... he doesnt come back from injuries in game to lead his team, he just grimaces over the same thing other players have happen to them but they dont show the pain on their faces. I used to think he looked like a turtle, but that is obviously an insult to my turtle now. The female dropped my turtle once and he bounced off a brick wall on the way down of what could only be considered a 50 story fall for him, and he got up and ate some turtle food. Turtle > Wade.

You may think that you've seen this before, but watch the whole thing.

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That is freaking awesome!

Awesome find, Glenn. Made my day.

This could be a good trend for all of his annoying ass commercials.

Maybe he could fall off his bike and cry in his one commercial.

Livingston wasn't even grimacing as they took him off the court on the stretcher. That makes Wade look like an even bigger cry baby.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aySGUzzxjGE

I'm so sick of every announcer suckin off wade. He goes through the lane uncontrollably and a lot of the times isn't even touched. Look at this ridiculous video of him driving and doing a spin move (he traveled and no call of course) and he gets the call. David Stern tries so hard to make him look better than he is. I wish Jordan would have gotten all these ridiculous calls so he could've average over 40/game. I can't stand Wade and the fact that he needs a wheelchair is such a freaking joke. DIAPER DWANYE. I really hope he doesn't come back because you know all we're going to hear from Hubie Brown is that Wade is such a trooper and everykid at home should model his characteristics of his pansy ass. Enjoy the vid.

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^Fool posted it in the around the NBA thread.

Sorry, I couldn't figure out how to upload the video on here. If anyone knows how to let me know and I'll change it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aySGUzzxjGE
Just put the youtube tags around the portion on the youtube url after the equals sign. Like making something bold.

aySGUzzxjGE

(of course, spell "youtube" correctly to get the tag to work)

^Fool posted it in the around the NBA thread.

Yea, obviously I'm the fool. Look at the thread...NBA>Dwade Injured in Loss to HOU; Dislocated Shoulder I'm not seeing around the NBA thread anywhere in there.

I think WTFChris is assuming that's a video of the Livingston injury which I (Fool) posted a link to the vid of in the "Around the NBA: February 2007 (Trade Deadline edition) (http://wtfdetroit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8383)(Last Page (http://wtfdetroit.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8383&page=10))"
and not a video of that phantom foul where Wade spins in the lane, falls down without being touched, and gets the foul call.

He wasn't calling you names.

Yes, I was assuming he was looking for the Livingston video that you (Fool) posted.

Great, you guys just scared him away.

Don't leave umichjenks!!!!!

I'm thinking of changing my name over the debacle.

Haha, its ok. Just a lil misunderstanding. Didn't mean to jump down anyones throat. I was just getting irritated because I still can't post that video. When I put it up there it just shows up as a big white box.

aySGUzzxjGE

aySGUzzxjGE
(just replace the "oo" with a "u")

BIG NEWS FROM CONVERSE EVERYONE. THEY'RE IN TALKS WITH SEVERAL WHEELCHAIR COMPANIES TO PRODUCE A SPECIAL ED. WADE WHEELCHAIR FOR SERIOUS INJURIES ONLY. THIS INCLUDES ANY TIME WADE FALLS DOWN OR IF HE GETS A COLD DURING THE SEASON. ONLY PANSIES CAN ORDER THIS SPECIAL EDITION SO STERN AND WADE HAVE 4 PRE-ORDERED.


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j186/jpusta/dwadechair.jpg

Also, here's how this is going to play out, and you can go ahead and bookmark this paragraph. There will be an MRI today, then there will be an announcement that Wade is going to miss a significant amount of time (maybe a month or more). He'll sit out maybe 3-5 games and then will announce that he's going to try and "gut it out" and come back ahead of schedule (what a fierce competitor!). I'll also predict a huge wrap or brace on his shoulder that is easily visable even with his jersey on.

Lord help us if the Heat fall to the 9 or 10 spot in the East while he's out. If that's the case and he sneaks them into the 8 spot, I might kill myself so I don't have to hear about that the rest of my life.


