Brian Windhorst, Heat Index: Fact. It was a fact before James got there, during the regular season, and during the postseason. James is the more talented and perhaps the more vital player to the Heat. But Wade is the captain and the emotional leader. He also remains No. 1 in fans' hearts.
Ethan Sherwood Strauss, HoopSpeak: Fiction. While I'm cool with players getting a healthy chunk of BRI, I'll stop at individual players owning teams. Calling the Heat "Wade's team" is a fun way to tweak LeBron, but I'm not sure what such a statement even means. Also, the media consensus on this dramatically shifts in response to events.
Tom Haberstroh, Heat Index: Fiction. Honestly, if we must play the fill-in-the-blank game with "The Heat are ____ ____'s team," then I don't see how any name makes sense other than Micky Arison.
Beckley Mason, HoopSpeak: Neither. In my opinion, Dwyane Wade and LeBron's relationship is one of the most interesting in sports. I've heard and read that James sees Wade as a kind of big brother, and I get the sense that the Heat were and are Wade's team. Still, LeBron is the superior player and the redundancy of their skill sets complicates the traditional 1-2 "pecking order."
Ryan DeGama, Celtics Hub: Fiction. But I'm not sure they're LeBron's team either. What, practically, does the designation even mean? That Wade should always take the last shot? I think Miami is largely where it was a year ago on this front. That doesn't strike me as any major reason for concern.
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