HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS – Now has to be the appropriate time to yell “FIRE!”
What else are we supposed to make of what’s going on with the Miami Heat?
A 16-point home loss to the Indiana Pacers certainly wasn’t expected. Yet on Monday night that’s exactly what we saw. A lethargic Heat team with all three of members of its Big 3 on the floor (though Dwyane Wade clearly was not his usual self), trying to grind through a game and falling woefully short against what was supposed to be an inferior foe.
For weeks now Heat fans and others have been arguing that we haven’t had a large enough sample size to make a proper evaluation of this team. Well, how much more do we need before someone hits the Code Red button?
Early on it was teams with great point guards that exposed the Heat. Now everyone is taking pot-shots at Erik Spoelstra‘s crew, which has been beset with injuries to after its two main role players — Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem — were in suits much better looking than Don King‘s Monday night at AmericanAirlines Arena.
“I told them I’m not going to feel sorry for them,” Spoelstra told reporters after the home meltdown. “I’m not going to feel sorry for myself. We need to look at ourselves individually, get to work and get better. We need to dig ourselves back. Trust each other. Trust the system. (Monday) was nothing I recognized.”
LeBron James cited a lack of “fun” and “swagger” in the Heat, while Chris Bosh insists that getting “angry” about what’s going on won’t fix the problem.
Heat fans at the game suggested a remedy of their own. There were “We Want Riley” chants heard inside of the arena from midway through the third quarter on, noise that had to make Heat boss Pat Riley cringe.
With an 8-6 record and back-to-back losses to lottery teams in the past three days, the calls for change are only going to intensify. And no, adding Erick Dampier to the mix to replace the physical presence of Haslem (who is out indefinitely with a torn ligament in his left foot that will require surgery), won’t fix the problem.
Speaking of problems, the Heat are hardly alone in that department. The top three teams in Southeast Division all got punched in the face Monday night as the Magic and Hawks took punches from contenders, too:
The Hawks are in a danger zone as well, having dropped their fifth home game of the season in wicked fashion to a Celtics team that didn’t have Rajon Rondo in uniform.
Unlike the Magic, who battled but could not hold off a fantastic Spurs team, the Hawks didn’t even swing back. The Celtics swarmed them early and didn’t let up until the final minutes of a game that was even uglier than the lopsided 99-76 final score might suggest.
“This was very embarrassing, very, very embarrassing,” Hawks coach Larry Drew said. “If I had to sum it up in one word, embarrassing…to come out and play with that type of energy, that type of urgency. I addressed the team right after the game, and what I see with our team right now, I don’t feel real good about … I am disappointed that we are not playing with a hunger. We’re looking to point fingers, we’re playing the blame game. But more important, our energy level is not good at all. We’re not doing things quick, not doing things with speed, not doing things with urgency.”
Like we said, Code Red!
We did salvage the night later, thanks to several of our friends from the Western Conference.
We got some quality work from the Suns, Jazz, Nuggets and the surprising Clippers, who upended the Hornets. And we can always count on the Top Plays to get us through:
Humm. “Lack of ‘fun’ and ‘swagger’…” Let me see, nope I don’t see a fun and swagger stat in the box score. Last time I looked rebounding, assists, scoring and defense were the things that won games. Yeah, yeah, I know it is early in the season. So now early loses no longer count? Look when two LOTTERY teams walk on to the court and hand you your lunch this is NOT what any quality team allows to happen.
Unfortunately I see a coaching change in Miami’s future. Oh and LeBron, stop deferring! Yeah it’s ‘Wade’s team’ and all that but if you don’t get off your butt and take over you will still get the blame. You did better with lesser players in a tougher situation, so wake up!
wade was 1-13 from the field, he was awful against boston not once but twice, he can’t assist his teammates to save his life, i don’t think anyone wants to pass him the ball and he just keeps jack shooting every game and you say this is “WADE’S TEAM”? sorry but this is no longer wade’s team, i don’t think lebron is the problem thought, he started playing like crap but i see he has been improving lately maybe he found his role and i believe it’s his team now and wade needs to get use to it, spoelstra is one of their main problems, the offence sucks, it’s like watching the cleveland cavaliers with mike brown and his ”JUST GIVE THE BALL TO LEBRON offense” instead is just give the freaking ball to lebron, wade or bosh and let them do their stuff, i remember when spoelstra called a time out and he pretty much said ”WE DON’T NEED HALF COURT SETS” is this guy serious?.
Miami Cav guy you don’t want to face it. Miami is a average ball club. The reason why the keep losing to bad teams is because they too are a bad team. This thought you can toss 3 really good ball players on a team on this level and they will win is crazy. No point guard, no center, no premieter defenders, no dirty player down low. Right now Lebron has to average a triple double, wade has to average 30 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and Bosh 17p, 12r, 5a, 3b for them to have a chance to win every night. From there, every team is what their leader makes them. Lebron is the leader. The differences between Cleveland and Miami, the guys in Miami played with passion because the they were Cleveland’s team and the city needed them. Miami will be fine if Heat don’t win. Clevelands role players were hungry and wanted to win so bad. Miami’s team expected things to fall into their laps. Clevelands team was not more talented than this Miami team. Swagger is emotion not desire. You have to want to win.
lol Dman miami is not your average ball club at all. They are just new but im pretty sure they will improve to championship-contender level by the end of the season.
A coaching change (of style or staff) is required definitely because i DO 80% blame the coach.
Sure, wade had off night. Sure, they have no point guard, and their inside presence is abit lacking.
BUT with proper drawn out plays how hard can it be for a point guard to run an offence with weapons like lebron, wade, and bosh.
Even though there is no real power in the post, they still have a good close to inside game, and the fact that miami’s players are quick means good hustle.
Lebron or Wade or some1 i forgot who said it themselves, they were shooting 3s to make up for the defecit on their home court and they kept missing. Now when you have people like lebron, bosh, and wade who can penetrate or atleast have a very decent mid range game, why on earth would you run 3 point plays? And if those plays were not the coach;s decision we have a bigger problem, because what’s the point of having a coach if the superstars are gonna call all the shots and run the plays?
They were trying to rally desperately but this is poor coaching decisions because he should’ve said something like doc rivers would have said: “keep playing hard D and find good shots offensively eventually they will fall. DEFENCE FIRST!”
come on Spoelstra steo up and pick up the slack or clean out your desk… Before you start saying “Miami doesn’t have all the pieces” shouldn’t you try to make all the pieces fit first? I don’t think the coach is fitting the pieces right…
take that back wade is beast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly !
Miami Cav guy you are right in a sense, the Cavs were a much better team, anybody should see that, those players played with heart with the weight of the city on their shoulders, MIA fans could careless if the Heat go straight bust or win it all, they are not die hard type fans and that robs off on the players….
Dman is also right tho, people need to realize the Heat are an average team, having those three dont mean jack if there teammamtes can help in the slighest….besides lack of depth there other problem is the LACK OF BALL MOVEMENT, when Wade and Bron get the ball i swear everybody just literally stands around…also they are playing no help defense..and making silly mistakes.
Now losing Haslem will really hurt them, he was the most consistent after Lebron, they will be fourth or fifth in the east, sorry Heat fans….they wont do much good this year and probably wont be until 2-3 years from now when they can sign some quality guys
I have to agree, something has to change, maybe the leadership, but it can be a very delicate theme to discuss.
Just wait, 2 o more loosing streaks by the Heat, and this conversation will be on the table in a sudden.
But if Miami soars, forget everything said here.
I’m getting the feeling that these guys are kinda looking at each other funny right now… The thing is, every1 to a man has to be accountable and nobody can be above the team dynamic–If DWade is not ready to impact the game, sit him out until he is–THAT’S WHERE RILEY IS NECESSARY IN THIS EQUATION… Because, let’s face it Chris Bosh, which is not easy for many to admit, has been the most consistent member of the team in the last week and very often gets freezed out of the offense for considerable stretches because the other members of THE SOUTH BEACH BEATLES GET CAUGHT PLAYING SOLOS WHEN THEY SHOULD BE PLAYING the CHORUS.
There’s too many things to pick apart as to what’s going wrong with this team but if any1 else watched the game on Saturday and saw LeBron James break play after play, and virtually ignored Bosh after he entered the game, they could see the cracks in the foundation… I mean Bosh had hit his last four consecutive shots, wasn’t missing from the line then the King Beatle, John Lenno came in and played some other tune we’re neither the cords/melodies matched the tune or shape of the game–Constantly running the shot clock down to 10-12 secs playing to the weak side away from Bosh and either shooting himself or setting up ANYBODY else but GEORGE HARRISON in the post–Bosh didn’t take another shot until the last second three, which he made, MIA loses @ buzzer Rudy Gay played the solo just before the climax of the orchestra conducted by ZBo…
DWade–he’s Paul McCartney of course–the guy who’s gonna retire a Heat in the HOF, so if he wants to play hurt and hurt the team’s rhythym and flow, who can stop him?
Scouting report against the Magic: Chris Bosh/George Harrison needs to be featured on this track to make a hit because he’s OWNED D12 in regular season matchups going 40+ a few times and 30+ points on others–if u don’t believe just ask Superman and he’ll let u know that CB’s the Kryptonite that has him singin’ the blues…
I agree Zzanzabar. The coaching change is coming not because of yesterday loss but there will be more nights like that. Spo is looking like he is struggling to manage this team. I dont think DWade should have played as it was clear he was not himself but that is my opinion. The team lacks identity and only looks like great team when 3′s are falling or when they have 2 on 1 fastbreak….(so are the Clippers) I know the team is struggling with injuries and it is still less than 20 games played but I can not see players adopting any recogniseable system. I think they should be Miami Cavaliers by letting LB loose and stop deferring. They are the second best team in the East behind Boston at best as I think Bulls are a better offensively and defensively which means anything less than being at their best, they will not even be second best team. Orlando is doing well but should be doing better also.
Wrong Wrong Wrong
miami are not the 2cnd best team in the east ,have you heard of orlando Yep orlando. maybe if miami sat down & looked @ orlando , boston even atlanta & studied what a team looks like instead of 3 superstars plaing basketball i reckon they’d start to win . in the long run i dont think this experiment will last anyway & the big 3 will dispand with bosh going first
LBJ still a legend !!!
LBJ ia no legend until he get back on the rampage he started in cleveland…..deferring to Wade will make him fall short
Head coach change seems to be the easiest way to try to amend the unexpected start of season in Miami. Nobody can doubt of the caliber of Wade, James or Bosh, but I think that with the current coach aboard, the road to the Finals will be not easily travelled, but almost impossible to achieve. This is a similar case to me when Brian Hill led the Magic in the 1994-95 season when Hakeem Olajuwon (not to mention Rudy Tomjanovich) swept in 4 games O’Neal, Hardaway, Grant…
Despite the Head Coach, i have to say that the Heat don’t have the monster team almost everybody said they had before the season when they added James and Bosh. A group of veterans and two superstars that have not showed they fit well on the floor (Bosh never was considered as a star, at least by myself).