Okay, here we go...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-0227heatwhitehouse,0,6073214.story?coll=sfla-sports-front


Wade leaning toward return

By Ira Winderman
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted February 27 2007, 5:12 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Heat guard Dwyane Wade gave a strong indication Tuesday that he plans to return from his dislocated left shoulder before the end of the season.

Speaking shortly after the Heat was honored at the White House for its 2006 NBA Championship, Wade sounded as if he would at least attempt rehabilitation before considering surgery that would sideline him for at least four months.

Wade's options are a vigorous rehabilitation program that could have him back for the final two weeks of the regular season, or surgery that would not have him back until next season. In either case, surgery would eventually be a necessity.

Asked about potential long-term risks by delaying the surgery, Wade sounded as if would move forward with a short-term solution.

"Of course you always worry about what-if, there's always the what-if," he said of potentially aggravating his injury. "But if there's a possibility where you can try come back, you can't think about the what-if, you've got to go ahead with it."

Wade's comments were his first since he dislocated the shoulder while reaching in for a steal against Rockets forward Shane Battier in the fourth quarter of a game last Wednesday in Houston. He is scheduled to receive a second opinion as early as today, but sounded Tuesday as if he had been well versed on the rehabilitation option.

"I mean, the reports are accurate: It's eventually surgery," he said. "But there's also an opportunity in there where I can opt for the rehab, and the rehab and the therapy, and get it strong and make a return by the end of the season."

In fact, while President Bush addressed the gathering of team officials, family members and a large turnout of Florida's congressional contingent, Wade smiled knowingly when it was mentioned how his team had so often overcome adversity on the way to last season's championship.

"I'm feeling as good as I can feel," he said, with his left arm in a sling and the left sleeve of his suit coat flapping by his side. "My spirits are high, and that's the main thing. I know that everything in life happens for a reason, so I will find out what this reason is."

He then smiled as he was questioned by the front lawn of the White House.

"I'm in no pain right now," he said. "I'm on the highest medication. So I really don't know what I'm saying."

But it was clear the moment was meaningful.

"I was excited to get here," he said. "I haven't seen my teammates in a while, so it was good to get out of the house and come out.

"I mean you always see teams that go to the White House. To be here today with this group of guys and have a joyous day outside of basketball was great."

Wade was scheduled to return to South Florida shortly after the hourlong event.

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BTW, Leno played some clips from the White House visit. Bush said he wished he knew what it was like to win something. Lol.

I wonder if Al Gore saw that.

Then he tried to bounce a basketball and it died.

Wade says he'll try to return for playoffs

Associated Press



MIAMI -- Dwyane Wade (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/profile?statsId=3708) will try to come back this season.

The Miami Heat guard said Monday he has decided to delay surgery and rehabilitate his dislocated left shoulder with the goal of returning for the playoffs.
"My decision for the next two to three weeks is to rehab with the possibility of coming back, but with no guarantee," Wade said. "I'll find out after therapy and rehab how my body responds to things."
Wade was hurt Feb. 21 at Houston. He underwent extensive tests and received a second opinion Friday from specialist Dr. James Andrews before deciding he would try to return.
"The fact there's a possibility would give us hope," coach Pat Riley said. "He's a pretty good player. He probably would be a pretty good player one-armed."
The defending NBA champion Heat, plagued by injuries all season, enter Monday night's game against Atlanta at 29-29 and are in danger of missing the playoffs.
The Heat are 3-2 since Wade was hurt when he collided with Houston's Shane Battier. The All-Star guard tore his labrum, dislocated his shoulder and left the court in a wheelchair.
At the time, his was the league's third-leading scorer, averaging 28.8 points.
Wade said the decision to return was difficult, even though Andrews and team physician Dr. Harlan Selesnick supported the idea.
"It could have been easy for me just to shut it down," Wade said. "You don't know if you're going to be able to attack the same way and dive on the floor the same way. I'll find out after therapy and rehab how my body responds to things."
The playoffs start April 21. Even if Wade returns this season, he is still expected to have surgery after the season.

