Meaningless Stat: Miami's BIG 3 Combined 75 points in 3 straight games

The ESPN Bottomline gives a stat about tonights game between the Heat and Hornets that Wade, James, Bosh (In order of importance) have combined for 75 points in 3 (after tonight 4) straight games.

Here is why that stat is meaningless:

Take tonight for example where the big 3 combined for exactly 75 points. Rest of team: 21 points on 23 shots. I don't think there has ever been sucha team where 3 guys take a combination of 47 of 70 team shots and 32 of 38 free throws. Here is a stat I wish the NBA would implement and I always personally take into account myself when judging a game. The amount of potential points a player has versus actual points. For example:

Wade took 13 shots, 3 3PT attempts and 17 FT attempts which equals 46 potential points. He scored 32 which is 69% (pretty good!).

Lebron James took 16 shots, 3 3PT, and 10 FT which is 45 potential points and he scored only 20 total points (44%).

Chris Bosh took 18 shots and 5 FT for 41 potential points and he scored 23 actual points (56%)

Combined, had the Big 3 hit all shots and FT attempted, they would've scored 132 points but actually scored 75 (57%) which doesnt seem that impressive anymore. Compare this to the Knicks big 3 of Amare, Felton and Chandler in their last games against Denver and Washington.

DENVER
Amare- 30 out of 50 potential points (60%)

Felton- 19 out of 39 potential points (49%)

Chandler- 27 out 45 potential points (60%)

Combined 76 out of 134 potential points (57%)

WASHINGTON
Amare- 36 out of 59 (61%)
Felton- 13 out of 40 (33%)
Chandler- 16 out of 21 (76%)

Combined 65 points out of 120 potential points (54%)

Point of these stats is to show that even with Feltons off night of 5-17 shooting, had Chandler taken another 20 points worth of shots (because Miami's Big 3 always take 40 points worth each a game during 4 game run), at his rate he wouldve had 32 which means they would combine for at least 75 points too. But guys like Gallo (5 shots, 9 FT), Douglas (10 shots) and Fields (7 shots, 6 FT) take shots away from those 3 because they have more depth. The Heat don't have that since Arroyo took 8 shots and Chalmers took 5 shots and 4 FT and rest of team hardly touched the ball! The main reason why the Heat have been winning (and big 3 hitting 75 points) is because Wade is on fire scoring 30+ in 3 straight games while hitting almost 70% of his shots! If you get someone doing that, its pretty easy to ask Lebron and Bosh to take 15+ shots each and help get 75 combined! The attention should be solely on Wade stepping up...its like saying that when Peyton Hillis runs for 250 yards and 3 TDs in a game that Colt McCoy threw for 50 yards and 2 INT, that the Cleveland Browns offensive trio of Hillis, McCoy and Ben Watson (yes hes there #1 receiver) combined to score 21 points to carry the offense! Give credit where credit is due and that is to Dwayne Wade and not the "trio"

So good try in attempting to impress me ESPN but if the Big 3 were to really make a mark in the NBA, try having all 3 guys get 65% of potential points in a game for 4 straight games.


SPECIAL!

Looking at these pictures, does it look like Lebron is feeling remorse or regret for leaving that homeless town of Cleveland?

Yeah and hes in Sunny Miami Beach not Industrial Cleveland. Maybe he did it in the wrong way but man, hard to say he made a bad decision overall!