Thanks Big Willie. For the title. Now I know what you mean by "partying in the club while the Heat is on" really means, because man, oh man the Heat. are. on.
When you sign three of the top ten scorers in the NBA last year, all of whom were big parts of the Olympic Gold team, that defines being on. And when you do such a thing, there's also such a thing as a bandwagon that increases by leaps and bounds. And bandwagon fans usually increase as quickly as rabbits have kids in the springtime. It's a known fact.
Everyone's in love right now, with the Miami Heat at least.
I mean how could you not be? They have Bron Bron, D-Wade, and Chris Bosh. That's a big three.
But let me tell you that I'm not too impressed with the Miami Heat. They will have a great season, but 70 wins? no. A title? no. A dynasty? absolutely not.
I'll give you five reasons why.
1) In a land far away, Zydrunas Ilgauskas can defend Dwight Howard in the paint. But in the NBA, Zydrunas Ilgauskas is just a washed up veteran with a decent jump shot. So at the end of the day, the Miami heat still have no center to bang with the Andrew Bynums and Dwight Howards of the league.
2) The Heat are about as deep as a kiddie pool with a leak in it. Alot of pressure is going to be put on the big three to average a hundred minutes or so a game and...games are only forty eight minutes long?
Wade and Bosh have never averaged more than forty minutes a game in their career. Lebron has done it once...
And yes, you have Udonis Hasbeen and Mike Green River Miller, but that's about as deep as it goes. I will personally guarantee each of the big three will be injured during some point in the season. Harsh on the depth I'd say.
3) Bosh is soft. Need I say more? And the Heat don't have a point guard. Don't call Lebron a point guard, and don't call Wade one either. They're not. They're scorers, and it will be fun to see all three try to coexist with each other after being the main guy on their respective teams before. Don't bring up the Olympics, that was a handful of games. This is a hundred or so...
4) The West has given up some major talent to the East, while not giving any of this major talent to the Heat. Boozer to the Bulls. Ama're to the Suns. For teams like the Lakers, and Mavericks, and Spurs (oh my) who have star power forwards, that is a dream come true. The power forward position in the East just got a whole lot better. Look out Bosh.
5) The Lakers are better without making any major moves. Steve Blake is a big signing, so is resigning Derek Fisher, and if they end up with Raja Bell too, that means they go about nine or ten deep, while the Heat go about five deep now. So if the Heat are looking to beat the Lakers in a seven game series, it's not looking good, especially when the Lakers still have the Black Mamba. and Pau "my favorite shaving cream is Bar" Gasol (but he never uses it).
There's my five. Take them or leave them.
And I know to the normal NBA fan, this might make more sense than say, to a fan who has been converted over to Heat-ianity or Heati-sm per say.
But hopefully I shed some light on some logic concerning the Miami Heat love fest. And always remember in Miami: it's not the Heat, it's the humidity.
P.S. Keep partying Miami, you've already won your prize. or prizes...
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