Oh, the drama.

What a great champion.

Careful Glenn. We all know who the "great champion" is from that squad.

IBFPTAPOFS

EDIT: Correction, IBLPTAPOFS

/!\ WADE NOT PLAYING BASKETBALL AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, NBA CLOSES DOORS, FABRIC OF UNIVERSE ITSELF MAY FLY APART AT THE SEAMS /!\

Too easy.

LOL@ the original "mistake".

And so it begins:



Wade provides inspiration
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports
March 5, 2007
In a moment of self-congratulation Monday, Dwyane Wade declared that "it could've been easy for me to shut it down."
Easy? Even when the doctors OK'd rehab to return to this basketball season? Sorry, but Wade's stature as one of the sport's superstars demanded nothing less than the harshest road to glory. Whatever the pain, the price, it comes with the NBA Finals MVP, the endless endorsements and the burden of beating the clock on Shaquille O'Neal's declining dominance.
"This is what you do when you're a defending champion," Pat Riley said.
So grateful that Wade has decided to postpone surgery on his dislocated left shoulder until after trying to come back this season, Riley, the Heat emperor, spit out some of his most clownish hyperbole, declaring that Wade is "a soldier."
Yes, it's nice and all that the fleeting, flickering chance at another NBA Finals run won't necessitate Riley forsaking the coaching of the final two months of a lost title defense for, say, volunteering for jury duty. Just understand, Riles: Wade isn't returning to the torn streets of Baghdad but the manicured shores of Biscayne Bay.
Forgive Riley, because the mere possibility of Wade returning should be the inspiration the Heat need to fight to the finish. As Riley said, it gives the Heat "hope" something that vaporized after Wade slammed into Houston's Shane Battier on Feb. 21 and screamed.
Yet as long as the Heat have Wade, they have a shot. Just take a look around the East, and that's the inevitable conclusion. The Pacers, losers of five straight, are floundering, and backed into a sixth-seed tie with the Heat. The Nets, Knicks and Magic are sub-.500 frauds staging a pillow fight for an undeserving eighth seed.
In this mess of an Eastern Conference, where Shaq just pounded the Pistons for 31 points and 15 rebounds, the Heat understand that even the return of a diminished Wade can throw a scare into teams. Across the past two years, Shaq has been able to deliver these moments but unable to sustain them.
"Shaq seems to be asserting himself," one Eastern Conference scout said, "but who knows for how long? And the East is so bad, Riley can make these guys believe. He's such a motivator. Riley won't win any points for creativity, but he's just throwing the ball into the monster and letting him create."
Shaq can hold it together for Wade, the way Wade did for him for much of the regular season. Ultimately, they still need each other come springtime. So there is the possibility that Wade can rehab that left shoulder and get back for the playoffs in late April. There's a chance he'll never get back. Either way, he's going to need surgery and four to six months of recovery time. This eliminates him as a possibility to play for Team USA at Olympic qualifying in Las Vegas this summer, leaving Kobe Bryant to step into his scoring shoes.
Without Wade, the U.S. can make it to Beijing. Without him, though, the Heat can't get out of the first round of the playoffs. There's something else, too: Once Wade called out Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki as a suspect leader, he left himself vulnerable to examination. The title gives him some space to talk, yes, but Wade would've had some explaining to do had he, in his words, "shut it down." They'll check on his shoulder in two or three weeks and see if he's on course for a return.
If Wade does return, he'll have trouble trying to be the daring, undaunted "Flash." His breathless drives and fearless leaps to the rim would leave him vulnerable to dislocating the shoulder again. Riley will take his chances. "He has a tremendous amount of skill and awareness and smarts," Riley said. "Whatever adjustment would have to be made, I think he would make the adjustment and still be pretty effective."
Riley insists that he didn't influence Wade's choice, but no one has to guess where he stood on the issue. Running out of time, out of Shaq, you heard Riles. This is what you do when you're a defending champion. The doctors gave Wade a little hope, and now he turns it over to the Heat. "These are his guys," Riley said, and that's the burden that goes beyond the endorsements and commercials and MVP trophies. His guys, his team and, yes, Dwyane Wade's championship to defend until the pain brings him to his knees.

