Originally Posted by
Goat Milk
Because 1) Wade and Lebron are better athletes, and its not even close. 2) Deng is not as active on the offensive end as James. 3) Bogans and Brewer are not active on the offensive end at all, which allows Wade to act as a ROAMING defender and conserve his energy. Dwayne Wade spent a lot of game 1 guarding Rose which I said Wade and James will alternate on him at key moments in the game. As a result, his offensive production in the 4th quarter struggled and his jump shot was FLAT Lastly, Luol Deng is guarding the fastest player in the league, a 6'9 guy that weights 270 pounds, constantly attacking the rim, do you know how much energy that takes out of you. Deng on the other hand is much easier to contain, so I'm not sure why you are trying to compare athleticism here, as its not even a contest. It's not only physical fatigue from having to guard James for 40 minutes. Its mental fatigue too. It wears you down. if you ever played basketball against an athlete of a similar caliber you would know that by the end of the game you are drained (i.e. both Ray Allen, the greatest shooter thats ever lived, missing wide open jump shots in game 6 and 7 of the NBA finals from having to chase Bryant around the whole series. Consequntely, he didn't have good rotation on his shot.)