Shane Battier

Great guy to have on your team even if he does not stuff the stat sheet.

 

if they had TMac and Yao, they would be real contenders

 

more like if those two could stay healthy they could be a contender.I still think T-Mac is the most overrated palyer in the league over the past decade. D Wade has now taken that role IMO.

 

Last time I checked, D-Wade had a ring and a Finals MVP.

 

Yeah, and it's looking sketchier all the time.

 

Well I watch very little NBA, but from a stat perspective Wade is having probably his best year ever, so not sure about the overrated comment. He isn't the best player in the league of course, but one of the top tier players without question.

 

In the most pourly officiated series I've ever watched. Jordan got a lot of calls that were bs throughout his career, but in that series, Wade got every one, even if a mavs player breathed on him. Dirk got a title stolen from him that year. Irregardless, Wade is good enough to win a title without terribly skewed officiating.

Rockets may actually be better without T-mac and Yao in a matchup with the Lakers. Yao slowed them down so much, and without him they are able to run the court and attack the Lakers instead of waiting and allowing Kobe to make a mark on defense. T-mac, well, he's an AI type of player. Incredibly skilled, stuffs the stats, but you'd have to have a perfect team with all blue-collared good role players to ever win with him. Its hard enough to find a team of those using guys in all of the NBA, so I doubt he'll ever fulfill his potential.

Battier is the perfect guy to fill out a team. Great D, killer from 3, and could care less if goes 0-fer or scores 40. Many a dookie stain has come through that I've hated post college, because they were hate the face type of players, but the second he stepped out of that uniform I realized how much I love his game.

 

no team is better without a 7'6" center