Adrian Wojnarowski is the national NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports. Send Adrian a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.

Ridiculous. I wonder if they're going to take him to therapy in his wheelchair...

Little children who love Dwyane Wade and his undeniable heroics will be taking him to therapy. "I'm doing it for the kids.", Wade said.

I hope Riley gets ripped for those soldier comments. They are no different than what Winslow said and got ripped for.

BTW, speaking of soldiers, I saw a guy on TV this morning that had a grenade explode in his hand over there, and is trying out as a pitcher for the Padres. Tell Wade to stop the drama already.

I think I'm going to puke:



Down — but definitely not out
td.yspwidearticlebody { font-size: 13.5px; }By Ira Winderman - SportingNews



Dwyane Wade laughed as he watched.
During a nationally televised Heat-Pistons game, one Detroit player after another suggested that Wade opt for immediate surgery on his dislocated left shoulder.
Wade never realized how much they cared.
He then called teammate Eddie Jones, who experienced a similar injury in March 2001 and chose rehab instead of surgery so he could compete in that season's playoffs. Three days later, Wade said he would pursue the same course.
Yes, the shoulder could pop out again at any time. And yes, surgery eventually will be needed.
But faced with two choices -- missing this season's playoffs or the start of next season -- Wade recognized he might never come this way again, at least not in a Heat uniform. The window is closing on center Shaquille O'Neal. Coach Pat Riley already has opened and closed the door twice during Wade's four years in the league. And Wade plays in the same town where Dan Marino got to the Super Bowl in his second season -- and never again.
The funny thing is, the day after Wade announced his intention to return, Pistons coach Flip Saunders mentioned that his son Ryan, a junior guard at the University of Minnesota, took a similar approach to the injury, only to have his shoulder pop out. If you didn't know better, you'd think the Pistons would prefer not to face Wade in the playoffs.
The reality is this: Wade was supported -- even encouraged -- in attempting rehabilitation by two of the most respected orthopedists in sports: Harlan Selesnick, team doctor for the Heat and the U.S. basketball squad, and James Andrews, who counts NFL quarterback Drew Brees among his most recent success stories.
"Both doctors thought it would be a great thing to do because of my youth, because of my history of injuries, normally coming back quicker than most," Wade says.
The upshot is Wade will be a no-show for this summer's Olympic qualifier, which probably is a good thing for both the Heat and Wade, after nearly two years of year-round basketball. As for missing the start of next season? Well, Heat players do have a knack for minimizing November ... and December ... and January. And as Wade waits, O'Neal is demonstrating again that opponents could be faced with a pick-your-poison nightmare in the postseason. The suddenly defense-minded Heat has proved more than capable of beating the best in the East with Wade out, as victories over Cleveland, Washington, Detroit and Chicago attest. So call off the search for the one-armed man. He can be found back on the practice court, contorting his shoulder in ways that soon could have opponents shuddering.

There will be vomit all over this thread.

Oh yes, there will be vomit.

don't look now, but Miami's won 8 straight games.....


....and yes, i'm hoping to jinx them with this post.

I'm cool with that since it is looking like we wouldn't have to face them early (had they snuck in as an 8th seed. Now they'll play the Cavs, Bulls or Wizards and beat each other up.

Shaq burning lots of energy during the regular season is a good thing.

Call me slow, but I just found out Wade did tear his labrum.
This comeback attempt is stupidity then. He could easily pop his shoulder out and tear his rotator cuff in the process. At his best, Wade will only be able to go to his right to take shots or drive.