We’ll see how the Heat can handle this critical situation they are in.
Miami needs Rasheed Wallace to come out of retirement.
This team needs Rasheed Wallace about as much as it needs more injuries. Say no to Wallace! Say no to drugs!
Wallace: yes.
Drugs: no.
Wallace could be the interior presence Miami needs. Granted, he had become a jumper shooter, but his play during the Finals as Perkins’ substitution should he could still bang inside.
Not gonna happen, but I think Wallace was still better than many power forwards and a great teammate.
you sir deserve a cookie!
One word, Michael. Technicals.
Rasheed Wallace already is the #1 all time leader in technicals. I wouldn’t be surprised if he got ejected every single game of the season now that they raised the conduct standards.
Can anyone say bench depth????????
MIAMI: 4 pts
INDIANA: 40 pts
Do Toronto a favour and trade bosh for a Pg and a centre that know their roles. At least we as Raptors fans can say I told you so.
miami doesnt need a PG carlos arroyo is very very good…the need a BIG MAN that can compliment bosh correctly…and they just need more time together…its too early for them to be at their full potential…and this is comming from a lakers in the blood fan…
How can you say Arroyo is very very good, in miami’s first three losses, Boston, New Orleans, and Utah, each team had true very very good point gaurds that put Arroyo to shame. Just the assists factor was staggering. How hard can it be to get assists with Wade and Lebron on your team? miami needs a better point guard if they wanna go anywhere other than the luxury boxes WATCHING the finals.
why are you giving them excuses? when gasol came over to LA, fit in perfectly! Same with Boston when those trades happened, they got together nicely and geled together and got the title the same year. Lebron and Wade play to similar and that will be the downfall, it only looked good on paper people!
Wasn’t Miami supposed to be 73-9?
I don’t see them winning 60 straight games. hehe
I just read a comment of a fan in an espn blog saying: Karma is a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!!!!!!!!! Let’s be realistic and optimistic at the same time. Miami may reach the playoffs but not the finals or at least the eastern finals.
perfectly stated!
I have to admit that Miami will have a hard time for the remainder of this season, not with just the loss of their best bench player Haslim but they are just not what the media thought they were. I blame the media for hopping on the band wagon holding their nuts like they were the best team ever. lechoke do need to start trying to take over like in clevland. Bosh had a double double maybe his 2nd this year. He really needs to step up on the boards and the D. I have yet to see miami fans on the blog gassing up these overrated heat. The Heat fans well mostly the band wagon/di** hoppers were saying ohh Miami will be 78-4 all those ridiculous predictions. I have 1 question for you WHAT HAPPENED? lol Do you still think they’re going to the Finals and beating LA lol. Miami=Overrated/undersized/No Bench. Really no bench now with the loss of Haslim. Can they beat Boston or Orlando in a playoff series? Of course they can but they have to play a lot better than that. Even on they’re best night they’ll still lose to the Celtics. Bottom line Heat are not a championship team,at least this year they’re not they’ll need time. So much for that wait til December line I heard so much let’s wait til January or March. I say wait til next year
I will go a step further and say it may never happen. When you spend over $327 million on three guys, i dont see how they will ever have the money to bring in a decent supporting cast. This team is lacking in a big way role players. Miami fans forgot this was a team sport and thought the three amigos could bring home the gold on their own, ahhh not gonna happen. The bench was already weak as it is. Not the haslem is out the bench is a complete joke. Why waste money on Dampier, he wont make any positive difference to this team. Doesnt matter whether Riley comes back to coach or not, coaching is just a very small part of the heats problems. Sure, the team may play harder if the old man comes back. But it wont assure a run at the championship! I see the heat letting one of the big three go in the future so that they can have some extra cash to bring in role players. Remember heat fans, this is a team sport! I said at the beginning of the season this team was gonna suck! LOL!!!!!!
Hello All, Miami Team particularly Wade Bosh and LBJ, there are alot of haters out there and with that said “PROVE THEM WRONG AND SHUT THEM UP! I KNOW THAT THE MIAMI HEAT IS GOING TO SHUT ALL OF THE HATERS MOUTHS- AND THEY WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH. AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok I’m about sick of people saying the Heat have “No” role players . Ilgauskas and Arroyo are both average role players…they don’t need two more all stars to win. We should have learned that after watching the U.S. team lose with 5 superstars against foreign teams that have no NBA players. Basketball is a team game and they have more than enough talent to win with. If anything the blame needs to be on the big 3 to learn to play together. And obviously Spoelstra is doing a terrible job. Regardless of what you think. However I think this team will get better…and Mike Miller will help a lot when he comes back early next year…who is again, another role player that is good and more than enough to win with.
@MilaPerez When are the heat gonna get the last laugh, 5, 6 years from now. Or when there arent any competitive teams in the league? Face it doll, your heat suck!!
Wow u guys are retarded in 14 games all these low life trounce a team that have played together for 2 months of there whole lives its takes time to breAk there habits they developed over there careers im a boston fan and i know they are a threat bc both times we have played them we killed them in every statistical category and physically but we won only by 8 the first game then 4 the next game both of which we dominated… Yes they should b prayin for riley and if he does coach the league should watch bc look wut happened in 2005 wen riley came bk???? Oh yea they won a ship!!! So all u talkers need to shutup till the end of the year bc u will most likely feel real stupid
you a complete dumbass, when riley came back in 05 that Heat team HAD A WAY BETTER TEAM CHEMISTRY, a dominant BIG MAN in SHAQ, a better PG than Mario and Arroyo with Jason Williams, AND A WAY BETTER BENCH WITH GOOD VETERAN LEADERSHIP in ANTWAN WALKER AND GARY PAYTON….know wtf you are talking about before you make such crazy comments!
LMAO Law, i love you man (no homo)….but you are damn right! This team was overly rated and people were hopping the bandwagon before they even played a game together. People keep givng this team excuses like you said, saying wait till December, its December basically now, so people when then push that back to January, and so on….this team wont be good unitl 2-3 years down the road when they can bring in some quality role players and not OLD WASHED UP VETERANS WHO WERE ALL UNEMPLOYED BEFORE THE DESPERATION PICKUP TO FILL UP THE ROSTER!!!
maybe on a lucky night the Heat can beat the Magic, but not the Celtics and in NO WAY IN HELL the Lakers, my Lakers are firing on all cylinders BABYYYYYYY, are bench is lookiing the best it has in years, we would put the Heat to shame
Coach Spoelstra,
Try this lineup…the team needs an identity and clearly defined roles…
PG Lebron James
SG Dwanye Wade
SF Chris Bosh
PF Udonis Haslem (Dampier)
C Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Odd as it sounds those seem like these guys’ natural positions regardless of height, think of the matchups with other teams..and I hate to say this as a longtime fan but Chalmers or Arroyo have to go
NO NO FIRST OFF CHRIS TO SOFT BOSH IS TO SLOW ON THE PERIMETER ARE U SLOW CARMELLO WILL BLOW PAST HIM GRANGER AND SF TYPE PLAYERS LIKE THAT WILL EAT HIM ALIVE BOSH HAS 2 LEFT FEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking at this so called “dream team” from Miami, and then looking at the bench!!! of the Lakers…. comclusion….
the Lakers can rest their starters against Miami cuz there is NO threat of losing against this bunch of selfish players.
Don´t get me wrong, CB, DW and suoper ego LB are great players, but they definately are NOT team players. the team has to play for each of them…. mainly DW and LB ofcourse, and considering the fact that they consider themselves the top of the NBA and the fact they have had the time to get to know eachother on the field and played quite a few games, you see that the selfishness comes out more and more every game. DW and LB taking too many low percentage shots where they should look left or right. This team will never win a ring if they cant play together.
Lakers will make it a three-peat this season. Oh and guys…. just watch a Lakers game… you might learn what TEAMPLAY is then!!!!!
Carlos, I believe it is not time for experiments. What the Heat need to put on floor is Arroyo, Wade, James, Bosh and Ilgauskas until they adopt an identity as a team.
What the Heat need is each player feels is important in the group. If we expect Wade and James to score 25 points every night we will have the same ‘Cavaliers’ team we have been watching in the last 5 years.
Unfortunately James wil not be the player makes their teammates better, but Wade will be, but the problem is the Heat has no depth….
lol that has to be the dumbest lineup I have ever seen, chris bosh at SF?…. lol seriously how can you even think that would work? This isn’t a videogame, any SF would abuse bosh, sure he’s somewhat quick for a PF but as a SF he’s slow as hell.
im tired of racist people throwing rocks at arroyo…this guy is the real deal for a PG…he can play! i still remember him beating the hell outta the USA team a few years back…just because hes puertorrican he sucks just like they say for barea…did u know carmelo anthony is puertorrican?? i bet u didnt know that!
Who gives a crap it has nothing to do with race you sound like Lebron lol. Get a life.
lmao, right on Lakerfan1987, he is saying dumb ish….bringing race into??? we talkin bout the mans lack of pg skills, arroyo is maybe an ok off the bench guard, but to be the starter and so-called faciliator for the BIG 3, nah no way….he is way out of his league he cant be a pg for them at all
Fire Spo! what system are you talking about? it’s so obvious there’s no ball movement no defense one on one plays for wade james and bosh.. sometimes passing it to jones and house… the offense of miami was so predictable even lottery teams can beat them with this system.
Cavs fan here… the reason there is no offense is BECAUSE of Lebron. Did you see lack of ball movement with the Cavs? I did. Did you see him constantly pound the ball until there were 5 seconds left on the shot clock? I did. Did you see him constantly bring the ball upcourt without a glance at the point guard? I did. Sorry Miami, he’s a great individual player and can carry a team, but he’ll never win a championship. He’s too conceited and arrogant.
you wouldn’t say such things if he stayed in cleveland. suck it up dude. he left.
I am no Cavs fan, I am a Laker fan and I totally agree. LeBron to be a great player has to learn HOW TO PLAY WITHOUT THE BALL IN HIS HANDS. The guy has been in the league 6+ years or something now and he still holds the ball too long on offense, the only reason he gets assists is because he has to give the rock up at the last bit of a shot clock for someone else to make the shot. That’s not good offense, everyone stands around waiting for the guy to make plays. There is no movement or fluency offensively, defensively the team will be flat footed as well because they will play the same way as they do offensively, flat footed and reactionary. Look at the Lakers offensive movement, it’s beautiful to watch (although defensively they are still having lapses). Miami, it’s all about 3 guys….. I remember watching a Bulls DVD and Bill Wennington talked about being part of a team and feeling needed and wanted (and they had the best..MJ). At the moment in Miami it’s not a “TEAM” it’s the 3 Amigo’s being selfish and especially LeBron…dont let the assists stats fool you into believing he is about team.
