I'm not a fan of the Miami Heat. Talking about multiple championships before their first practice. Dancing on stage like they're Justin Biebers. Pat Riley and his slicked back hair. Chris Bosh and his twittering. LeBron and his one hour specials.
Supposedly some Heat players broke down in tears after a last second loss to the Bulls the other day. Generally, the world loves to see elite athletes cry as it shows how much they care for the game. But not with a quarter of the season still to go. No one has sympathy for the Heat, their three millionaire all-stars, their South Beach lifestyles, or their continuous last second failures. It's like Paris Hilton losing her watch after a night at the clubs. We often call it Karma.
But they are good. Really good. I have to admit that Wade and LeBron are probably two of the top three players in the league. And Bosh is a 20 and 10 guy every night. LeBron is 6'8, powerful, and gets triple doubles on bad nights. Wade can get any shot he wants, any time he wants it. Both guys demand double teams, leaving Bosh one on one for low post turn arounds, and twelve foot jumpers.
But explain to me this. I get that all of your money was spent on those three, but is that the best a team can do for the rest of the players?
Haslem getting injured was huge, but Erick Dampier, Juwan Howard, Mike Miller, Zydranus Ilgauskas, Eddie House, and Carlos Arroyo? Hey Miami, 1999 called, they want their players back.
And now the Heat pick up Mike Bibby just before the deadline? Now the average age of the Miami heat is around 63 years old.
Couldn't LeBron, Wade, and Bosh just restructure their contracts, or find some loose bills between their couch pillows and sign someone that could help them? If Bibby turned down six million dollars for next year to play for the Heat, isn't there ten more guys hoping for a ring....and beachfront property...that would do the same? I just don't get it. Every team has four talented guys who sit the bench. Every team has disgruntled players, and salary dumps. They couldn't have figured out a way to get someone better than Joel Anthony?
If the Heat fail to win the championship this year it won't be because LeBron and Wade can't figure out who should take the game winning shot. It'll be because the ball is going to end up in Erick Dampier's hands as he's standing out by the three point line, because the team ran out of options.
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