Dwyane Wade

If you didn't catch the game, I recommend checking out the highlights of last nights Cleveland vs Miami game.

LeBron and DWade are #1 and #2 in scoring this year. In February alone, they have exchanged the title of League Leading Scorer six times. James took the lead with his 55 points in Milwaukee last week and Wade took the title back with a 50 point outing Sunday versus Orlando.

LeBron had the right attitude when asked about it: "For the fans, if they are excited about it, then yeah, it will be fun to watch," James said. "For me, I just want to win basketball games. We’re trying to get the No. 1 seed. The scoring title, it means nothing to me."

ESPN.com was very interested in the their scoring battle. They ran three separate polls about LeBron, DWade and Kobe. Here are the results.

Who will finish as the NBA's leading scorer this season?:
*LeBron James - 43%
-Dwyane Wade - 32%
-Kobe Bryant - 26%

Who is the best scorer in the NBA?:
*Kobe Bryant - 57%
-LeBron James - 28%
-Dwyane Wade - 8%
-Kevin Durant - 5%
-Shaq - 2%

Which star has the best running mate?:
*Kobe Bryant (Pau Gasol) - 61%
-LeBron James(Mo Williams) - 43%
-Dwyane Wade (Michael Beasley)- 32%

Marc Berman of the New York Post spoke with Dwyane Wade about the potential of teaming with LeBron in New York in 2010 and D Wade did not shy away from the topic:

"It's not crazy," Wade told The Post in the visitor's locker room of Indiana's Conseco Fieldhouse. "It could happen. We both understand that. We both signed the same contract. We did it together. More than anything, it's fun to think about. It's exciting to know we both control our future. Will it happen? Who knows. He has some something he's trying to accomplish in Cleveland. I have something I'm trying to accomplish in Miami. But up until 2010, it will be fun to think about."

Wade went on to say that New York has its pros and cons; one of the cons being the cold weather. He also acknowledged that they both enjoyed playing together under Mike D'Antoni and Coach K in the Olympics.

Now these are some good quotes, but let me settle this right now: Dwyane Wade and LeBron James will play together in 2010 for 1 night in Dallas during the All Star game, other than that its just not happening.

Both Wade and Bron are franchise players. They've taken their teams to the Finals at a young age, Wade completing the job with some help from a past his prime Shaq. Now, I don't know if anyone else has noticed this about players in the NBA, but there's a little thing called ego that many of them have. Wade is simply too good to play second fiddle. He will not be happy if the headlines read "LEBRON LEADS KNICKS TO 10th STRAIGHT WIN WITH 40 POINT EXPLOSION; WADE GETS 20"

People will say, "He was fine with it during the Olympics." True, but that was a redemption mission those players were one for one summer. Things change when its a 5 year odyssey.

The Miami Herald reported last week that Kobe Bryant thinks it is a possibility that both LeBron and D-Wade would sign with the same team in 2010. Although he did not explicitly state that team to be the Knicks, the Knicks will be one of the few- if not the only- team that will be able to sign two big name free agents to max contracts in 2010.

The report states: 'Though it would be surprising, Kobe Bryant said he could see Dwyane Wade and LeBron James signing with the same team as free agents in 2010, with the Knicks having the cap space to do it. "Why not?" Bryant said. "They played well together at the Olympics."'

LeBron has said of Wade: "[Dwayne Wade] is like the brother I never had. He has always proved doubters wrong. You don't want to play a team in the playoffs that has a guy [like that] that can take over."