They need to play with much more energy and coach Spo should really go. Ok, i understand, they have had injuries and little games played together, but they play with no energy. Wades defense is awful this year, just pathetic. Bosh also plays really bad in defensive end. Lebron should be more agressive in the beginning of the game, and not just walk around and go after offensive rebound. It’s already bad rebounding for Miami, and still Lebron doesn’t go after rebounds ( maybe coaches decision to play Lebron at PG and be the first to return to defense), all miami heat team really looks LAZY. When Bosh is shooting the freethrow, why is Lebron standing in the paint, and just watchiong Bosh miss and go back to D, where is the effort? What’s the point of him stading there. If i was the coach of Miami, i would close the gym, and not let out Wade, Lebron until they each make 500-1000 jumpers and freethrows. What’s up with Spo applauding when Bosh gets an offensive foul, and they lose by 15 to indiana at HOME?? And Spo beaing so quite, what the F??? There are no offensive plays!!! I was watching Boston against Hawks before the Heat game, and they had so many offensive plays, guys going for rebounds and playing with high energy, and i turn on heat, and they are just walking and not moving running on offense. Hell, Lebron should talk about lack of effort.
why they are not using mario chalmers? they need a PG so that it can less the burden to james and wade who alters the position!
Thank you!!!please get Chalmers on the floor, the guy with some playing time and confidence, is a solid PG, in respect to defence/ crazy stealer, solid passer, scores when can ,lol, but come on will get over 2 steals a game, and soild D, some one to throw the rock on the corner to wade, in the post or bit out to bosch, and lbj, at pg just to much he, lbj can still make plays off the ball to with passing, better this way as they are not expecting him to find everyone….
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No! Don’t make any changes! Leave it as it is. If Riley coaches, they might start winning. Everyone besides Miami’s approx. 100 fans are totally happy watching them lose. Stop giving them good advice, and just enjoy the shocked looks on their faces night after night.
AMEN!
Lakers 3-peat!!
Lakers 3-peat………………………………………SOUNDED GOOD
Even if Riley did come back they would continue to lose. This is not a team. Its a group of ball players with three superior players. They need better role players. Better center, better PG. Until these changes are made this team will continue to lose. So Riley can come out of his office if he wants, it wont change whats going in with the heat.
Its Coach Eric Spoelstra’s head that will be the first to roll (justly or unjustly). Again, they cannot win by trying to play individual basketball. Adding Dampier to their lineup will not help either. Adding a good point guard that can distribute the touches will help. Again, the crucial thing is to get everybody involved. Not just the Big Three,
Putting Coach Riley also won’t help much if they don’t have the right pieces. And they don’t. Miami is not a bad team even with their losses. They just aren’t the team everyone expects them to be. They lack are a playoff team, but not yet a championship team.
I think Miami’s cloak of invincibility was exposed by the elite teams in the earlier part of the season. Now all the rest of the league already knows how to defeat them.
As for Lebron and Bosh’s comment, didn’t they start the season will all the “fun and swagger” in the world? They were so full of themselves LBJ already declared multiple championships for this team, isn’t that swagger?
And for Chris, we don’t expect you to play angry, that would be foolish. We expect you to play with passion. With heart. Maybe that’s what this team lacks. Heart and Pride. They have enough talent in them to win games against teams like Memphis and the Pacers. If you had such pride in your game, you would excert more effort in defense.
@ZED That was a joke right dude? The heat got beat by both the grizzlies and the pacers! LOL!!!!!!
Totally agree with the heart comment, lebron has never showed heart. You could have all the skill in the world, but with no heart you’ll never get to that next level.
Lebron your too good but unfortunately you will suck for 5 years. You blew it man. You blew it. Even if you win championships, that won’t change the fact that you are not really competitive, you can’t stand real competition so you decided to team up with superstars almost your caliber. You suck. The sad thing is you really deserved those 2 MVPs.
i guess more and more teams are honored to bring their talents to south beach.
lol thats a good one
Its hard to have 3 Stars who actually penetrate and need to get most points in the paint…
D Wade and LBJ arent great shooters neither… and the lack of size and aggressiveness the front court is giving makes it so easy for teams to just get in the paint and score
and if anyone was watching Inside the NBA and listen to watch Charles Barkley about how LBJ is the facilitator D Wade and Bosh needs to “ball”. I think he is right that D Wade and Bosh need to be able to score and make teams actually worry about all 3 of them being on the court,
I really think he should’ve went to Orlando or New York
He would of been best suited in Chicago with D.Rose
Ya but he would have been in MJ’s shadow the whole time.
Dude, Orlando has no money. And why would he want to go to New York to play for the Knicks, who haven’t been relevant in like a decade?
How about this Line-up Coach Eric ?
PG- WADE
SG- JONES
SF- JAMES
PF – BOSH
C – DAMPIER / BIG Z / Anthony
and also don’t forget….You must use the bench if those guys are not HOT in the game because sometimes Bench Players can be use to HOT the game…. Still Believe in Miami! GO for CHAMPIONSHIP!
Bench players can be used to HOT the game??? wtf does that mean, and why are you acting like anybody from the heat organization is gonna listen to your stupidity
@lockdown…. haha, everybody’s bringing their talents to south beach (except for the HEAT). Bet LeBron wishes he was playing with DRose or A’mare right now, just a note at this point last season Miami was 9-5… Adding two superstars has left them sitting at 8-6 and fresh off a loss to Indiana…?!?!
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Here is my thought and suggestions. Tell me what you guys think
1. Chalmers should start for now until they get a better pg. Arroyo is 1 of the slowest pgs in the league and he cant shoot.
2. You have to give Pittman a chance. At 6’11 282 He could be their K. Perkins but athletic.
3. Run a motion/Jazz offense and push it up the floor more
4. I like Spo but this is one of the most unique teams in history of late and that requires a unique coach. I just imagine what somebody like Popp/Jackson/L.Brown would be doing with this team but that aint happening so Riley will have to do
My thing is I thought that they needed these things b4 the season started so Im not surprised at their lack of success in the pg/reb category. I cant take them seriously when they start Arroyo/Anthony. I coach basketball and this is exactly what I would be doing. Granted Idk all the adv aspects but I know the basics and everything I listed is just basic. With that being said I wouldnt panic but address the issues and move on
i totally agree
i agree except the coaching change. give Spo a chance. he did a very good job for two straight seasons with miami. he will figure things out. give him until all-star break.
By that time and the rate their going they might be outta the playoff picture by the all star break.
Agree to a certain extent, but getting the “Big Ego” LBJ to conform to a system and actually let a true PG run it would be hard to do Spoelstra isn’t the problem, the problem is the 3 guys willing to run offensive sets instead of being ball hogs. They gotta move the ball and players have to move in a system to create the gaps they need to score.
You have some good theories, but they won’t work. You are right about Carlos Arroyo being slow. I used to watch him when he played for the Jazz. I always got upset at him for how slow he was and his ball handling. Then the best thing ever happened: we got rid of Carlos Arroyo and picked up a rookie by the name of Deron Williams. I loved watching him play against Carlos Arroyo a few weeks back when the Jazz shocked South beach and came back from a double digit defecit. He made Arroyo look like a high schooler. And as for trying to model the Jazz offense, many have tried, few will succeed. It is a one of a kind offense that has to be run by players who are willing to give up the ball and move around setting picks for each other. I have not seen the Heat do this. There are three stars each wanting the ball for themselves and the rest of the team is left standing to watch. They do have talent yes, but talent will not carry you through a season by itself. You must have a team that is willing to be a team and not just three individuals with a few others on the court to take up space. Bench depth must also be a factor. Since you were talking about the Jazz, let’s go there in comparison to Jazz depth and talent. The Jazz have no “big” name players with shoe deals etc. Stockton and Malone, they were made better by the Jazz system. They were not big name players until their coach and team helped make them better. Boozer is a different story…… good riddance….. too much like Lebron. Williams is what he is because of his talent and supporting cast. He is unselfish, yet knows how to take a game over and help his crew win. If he is having an off night, his assists go up by helping his team get shots. Now we add Jefferson, someone who was lost in the Timberwolves lineup. He is going to have the chance to prove himself and shine as well. The key is that the Jazz do what they do without the big name stars and egos. I credit a lot of this to the type of players we get as well as the coaching staff behind them. You have to have guys who desire to play and those who know the talent and when to put whom in. Without all of these key elements falling into place, it is next to impossible to win. Miami might as well be playing 3 on 5 ball.
@miami frost: are u kidding me? arroyo is way better than chalmers and is a great ball handler and shooter!! and in international play he kills williams!! and kills the USA!! so stop talking crap about arroyo! btw ur a sad excuse for a jazz fan and ur a racist whose not willing to thabk arroyo for all the good games he gave u guys just because hes latin! thats jazz team would have won way less games without arroyo! he was there best player! seems u cant remember or just don wanna remember! stop attacking arroyo bunch of racist! i cant still remember arroyo beating the hell outta the USA in the usa’s 1st international loss
agree completely about all 3 of those. I’ve been saying all year Pittman should be getting some pt. and its not that arroyo is that bad..i mean he was the mvp of the israeli league…which says something if u think about how much the rest of the world has gotten better, BUT i think Chalmers style of play would fit much better with this team since arroyo is more of a slasher and they don’t need any more slashers. Also, they don’t have that bad of role players like everyone keeps saying, they just need to learn to play as a team.
They need to add Carmelo Anthony!! Bid for Carmelo Pleaseeee!!
Yeah. Plus CP3.. They might also want to add a better center, try noah or howard
Yeah and Kobe, Dwight, Howard,and Amare lol Give me a break ha ha ha ha yes and Nash or John Wall lol people crack me up. Melo will go nowhere and leave after his contract is up. Free agency will be his true way out of denver. Do any of you Heat fans think they can pay Carmelo?? lol They’re Miami Heat not the New York Yankee’s
trade wade for melo! lets go! haha!
Yea you heat fans gotta be smoking some crack right now. How would they be able to afford all or any of these guys with the pay role they have now. You guys are outta your minds. Face it, this team aint goin no where!
Yep Denvers desperate from some role players. And Melo would only be too happy to sign for the league minimum (If they were to wait til his contract expires) Dream on.
Dude you cant be talking about Melo going to miami. First its a dumb idea. They already have three superstars and it aint working, so why be dumb enough to add a fourth? And more importantly where would they get the money to pay Melo? Who would they get rid of to pay him, the whole bench and just have a starting five? Well, you heat fans thought the three amigos could do it, so maybe you would fall for something like that if it were possible! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeez I didnt realize you needed an all star team to win a championship these days. C’mon lets stop talking about what the heat need and focus on what they already have.
Need to sign a proven veteran point guard to run this team.a general.or trade for one.-I like toney douglas in New York.
has potential.
how about penny hardaway? i heard he’s trying to come back. :p
Penny’s good. Someone really needs to give him a chance.
Bosh – “In don’t think we would want it if we knew it wasn’t easy”
Bron – “Just imply it to the game, look at everything on film and in practice and imply it to the game”
Wade – “uh… did you see my dunk a few games back?”
Do you people know what the best lineup is?
PG – Steve Nash (Deal Chalmers and/or Jones and/or Maglore and Throw in cash or draft picks too if needed)
SG – Dwayne Wade
SF – Lebron James
PF – Chris Bosh
C – Joel Anthony
Nash brings leadership and he can control the team and also a game changer. See if Nash plays the point, then wade and lebron won’t always have to be at the top but instead have one on each side. Then you have Chris Bosh playing the 4 and would have help with Anthony on rebounding and shot blocking on defense. Just Imagine if Nash plays the point, that opens up the weak side because wade and lebron would be playing off the ball and also be doing cuts and probably allot of alley-oops. Nash can also play the pick and roll like he did last year with Stoudamire, now with Bosh. This lineup relieves the stress for wade and lebron to always play point. The Heat lack interior defense, points in the paint and also offence ran from the point. With Bosh and Anthony getting the feed from Nash will definitely boost the points in the paint. Anthony is a great shot blocker and rebounder and so is Bosh so the interior defence will be covered. Nash is one of the top point guards in the league and also one of the best defender for his position. Defence will surely be strong at the point and the paint and also offence will run very smoothly if Captain Canada heads to south beach. Nash will open shooters up such as himself and house and you know how well he can penetrate the defence. The other team would have many things to lookout for like Nash penetrating, outside shooters and also the big 3..WOW! Another good move is to replace Spolestra with Riley. Not because Spolestra is doing a bad job but I think Riley can get things done and organized just because he is a veteran coach. Riley would have a bigger impact on the team dealing with 4 superstars including veteran Steve Nash. Not only the starters get better, you would have Eddie House, Big Z, Mike Miller (when he returns), Eric Dampier (for a backup veteran big man) coming off the bench. In my opinion, dealing away Maglore, chalmers and/or Jones (and cash if needed) for Nash is good since Nash wants out and also Phoenix is building with young guns now. Keeping Arroyo is probably a good idea because the Heat would need a backup for Nash(If the trade was possible and went down). This would be the perfect plan for the heat to win the championship. Everyone would be happy, especially Nash if he wins this years championship. I wouldn’t be surprised if Miami was ranked first in offence and top 5 in defence. This would probably be the Miami team everyone was looking for before the start of the season. Here, check out these stats..
Estimated stats if the starting 5 above happened:
Steve Nash – Roughly 15ppg around 8-10apg Shooting 50% from the field/3pt and 90% from the FT line
Dwayne Wade – Probably the same stats… 22ish ppg with around 4apg and 5rpg
Lebron James – Probably the same stats too with 22ish ppg, 5apg and 5rpg
Chris Bosh – I’d like to see him average a double double when Nash is around… being able to put up 20ppg and 10rpg
Joel Anthony – Doesn’t matter because there’s just so much offence ^ up there. I’d like to see him grab rebounds and also give the heat a shot block presence in the paint. Joel doesn’t need to put up big offensive numbers but instead he can do those intangible things like intimidation and taking charges.
So, who here agrees that this would work?
Hmm…let me think…add another two time MVP to a team that already has one, as well as two other superstars. Of course it would work…such a simple solution, who would have guessed that adding another MVP who rarely misses and gets 13 assistsa a game would make a team better? Oh wait, its obvious. Add Nash to the Lakers, Celtics, Magic, or Bulls and he’d make them nearly invincible too…but thats not the point. The point is that the Heat were considered favorites to win the championship AS IS. With no roster tweaks, changes, etc. they already have more people riding their bandwagon than the 95 Bulls. The thing is, if the Heat added Nash would we even be impressed if they won? I don’t think so, and regardless, even adding Nash would not make the Heat any better than the Lakers or Celtics who will both still kick their ass. Frankly, if Lebron doesn’t win with this team, than he has no excuses and people will need to stop defending him. Lebron doesn’t make his teammates better. He turns Bosh into a mediocre player, he makes Wade into a second rate player, and he doesn’t make any of the bench players better. It isn’t about assists, it’s all about mindset and culture. A guy like KG is more valuable to the Celtics than Lebron is because he changes the entire mindset of the team he is on and holds teammates accountable for their play. Real leaders like Jordan, Bird, Magic, KG, and yes, Kobe make sure that their teammates put in the work and dedication as well as the focus to not just play well and win, but to be able to do it in spite of their superstars absence. Lebron will fail and for once the world will see him for what he is, the most talented body the NBA has ever seen, but empty and devoid of all heart, leadership, and willpower. Kobe is the real MVP. The end.
I have a simple rule for MVP voting: The best player on the last undefeated team in the league should win it EVERY year.
Yessir I couldnt have said it any better dude. Lets add some heart to that dose of leadership lebron needs as well though. C’mon this guy gave up on his team in the playoffs 2 years in a row. what kind of “king” does that. REAL KINGS HAVE RINGS!!!
UR AN IDIOT why not get Durant and Kobe while were at it-this isnt a fantasy league dumbass
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miami heat…they just SUCK. simple as that.
I think they have to give Chalmers and Pittman a chance.
1. Chalmers
2. Wade
3. LBJ
4. Bosh
5. Pittman
That would be a aggressive team!
LeCHOKE James is a traitor to his hometown, and did I mention, a COWARD…always has been.
i think it has more to do the cavs owner saying lebron would take clevlands curse with him looks like he was right!
correct me if im wrong sekou but i dont think there is a problem with lebron or dwade or even coach erik spoelstra as of the moment. they’ve been fighting hard and playing hard and the only probably explanation for dwade’s off night is that teams are beginning to realize that the only players carrying this miami team night in and night out are lbj and dwade thus great attention forces them to take more difficult shots and are forced to play in more difficult situations.
i also believe that the heat should start demanding more from chris bosh. things really get nasty when a team’s all star big man averages less than 8 boards a game.
finally, this has to do with the low quality bench support that miami has. i think dwade and the heat played better when he had jermaine and beasley with him. the same thing goes with lebron’s cavaliers when he had mo and shaq playing alongside him. solidifying the heat bench is the most important thing they should attend to. but salary cap restrictions makes it hard for the them.
If Nash is up for sale from the Suns, take Nash to run this team. I think Nash will be the best option for the PG spot.
Answer one question, how can they get a player like nash? They cant afford him, and they dont have the assets to trade for him. Unless they wanna give up one of their big three already. And it would have to be Lechoke or wade. I doubt the suns would trade nash to the heat for bosh straight up. So again i ask, how will they get a player like nash. Unless he is willing to come to the heat and play for the vets min to win a ring. Which i kinda doubt.
MMMM…. the problem in Miami is Wade… Wade is selfish no playmaker skills… Very low stats except points… Its better if Wade will be trade to Steve Nash… Wade sorry to say but your not FIT to them (LeBron and Bosh)… Your good but your not a team leader… Don’t be selfish Wade…
not to mention he’s too flashy at times.
This is ridiculous!
Don’t worry, we’re just playing rope-a-dope, playing you guys, letting you hope, and then, we will lower the boom. Nobody will be able to get within twenty points of us. Watch us go on a 68 game winning streak, and finish 76-6 for the regular season. We are, hands down, the greatest team in the history of the universe. Pshaw, we don’t need Haslem, we don’t need MIller, we don’t need anybody. We are just too cool to know you! Once Dwayne, Chris, and I, decide to play even at half-speed, everybody will start scrambling to get out of our way. Our destiny is to totally annihilate the rest of the League this year, and for at least the next six years. Just sit back and watch greatness unfold!
CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME OF WHAT YOU SMOKING CUZ IT HAS YOU VERY DELUSIONAL
Can I have some of that too? This stuff takes you completely away from reality!!!! WOW!!!!!
Sounds like a nice dream, but not reality, snap out of it you sound like your on an acid trip.
i agree and disagree of some sort…if someway the heat wont panic and just play the game even if there losing and just believe they can overcome it…they need to be SERIOUS, HEART, PASSION, DESIRE AND MOSTLY HAVE FUN, Its Basketball!!! for me even if i win and nevaa get use and felt important i wnt be tht much happy, FUN but still play GREAT.
i see there body language and its sickens me. though im still rooting for them.. i just SAY… keep talkin haterz, keep talkin.
and in some other topics.. i just wanna shout out this:
3 Jordan like players today
1.Kobe=Hard work, Competitiveness, Incredible Finesse, Clutch, B-Ball IQ, Creativivty
2.Wade= Fearless to the Hoop, Passion, Luck, Heart, Clutch( i see him hit more game winners than miss one) so i give him more clutch thn Kobe but just a little
3.LBJ= Physical Dominance, Court vision, Great help defense, Talents
Damn! I’m rooting for MIAMI, but I dont see them beating neither the Celtics or L.A. They’ve already beat Orlando and badly, so i dont worry about them.
I’m one of those who were saying thats too early to judge them, but HEY! lets be realistic, MIAMI cannot lose to teams like MEMPHIS, PACERS, the HORNETS its Ok because of CP3. I mean I want them to win the championship but I dont see that happening.
and the way they are playing, when they face the CAVS on dec. the Cavs have a great possibility of beating them, and if that happens I think LEBRON is going to regret 4 real of leving the cavs. and if he doesnt win the championship he will CRY like I b****.
All i can do right now is JUST HOPE, I MEAN HOPE that by january they’ll become the MIAMI HEAT they suppouse to be.
and they are gettin’ all these back lash because they TALK TOOO MUCH IN SUMMER, if they didnt talk that much it wouldnt be that bad. Wade said in summer when they welcome them in miami that HE FEEL SORRY FOR THE GUYS WHO HAD TO GUARD THEM, and lebron said that it was going to be easy, and right now its the opposite.
Plain and simple – When the coach cannot get his team to actually run an offense, you know, those sets that basketball teams play from, then the coach has no control over the players. This team is truly trying to make it up as they go along. The infection that is LBJ is in full effect. Spoelstra needs to go. LBJ needs to be slapped. This team is on the road to a Bronze Medal – As they play just like the Olympic teams that figured they were better than everyone else, so they could wing it like it was an all-star game.
As a raptors fan I have seen lots of Bosh. Signing him to be their primary big was foolish. He rarely plays defence or with passion. Which is unfortunate because he has the ability, as he has displayed it periodically.
Glad to see him leave Toronto. The raps are actually playing with pride and desire, as a a TEAM!
Miami do not need a PG they need a system. The Celtics and the Lakers have lots of star power as well. But they have coaches who command respect from their players and the players by into the system in place.
Plus they also have benches with players who can provide real minutes while the stars take a breather. Who do the Heat have? Haslem and Miller are both out leaving that bench very weak.
the point is you don’t put 2 ‘jordans’ on one team, and no pippens.
Uh to be compared with Jordan Your gonna need some hardware to back it up, Ya wade has a ring but neither wade or lebron are even a smidget of what jordan was. Closest thing to Jordan is and probably ever will be is Kobe.
@ Emperor James have you had cocaine today or is in Heroin? Maybe ecstacy or Meth. Are you kidding lol you are truely a DORK get real please and @DBBJBALLER the only reason they beat Orlando was Orlando poor shooting. The Magic really beat themselves shooting like crap. Dwight Howard killed them in the 1st half for 19 points but he sat most of the 3rd in foul trouble. If I was a Heat fan I would worry about Orlando. They beat them 1 time if I’m correct they play again soon maybe this week. I would be worried if I was a Heat fan. Hey Lechoke what happened to your list and remembering all the crap people were saying?? DBBJBALLER I have to agree with 1 thing you said when they don’t win the championship Lechoke will cry like a BIIIATTTCH lol. The way they’re playing anyone with 12 players can beat them now. Clevland will come out to win against Lechoke not Miami but it’s a personal thing against Lequeen James. @ Eperor James dude lay off whatever drugs your taking cause your losing your mind. It was you that said the Heat would be 82-0 then said 81-1 after they lost to Boston. You also said it was the 1st game wait til they face Boston again. lol What happened?? the heat SUCK AZZZ
hey! Law 064, DON’T HATE THE PLAYER, HATE THE GAME. what’s all this LECHOKE, LEQUEEN stuff. LEBRON will always be one of the best in the game, ain’t nobody can discuss that.
And yes they beat Orlando because the shot poorly, BUT YOU GOTTA ADMIT THAT THEY DEFENSE THAT NIGHT WAS GREAT.
Yo they played good against the Magic but Lechoke is a choker dude just admit it!!! He’s not better than Kobe he can’t close games he’s a choker plain and simple. The dude has sick skills but in the final minuites he won’t show up just like Joe Johnson. In other words the Queen Lechoke is a choker!!!
It’s funny tht ppl are giving ideas for the lineups tht miami should use…why don u try this?
PG- Erik Spoelstra
SG- Wade
SF- LeBron
PF- Bosh
C- Pat Riley
Erik will be able to run the offense and Riley will be able to clean the glass for the heat. With this offense they may be able to finish with a record of 76-6.
lol…multiple championship in years?…
haha .
I think that line up will work better.
i mean…losing to the PACERS? awwww come on….
hmmm do you guys really think this is the coaches fault?
If the coaches draw the play players should run it. By the way they’re playing they’re not even following what SPO’s diagram. Sorry to say but this is kind of Riley’s fault as well… As much as I hate the CELTS they can’t be like the CELTS.
Celtic has mature players in the get-go and they know their role as a team. And there’s NO ownage of the team like Miami’s it’s Wade’s it’ Lebrons team.. I’m tired of their Hype. They really need to check there EGO’s
BRING STEVE NASH TO SOUTH BEACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
steve nash will agree to trade to miami for sure!! and it will fix the problem!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR SURE!!!! GUARANTEED!!
Who does miami have that the suns would want? The heat would have to give up wade bosh or lequeen. Other than that the heat dont have anything. Dont tell me miller for nash or house for nash or haslem for nash. None of those guys would be worth it.
Emperor James is obviously HIGH on whatever he’s taking.LOL
PG- Erik Spoelstra
SG- Wade
SF- LeBron
PF- Bosh
C- Pat Riley
* NOW THIS IS THE LINE UP WE GOTTA SEE!!! HAHAHA! 1 FOR THE AGES!
To be real honest yall need to get it together i see my boy Lebron play his game and wade trying to play his i dont know what goig on with my boy Wade though, dont get me wrong Wade is a good ball player but we need ya to step up u know the press going to talk and Bosh just started getting off these last few game not saying he was the hold up but we gonna need plenty of that the whole season. We really need ONE more Year from u Pat, the youngster doing his thang but he dont know how to coach all that talent but the like up for me is
PG>E. House
SG>D.Wade
SF>L.James
PF>C.Bosh
C>J.Anthony
ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS DEC. 25 SHOULD BE A WIN AGAINST THE LAKERS
REAL TALK
Lets say some how they were to beat the LAKERS on the 25th which is highly unlikely. The heat cant even beat the pacers or the grizzlies. What would that win mean? Anyone who doesnt live in miami knows the heat have no chance of beating the LAKERS in the playoffs. Even though the heat wont even make it that far into the playoffs. They cant beat the celtics, we know that. And the first win they had against Orlando me personally i think was a fluke win. Orlando beat themselves. So again, how important would it be IF the heat beat the LAKERS on the 25th. If wouldnt mean a whole lot, not with the way the heat are playing now.
maybe they need to add Dwight Howard, Kobe and Carmelo. you think maybe then, they would start winning??
who needs to work towards championships when you can just get them handed to you? only chumps work hard and earn it. lol
I love watching the Heat losing, I have been hoping for it since they all got together and did their little TV show special and everything …. This is the team I love to hate, there has never been a team this fun to hate or with this much hype before they actually did anything.
I actually really liked all three players before they came together …I was actually pulling for LeBron in the playoffs last year. I will always be high in the upper concourse pulling for the underdogs (unless the Jazz are playing them) … What turned me off to the heat was the Emmy Awards like fanfare, and ridiculous stories and predictions from the media. I couldn’t log on the NBA.com without seeing some lame story about how awesome the Heat would be…and now that they are a mediocre team – I see nothing but stories about that. The Heat wouldn’t make the playoffs if they played out west, they are severely lacking the two critical elements of really good NBA teams: PG and Inside Presence. Bosh is more of face-up/wing player in my eyes, he most definitely can’t bang with Garnett or Gasol or Howard or Duncan …or Millsap! …The Heat are all hype, I can’t wait to see them make 6th seed in the East and then lose to the Celtics or Bulls (or some other team with PG+Insiders) in the first round.
MIAMI has the worse fan base in the NBA, period. As terrible as it is to watch the big three take lessons from lesser teams, it is even more pathetic to watch the stands. Lbron, Wade and Bosh are fun enough to bring a full house for each game in an aeverage sports town. Not in Miami. They really suck. See how laker fans support their team, OKC, phoenix, Boston etc. Well, I guess, its time the fans took part of the blame.
they don’t have a point guard!!! that’s the problem. no stable pg. you can’t just throw anyone on that position. like for 10 min. it’s carlos and then the next 10 min. it’s lebron then you switch to wade. then after that you put it to house and chalmers.. it’s very confusing, not stable and the ball is not moving the way it suppose to be.
i’m saying if you got a chance for steve nash or jason kidd. that would fix the problem
Fix the problem? The Heat as a whole is a problem, how do you fix tht?
lack of rebounding, lack of chemistry or defense whatsoever, the coach are all responsible for this.or the ..so the best thing for the heat fans to do is to shout FIRE…… FIRE SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND LET PAT RILEY AT THE HELM
wade needs to step up 11 points? 3 points? who is this guy? If wade steps up and stays consistent, if bosh stays consistent…..the heat will win. Lebron cant pull this team too, this isn’t cleveland. It’s the big three, no the big 1
BOSH as the POWER FORWARD? puhleaze? seriously? where’s the “power” gonna come from? I think he’s GAY(no offense to RUDY)…..LOL
It’s not about line up or anything like that. The big three needs to step up, and I mean all of them. all three have them need an above avg game to make Miami competitive. I mean against the Pacers, LBJ and Bosh put up good numbers, while Wade when 1/13. That just can’t happen. Also they need to speed up the tempo and take advantage of their athleticism, they don’t have a post up player so playing against a set defensive will make them a jump shooting team only.
I dont care what nobody think lebron james and the miami heat still gone pull the championship out of the hat at the end of the 2010-2011 nba season.
LOL I love your loyalty but sorry the Heat were not going to win this season anyhow. They can’t compete with Boston,Orlando and I had faith that ATL could beat them but they have proved to be a bust just like the Heat. The Hawks really have a good chance against the Heat Chicago as well. The heat are going nowhere pal..
They have given fire power to enemies… Everyone (in forums anyway) are laughing at Miami.. I once had a reason to defend them. Now, i dont want to!
They disappointed me.. I am a Miami Heat Fan in mourning
EVERYONE STOP HATING! ON MIAMI ITS THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON… BESIDES WADE SAID THEY WILL GET THERE OFFENSE GOING MAYBE DURING JANUARY OR AT THE END OF IT.. SO STOP HATING!!! UR JUS MAD CAUSE MIAMI HAS A BIG THREE AN UR TEAM DOESNT!! (IM NOT SAYING BOSTON DOESN’T HAVE A BIG THREE BECAUSE THEY DO AN SO DO THE LAKERS)
first of all mr.capps you know how many wins the celtics real big three had when when they lost their 6th game in 07-08? 30 wins! I love how Miami fans were more than willing to be cocky when they got queen james and the other guy this summer thinkin that they would win a bunch in a row and roll through the leaugue. But any true NBA fan knows that basketball is all about chemistry not talent. The spurs dont have three possible MVP candidates from last year. I mean they dont even have one. But they are sittin at 11-1 because they have the best chemistry and combination of players in the league.right now. Finally, who in the hell care what wade says. Like he can predict whats gonna happen. If so, I might need to ask him about my Lotto numbers. Pretty sure just just about every team right now is happy they dont have the “the three” seein how ahitty they are playin. But yes, we are all jealous of the Heats 8-6 record talk about dominant. So maybe you stop cryin about your team and maybe look at other bandwagons to hop onto i hear Boston and Orlando are pretty good
For this Miami heat team to be successful coach erik HAS to be more assertive and define roles. Lebron & Wade may be great players but right now they are both trying to defer from the leadership role because of the media reaction. For now i think Lebron should take over this team & wade should play off of Lebron (this is just an opinion). Lebron is clearly the better all around player & wade is a great defender & scorer at his position. Chris Bosh is a nice scoring option but not a dominant defender.
This heat team will work it out in due time, but for that to happen Coach Spolestrea needs to figure out how these jigsaw pieces of talent fit together.
If you watch the heat’s offense you’ll notice it just seems so freelance and unorganised. GET IT TOGETHER.#
Side note: Heat fans suck.
LOL P Loco they need Kobe Melo Dwight and CP3 then they’ll start winning lol. @ Terrell Eddie house has no D and can only hit open jumpers. I don’t see them beating the Lakers on Christmas. I don’t even like LA but I’m a true b-ball fan and can’t see them beating LA. Bosh can’t handle Zach Randolph let alone Gasol or KG or Duncan, Amare as well. LA will dismantle them just like the Pacers did last night almost 20 point lead. lol I like the lineup with Pat Riley and Erik Spo lol too funny. But hey it can happen.
If the Heat get Steve Nash they’ll still be in trouble Nash has no D and Wade and Lechoke will cry they need to bring the ball up the court and play 1 on 1 a efficent PG like Nash will screw up the Process. The Process that has them 8-6 but they’re supposed to win 70 games this year and a title. Sweep thru the playoffs and win the finals in 5 games. Lechoke Shames lol. D Wade is he man and has been having some off games but it’s still his team!!!
miami is LUCKY if they get the 5th or 6th seed in the east…LOL..if they get to the FINALS? i smell sumtin’ FISHY
If you recall…”How many championships will you win, Lebron?”…”Not 1, Not 2, Not 3, Not 4, Not 5, Not 6, Not 7(all this while the other 2 giggled)… He is absolutely right, They’re not going to win 1, let alone 7 – What an ego idiot!
The reason why the team is not putting up good number on winning column is because these big 3 are still entrenched in their old form : constantly ball hogging. Big stars need to have contact with ball in order to heat up. Once this opportunity is taken away, they lose their confidence and have hard time adapting to a side-show role. When these big 3 were in their own team, 70% of the play go through or were initiated by them. But now, they need to be patient to wait for the ball, and ego just don’t fly well now.
I believe once they can all swallow their ego, support each and play confidently with their role, the team will be good. But until then, tons adjustments needed to be done here.
why not hire john van gundy. he was the one who glorified the heat before the season started. he predicted that the heat will beat the bulls record of 72-10, they will not lose 2 games in a row, they will beat lakers record of consecutive wins. look at them now, the season is still young but it seems to me that the great john van gundy is ready to take over this team and back up his stupid predictions. what do you say now coach?
“John” Van Gundy brilliant must be jeff and stans brother check ur facts buddy
lol thart one was good “JOHN VAN GUNDY” jajajajajaajjaja
Wow, people still just don’t get it!!!! There is only one ball and three stars that need it in order to be affective! Wade is struggling because he is a volume shooter!!! Bosh is lost because he has no identity since he left Toronto and Lebron honestly had better role players in his supporting cast in cleveland which was a team specifically built around him. That’s Y their offence is stagnant… They’re all waiting for the ball.
Guys: I’ve told every body since July that It was a mistake to bring Chris Bosh to complete the trio. There are no Miami’s big three. There is just a dynamic duo ,James and Wade (Probably the best duo just behind the greatest Jordan/Pipen duo). Mr. Bosh can’t play every night against big guys (Howard, Duncan, Noah, O’neal, Gazol, etc.) The only player that night in and night out ir ready for a battle is Haslem who now is injured. That’s why the Bulls didn’t contract Bosh. He is only a nice role player. Remember that Bryant put a show on his face with 81 points. I warranty that Mr. Bryant wouldn’t made that record against really good players (Howard, Duncan, Noah, O’neal, Gazol, etc.). So, with Mr. Wade and Mr. James you don’t make a championship race. They need to make trades. I don’t remember anybody angry with the coach last year when with a poor team he coach them just into playoffs. He is a nice coach but he can’t go to the court and make plays. For me Riley is the best coach of all times but he new that the team was unbalanced. He made the trades not the coach. He is responsible on this too. James must be seeing the Bulls record and thinking “I should accept their offer in July” but, such is life. Now is Mr. Anthony ho has that oportunity. Well if the heat want to make a run for me they should trade Bosh to free salary and bring a real big man or a nice point guard to put the team on track. With Haslem at strong forward.
Denise: well, miami’s greatest player…ever…was named MOURNING..LOL
What lack of fun and swagger? Thats BS! The problem at heat is they have no PG to set up and play. And the major problem is not Lebron, Wade or Bosh… its Spoelstra’s team. What a wuss he is, making LBJ a PG and setting up plays for the team. If this LOSING STREAK continues… We are going to see another LAKERS vs CELTICS this year and LBJ is going to commit suicide for sure. LOL!
code red? how about code black and blue for getting your butts kicked? what about all hands on deck, what a minute miller and haslem out on injuries, wade has been M.I.A…bosh can only play with either bron or wade, he be be counted on when all three play together…riley can’t save them, the east is tougher than everyone thinks..boston is by far the best in the east. …still lakers in 6 against the celts.
Lebron James asked for superstars right?? He got them. But he turns everyone he plays with into just average players because of his constant need to dominate tne basketball ion order to be effective. He is the most talent athlete the league has ever seen but he is not very intelligent when it comes to the game and after 8 years he still can’t shoot!
I cant understand how people keep saying lebron is the most talent we have seen. But yet people say he doesnt make players around him better. And after being in the league for 7 years, he has not been able to win a championship. I think Jordan and Kobe still are the best talent the league has seen. Lebron has been taken out of that equation.
I AGREE ABOUT THIS DWADE TALK HE REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP TIGHTEN UP IS WHOLE BODY LANGUAGE ON THE COURT IS IDK HE HASNT DONE NOTHIN THIS YR SIT HIS A$$ OUT HE DOESNT NEED TO PLAY WITH LACK OF EFFORT AND OOO YEAH HE’S SICK MESS BLAH BLAH MJ HAD THE FLU DAMN THERE PUT 50 POINTS UP HOW I LOOK AT IT HE REALLY NEEDS TO WAKE UP IT’S LEBRONS TEAM EXCEPT IT HE’S BETTER THAN YOU I USE TO THINK CARMELLO WAS NOT AS GOOD AS YOU COME TO THINK OF IT CARMELLO IS BETTER# JUST SAYING
I feel sorry for them, even if you look close to LBJ, he’s not happy there and the body language shows that.
He’s probably gonna quit soon like what he did in cleveland
Heat is a sorry team. Let’s give them more time to make their act together.
Probably, they want a royal treatment in the court. lol…
sorry eric spo u have to go… miami bring back pat riley. THANX
When the celtics got their big 3 together they had a 19-2 start. But with Miami it’s “a process” and we need to wait. Almost 20% of the regular season has gone by, and that’s not a good sample?
Sure they might go into a 15 game win streak, but not with the ball they are playing.
They might not need a PG but they surely need to get off their butts and start playing.
They might not need another coach but they surely need to be consistent and start executing and grab rebounds.
the reason why Celtics were so successfully when they brough in the big 3 is because the three has so many different roles and KG and Ray are both humble and they careless about the spotlight. LB and Wade were raised up in spotlight through their career and they need that.
The Heat is basically a new team for coach Spoeltra to coach, and they’ll have time to adjust to Spoeltra. Spoeltra is a pretty good coach and he will get it done.
Kazmaticz
The Lakers don’t agree nor the Celtics… Heat doomed!
Lebron james – The Decision is going to haunt him for a while.I am a true beleiver of Karma and this is the result.
The Big 3 should wait to party if they can win a playoff series or if they get lucky and win eastern conference. Anyway they are going to lose to the LAKERS- the real Champions.
Dan gilbert might be right, cleveland will win a championship before the queen does
LBJ had mo williams, jamison, shaq, and parker in Cleveland. They were under a system that worked sooo well with defense. They were built ground up on defense over the last 7 years. They were on the right track. He leaves for a superficial team that needs to start all over again. Why did he leave? I guess the grass always looks greener on the other side.
thats true but, I understand why he left. he spent 7 years in cleveland and couldnt do it, he had to try something different. the cavs have fault too cause they didnt make no great moves this summer to keep him
The Cavs did everything they could to keep lequeen happy and keep him in cleveland. Fact of the matter is, he sucks! Hes no leader, and far from capable of carrying a team to championship. This is why he needed to other superstar players to help him!
Just as lot of people said at the beggining of the season, bringing gratplayers no make you a great team. If they do not pass the ball and play 1to 1 in almost half of the possetions, well, that will make the defenders job way easier. Let´s not forget that none of them, Lebron or wade, are good long range shooters, that limits the ofensive spectre of the heat (maybe having melo and wade or allen and james would be better duo, because they would be more complementary)
Yes, of course Nash would be a solution for this team (and also Dwight Howard, a 28 eight years old shaq, Larry Bird, john stockton or magic johnson would be too) but if you need to add ANOTHER superstar to the team, that´s because the 3 big aren´t as big or you got deep troubles that maybe requires more drastic (and CHEAPER) answers. Don´t ofrget there´s a pay limit on the nba.
This comment is for lebron..you need to activate the ball everytime you have it!!There are times when you look lazy dribbling up and down the court wasting time off the clock..also, when you play aggressive from the start, you will lead by example and your teammates will see that. Just by watching your games as a fan, youre too predicatable with your stance when u have the ball..i can tell when you’re going to pass or shoot..always be in the triple threat position ready to attack so that the defender is on their heels..to sum it up the whole heat team just needs to “activate the ball” as Phil Jackson would always say.
To all Raptor’s fans this must seem so familiar. With Bosh as a major part of this team get used to long stretches of half effort and defering of blame.
Honestly i think that everyone in the team should play their damn position! Everyone in miami notices that Lebron james is playing like he did in cleveland and news flash HE NEVER MANAGED TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP LIKE THAT! I think that if arroyo or chalmers or house are in the pg position they should actually play point guard take the ball up the court not lebron or wade. Lebron needs to learn to post up and d.wade can play the pick and roll situation and bosh is always going to be there as a third option. Also Spolstra doesnt have the ba**s to tell them to play their role. Hes scared of the big three and needs to man up. I still think that its the best talented team overall but the egos are clashing and lebron needs to realize it is dwades team but dwade doesnt care about who has the ball as long as they are winning lebron doesnt. Against the pacers he took three 3 pointers in a row in the 4th quarter and missed all 3. Change the coach and let everyone have a role Lebron you are not the coacg
common people you are just making sily points and bad line ups for the heat.
anyway when a team has 3 superstar, not just star but superstar players thei record should not be 8 and 6 it should be atleast 11 and 3. so the first thing they need to do is get pat riley back on the bench and send eric spoestra to wnba becouse he dosent have the guts to tell lebron or dwade what to do or the hole team.
if pat was back starting lineuo would look something like this
PG Lebron only on offene on defense PF
SG Dwade
SF James Jones
PF Chris Bosh
C BigZ
Sorry to say, Dwayne Wade is destroying the game and the coach is not helping either. The Miami coach is like someone in training. This guys should be an assistant coach in NBA. Period. I don’t know what pat is thinking of, is this the coach that would face, Phil Jackson, Doc River and the rest of them? NO. Pat Riley is a joker.
Let me tell y’all LAKERS fan something, the LAKERS have an easy schedule early on, thats why they are winning, they have played 3 games against good teams (DENVER, SUNS) and they lose 2 of those 3. SO DON’T GET TOO EXCITED OK.
The LAKERS look a lot better than the heat! I bet LAKER fans can get a lot more excited about a championship than heat fans. I bet the LAKERS will have a better record going into the playoffs. I bet the LAKERS have a better team than the heat do, from top to bottom. I bet the LAKERS have more championship banners than the heat. Dont worry about the LAKERS, we are the back to back champs. They got what they are doing under control.
of course they are better, THEY HAVE A COUPLE YEARS PLAYING TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE PHIL JACKSON.
plus they have good players in every position (not the heat)
we have an easy schedule? wats miami excuse for bein 8-6 how they dominate orlando but struggle against boston TWICE how they lose to indiana and memphis? easy schedule lol
yo! tell me the good teams that the lakers have played against this far???????????
matter of fact, don’t tell me i’ll tell you: DENVER AND PHOENIX. Is there anybody else??????
Still will be in the NBA finals. Still will win multiple titles. It will work out. The Cavs finished regular season best 2 years straight and it didnt get them any titles. LeBron has been the ONLY consistent player on the team besides UD. It’s his team now. The talent level and pride of these guys WILL show through and all of the people who want to analyze why they’re losing will be singing a different tune. Anybody who thought this team would come out the gates winning every game is obviously a casual fan that doesnt know the hard work it takes to build a contender. See you all when the Heat hoist the trophy this year.
@ Aaron dude your on drugs like this Emperor James guy. The Heat will hoist what trophy? A Slam dunk trophy? All the Media and Heat fans were saying that the Heat will go 20-0 from the start and win more than 75 games. Get back to reality this is not nba 2k11 or 2k11 elite this is the real deal. The heat can’t even beat Indiana, tonight Orlando will avenge the loss from earlier this year. UD the best bench player they got maybe should start over that softee Bosh, now he is out for a while now they are in more trouble. I can say Aaron please don’t smoke cocaine and post silly comments. It takes time I keep hearing excuses they suck that’s the bottom line.
LOL..Lebron idea of the game being fun is to let him get his first, forget about the plays he will ignore them, THEN the others can get there stats. ALA Cavs
We need a coach…. Doc Rivers from day one said kg your job is defense and rebounding, Paul your The closer and Ray your gonna have to sacrifice the most. Doc said it and they bought into it they were off and running….there’s no way Boston is better than Miami in individual talent….But guess what…they complement perfect and are the best team……I need a coach who can tell player to stop shooting if they been off, to start moving the ball, to actually educate this players…..we need to run, we have the talent to do it….miami in the open court will be impossible to contain….(Suns couple of years ago)…there is only two people who can make Miami a championship team…..Coach Pat & Coach K,
And dont give me that **** about bench…..House, Jones, Z can easily score 30 point per game combine….now add UD and Miller…another 20……we have the talent but I feel so frustated because I believed in Spo….but there’s no way we are gonna win anything….
All i can do is laugh about the comment you made about the bench. Z is soft, House is only good for a spot up 3. Dont have a lot of confidence in miller. UD was the only reliable one, things arent looking to good for him. The bench basically sucks dude!
LOL they bench is the biggest problem. Big Z lol he’s like barely walking Eddie House lol Like heatsuck said he’s only good for spot up jump shots. Jones lol don’t make me laugh. Miami =Overrated/undersize/NO Bench (Without Haslim the bench is even weaker) Hugo your a idiot!!!
why is everyone blaming the coach????????? last year coach spo took the heat to the playoff and they just had wade, so has proved that he’s a good coach. COACH SPO AINT GOT THE FAULT, THE WHOLE MIAMI HEAT TEAM HAVE THE FAULT, SPECIALLY WADE, LBJ AND BOSH. AND OF COURSE ARROYO AND CHALMERS.
No dude the coach has to take some of the blame too. I like this coach, but i dont think he is the right person to coach egos like the queens and wades! Too bad a Phil Jackson is not available, or even a Mike Dantoni probably wouldnt be bad! But the coaching is just a very small part of this teams problems.
yes, he got to take part of the blame, but all of the blame are going to him right now
Also I think it’s not fair to compare this ‘Big 3′ to the Big £ in Boston because the 3 in boston all complement each other (rays outside scoring/ pure shooting & quickness, paul pierce’s mid range game + ability to get to the foul line, & KG’s mid range/ defensive ability and interior game) .. but the heat 3 have 2 of the same player in Lebron & D Wade & a power forward that doesn’t like to post up. womp.. womp.. wooooomp.
P.S. if your offence is basically running on offence.. you are NOT a title contender. You need a half-court offence.
You’re right BrownMamba, a comparison to the big three of Boston is not correct. I have also heard them called the “Three Amigos” which is not a good comparison either. I like watching the three amigos, but not the three stars of the heat. A more fair comparison might be the “Three stooges”. But that might not be fair either because I like watching Larry, Curly, and Moe. It is not very fun watching Lebron, Wade, and Bosh.
CAVS/PACERS/HORNETS 2011 NBA CHAMPIONS! You heard it here first!
Everybody just relax before everyone starts calling out freaking hellfire. Yes, the Heat aren’t 13-1. I understand that. They just don’t understand how to mix with each other jet. They never had a summer league together (Wade was injured) and you have 3 all stars (maybe all hall-of-famers depending on Bosh) who have never played with a truly great player in their entire career (minus when Wade had a younger Shaq and Payton). (Old Shaq and Mo don’t count). They don’t know how to play with each other and Spolestra is a young coach (no Doc, Sloan, Jackson or Riley) who has to learn to adapt to new schemes on the fly. He needs to figure out multiple rotations and offensive schemes ASAP. The Celtics with Doc Rivers himself had identity issues when they just formed, though they formed during the middle/end of the season and kicked ass in the playoffs. PLUS they had a better bench. They beat Orlando and Phoenix. The only losses that people had the right to blame them on are for the Pacers. Wade wasn’t playing for Memphis (prolly wasn’t 100% for Indiana … Shoulda sat out). The Jazz have the best point guard & offensive schemes in the league, Boston is arguably the best team in the league and the Hornets are shocking everyone (who predicted them being 1 win behind the Lakers? Not me.). Seriously, they’re 4th in the East and 2 games behind Boston. As a heat fan the year before the ACTUAL championship run, I didn’t say they were going to win a championship this year. All great (or even decent for that matter) teams do when they hit bad streaks or bad media is just suck it up, play basketball and realize its just a phase. So as people who aren’t even on the court, just relax, wait for them to grow, & allow them to give Boston a run for their money in the Eastern Conference finals. They’ll prolly won’t win, but they’ll get a few games off them (since Wade single-handedly got one off them last year and Lebron got 2 with Cleveland)
I mean the Celtics MESHED in the middle-end of the season
Sorry Jhonnie the Celtic’s were like 30-5 get your facts straight. The heat won’t make it to the Eastern conf finals they are going down in the 2nd round!!
Is it just me or does anyone else think they should trade bosh and arroyo. For a Solid PG, Good Center, and Athletic PF?
its just you partner
Thats exactly what they are going to have to do if they ever wanna win a championship! Mark my word, when and if miami wins another championship, Bosh will not be on the team. They gotta trade somebody to free up some cash to bring in better role players!
dont be stupid, bosh ain’t getting trade, no matter what.
he will just have to adjust his game, simple as that
it is just so ridiculous that people actually offer a solution that includes bringing in steve nash or another big name. This team is underperform because of too many big names. Steve Nash will put an end to their championship seeking because of his super poor defence. LBJ and Wade will totally object to this idea but they will end up having less and less touch of the ball. A team with steve nash as pointguard needs not the players that initiates the attack, the team needs some sharp shooter and just wait at the right corner to receive the ball and put it through the hoop.Both wade and LBJ aren’t that great of a shooter. They initiate their own attack.
I LIVE IN LA, AND THE NBA SCREWED ALL LAKERS FANS THIS CHRISTMAS… YOU GAVE US THE HEAT? BS! WE WANTED THE CELTICS. IT WILL BE LAKERS VS CELTICS AGAIN THIS YEAR IN THE FINALS, AND IT WILL BE THE TIE BREAKER THAT DOC RIVERS WAS CRYING FOR. I WANT TO SEE WHAT EXCUSES HE COMES OUT WITH THIS TIME. LAKERS 3 PEAT!
miami sucks and the lakers r gonna win the championship ok next topic….the bulls r lookin’ pretty good with rose doin’ everything now imagine boozer comin back?…but…just imagine this lineup PG rose, SG j.r. smith, SF carmelo anthony, PF boozer, C noah…idk much about salary or money but if it was possible they should send taj gibson(u saw his potential in the dallas game) lou deng and maybe james johnson 4 melo and j.r…they need scorin cuz thats there problem right now and wit the coach they have defense should be no problem…sure rose can continue takin a lot of shots and scorin 24 PPG and maybe run some pick n rolls wit boozer like d will and him in utah but thats not enough and melo will solve that problem…we all know noah plays d so the interior is pretty safe if u just make boozer play a lil d…and if smith don’t wanna play d bench him and continue startin veteran bogans…i wanna see chicago beat miami in the playoffs and make it a lil easier on those old ass celtics so we can beat them again!!!…3 Peat!!!…17 World Titles!!!…6 for King Bryant!!!…
Ok, we got to get past all this Miami talk. I’m not a HEAT fan. Bosh , Wade, and Bron are good players but each one are basicly one dementional players. Bosh- stop and pop jump shooter. Wade- isolation player one on one (but he’s clutch for the most part). Bron- a up and down player, running on fast breaks for dunks and layups. For their skills , they don’t mesh. But on the other hand they are NOT a complete team, no pg or center. Chalmers doesn’t get a lot of playing time, everyone says, it doesn’t matter he’s not that good or consistent even if he did go to KU. Ok, Haslem-out, and I really like him, is a big hit for the HEAT. This means, for Miami, no rebounds, no blocks, no consistent 18 ft jumpers, no garbage buckets, and no drawing charges. Sounds like Udonis is surely the glue that holds this team together. Now they go out and sign Eric Dampier to replace him,,,,,,,,, NOT! Dampier can’t fill the former GATOR’S shoes, not even close. Mike Miller is supposed to return around Christmas, but I don’t think a jump shooter is going to help them that much. It don’t look good for South Beach. They’ll make the Play Offs but will gone in 1st or 2nd round.
Just let Lebron leads the team. At least you won’t have this 8-6 records. You may not win the title this year, but Lebron can give you 60+ wins .
60 wins means nothing if you aint holdin that championship trophy in the end.
Everyone even Pat Riley have to understand that we are competing,if you playing game with urself and u lost it s different thing.
Ur opponet is not there to watch u show ur swagger, so suck it up HEAT……GO RAPTORS GO !
I know Chris cannt say it openly but he regrets leaving for Heat, but sorry we would be fine.
KOBE
Miami coach need gone,I dont think he has the capability to handle the egos of the TRIO’s.
Heat advantage is that when 2 of the TRIO is not hot at least one could be and with the help of james jone, u can make things happen,but the fact remains even the worst team in the league want to give them a tougher time atleast if thats gonna be their only win of the season….lol
Now, what I think is that let Lebron be Lebron,lead the team and forget about the third wheeler for now and let WADE get enough rest so that he doesnt go back like Brandon Roy.
If LBJ leads,you have chances of making things happen when u have ur third wheeler there,big Z and james Jones which ppl dont consider to be a threat.
But if u want chris to power this team,it will be a failure just like his 7 years in Raptors,if u looking for someone that likes winning, U got it,LBJ.
Odogg, U said the right thing, i like that
This is Proof you just cant take 3 stars and put whoever around them and think they can play together
You Heat fans talk like a bunch of junkies. Nash aint coming to Miami….and Miami’s problem is they have no inside presence. Hahahahaha Lebron looks lost in the interviews….And whats this “we are not having fun” talk??? LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO “THE DECISION” LET ME ALSO TAKE YOU BACK TO THE “CHAMPIONSHIP-LIKE CELEBRATION WHEN YOU AND BOSH ARRIVED” OR THE CLOSED TELEVISED SCRIMAGES AT THE AIRFORCE??? HAHAHAHA…14 games into the season and your complaining about lack of fun???? and you just got a 106 million dollar 5 year deal??? CODE RED SEKOU IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT IN THIS SITUATION!! Can I ask you…WHY WAS ALL BIG THREE NOT PRESENT IN THE INTERVIEW? WHY IS IT SUDDENLY…BOSH BY HIMSELF, LEBRON AND WADE TOGETHER?? Also, Sekou, after Wade goes 1-13, and gets outscored 20-3 by Brandon Rush…..HAHAHAHAHAHA….I WILL KINDLY ASK EVERYBODY TO TAKE WADE OFF THE TOP 5 IN THE NBA LIST!!!! PLEASE??? Or put Brandon Rush beside his name. 1 game or not, your at home….wrist or not, you could have played defense….and Wade is simply not the player We thought he was!! He can get 50 next game…it doesnt matter.This is the 3RD TIME THIS YEAR WHERE HE HAS BEEN HELD UNDER 10POINTS…..WITH 3 SUPERSTARS??? JOKE…And Riley cant do anything about this. You guys think if Riley comes Lebron or Wade will get a jump-shot??? lmao…get outta here LAKERS ALL-DAY EVERYDAYY!!!
“I WILL KINDLY ASK EVERYBODY TO TAKE WADE OFF THE TOP 5 IN THE NBA LIST!!!! PLEASE???” LOL and I think that Sir Charles Barkley has removed D-Wade from his fave five as well!
if LeBron is given his Cleveland role..that is..running the offense..it’ll do a whole lot of good for the Heat..Wade can just focus on cutting through the lane and Bosh will be fed by those guys so he can can play like he did in Toronto..these guys just need to know their roles..then it’ll work out for the Heat just fine..
No system !!!! is a problem …. Riley !!!!!!!!!!!
No defense at all in this squad! I think its about time we see Pat Riley on the court!
i think lebron and wade in one team never gona work for one simple reason they both need the ball in their hand all the time, u gona see it in every game , that one of them will have a good game and one will not. very rarely u gona see both players playin good in one game. lebron should of went to the clippers to build a dynasty their imagine
him their . baron davis, eric jordan, lebron, griffin,kamen. thats wat we call it a complete team. that can compete
Trade Bosh for Blake Griffen or Kevin Love, both guys can score with their backs to the basket and they play as hard as they possibly can, rebounding and defense is about effort, both of these guys leave it all out on the floor. Bosh is overrated and looks like he is afraid of getting hurt, would free up cap space too!
I am a Laker fan and want to see this team flop as much as anybody but this is just early in phase 1 for this team. They have to see how these players fit together 1st and early on it seems wade & lebron do the same thing – dominate the ball and slash to the hoop. Thats what each has done their whole careers and one of them is going to have to give it up. Both are capable of taking on the role of a true pt guard and going for 15/12 a game with the occasional offensive explosion. The other has to learn to move without the ball, then catch & shoot.
Bosh is one of these guys who put up #’s on bad teams and is yet another perimeter big man. The Heat doesn’t need that. If they had signed lebron before him they probably would have been wise to to spend his money on a couple of midrange free agents who could bring them some interior play and intangibles. But since they have him he is going to have to learn to do those things himself.
After these guys start adjusting their games & blending together with the supporting cast the Heat start the next phase by seeing how they compare to the rest of the league. This evalution may take all of this season.
Phase 3 begins in the offseason as they try and wrestle with the cap while bringing in different role players to plug the holes they have, assuming the have some and didn’t win it this year. (Steve Nash recently re-upped for a big # and to get him the heat would have to put together a package of players to match salary. Their draft position is going to be bad so that won’t entice either, meaning they would basically be asking phoenix to give him up for nothing. Even if the managed to convince phoenix to take what remaining talent is on the roster – Miller, Haslem and a bunch of other guys -what are they going to have left and, given the cap, what are they going to have to spend to try and build a roster?)
The point is that it is, unfortunately, way to early to write them off. Maybe all the parts are there now and they validate 8/5. I hope not. Listening to an endless ‘Big 3′ chorus for the next several years would be sheer roundball torture.
Don’t know why but it’s nice to see the Heat lose. Goes to show that teams like Chicago and Utah can do well without having super prima donnas cramming for primetime spotlights. After all the hype that all the pundits made it goes to show that you have to play as a team, not have two guys competing for commercial spots and a third wanting to get more commercials. When will the league stop going after 8 or 10 players as whatever team they are on is the coming of Christ and try to actually just cover the teams based on their wins and skills?
I agee with the fun and swagger thing mentioned by lebron. Remember in cleveland when lebron and his teammates had the pre-game rituals before the game? Where is that in Miami?
And you see what all the dancin and clowning around got that team, not a damn thing!!!
HHAhahahahhahahahhahahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……..loose miami loose
Coach Spo Negelected Offense in favour of defense he basicly just told them to work it out in the middle of the game
is he crazy?? its gonna take most of the season to work it out and with all this injury mayby longer which means no offensive sets to call theres nothing he can say about a lack of scoring when he gives them no way of CONISENTLY playing with each other in the one system all he eva says is the Defense wasnt working IM SORRY COACH SPO but DEFENSE will sometimes fall loose for EVEY SINGLE TEAM so you need to be able to still put pressure onn the score board to make the other team fall back but his idea will and up with Lebron getting fed up and just taking ova the system which is not wat they wanted coming together as a big 3 so now we( thanx to coach Spo) are going to have the Miami Cavs. I think in the mean time thats wat they should do LEbron and D wade just swap PG position all night one on one off except at the begging of each half and in these closing out situations that will keep them fresh in this hard brutal system that causes Guys injury cause they have to fight them selves and get beat up with out an offensive structure.
Jordan still the greatest of all time…lolo … he saw it coming because he is the greatest… you caanot put 2 Jordan in the same team and leave Pippen… The G.O.A.T Mr Jordan
He Should Have Stayed In Cleveland Point Blank Sorry He Could Have Played On A Winning Team Now Look At You
Lebron You Still My Dude Buit Should Have Stayed In Cleveland.
US MIAMI FANS STILL SHOULD BELIEVE IN OUR TEAM. Mr sensible aka whatever is not all right because let’s see steve can either stay with a loser suns team that will SUCK THIS SEASON or he could go to miami and join the big 3 to make an ultra-type big 4. Then the linep would be
G: Steve Nash
G: D-Wade
F: Lebron james
F: Chris Bosh
C: BigZ / Joel
Side Note: Fire coach spo and hire pat riley or sign a coach like Jeff Van Gundy. Also BrownMamba at least us heat fans actually can think of a name and not write Brown Mamba. Wow you really suck BrownMamba
The name brown mamba doesnt suck as bad as the heat team!! LMAO!!
You hate fans are STUPID if you think Steve Nash will fix anything, HOW WOULD THEY PAY HIM????? Miami sucks azzzz
as much as i HATE miami, its too early to debate anything. its not like you just added one piece like the lakers did with pau. you tore apart a team and rebuilt it from head to toe with all new parts. you also changed the team dynamics from one superstar, to two. anyone who actually PLAYS any sport, will understand this. with all of this being said, it takes time to gel and work. coming out of the all star break, you will be able to see if this time will rise or fall. right now its way too early. we have seen teams stumble out of the gates, and then pick it up….personally though, i dont think they will win the east and make it to the finals this year.
“We’re here to win 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 championships…” HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
How bout we beat a club that’s above 500 first???
…Looking forward to Christmas…
There is another way the heat can become succesful. They could trade for a center that can defend big time centers. They could get Marc Gasol who is one hell of a center. The lineup would look more better like some adjustments to thre lineup.
PG: lebron James
SG:D-Wade
SF:Chris Bosh
PF: Dampier or Haslem
C: Marc Gasol(if added) / BIGZ
Why do you retarted heat fans keep saying Dampier at Forward?!! He does not play forward you idiots!!
Trade with what? Who will they trade to get Marc Gasol (or any other player for that matter). They have no trade bait except for their three superstars.
So stop fantasizing about trading for another ALL START PG or STAR Center.
The ycan trade the wole bench and run with just 5 guys lol. The heat fans are all so funny trade for him & him lol Who can they trade????? They barley got money to pay a minimum salary
To my Miami 2010/11 team! Cheer up! Don’t put all the verbal and written commotions into your heads. These are the things I want to tell to the whole Heat team and organization:
1st, focus on the very game you’re playing and not think of winning it as if you’re already into the playoffs. That’s what upsets everybody. It’s too early into the regular season. Just play your game plan and everything will follow. Don’t even think of the chance to play in the championship yet.
2nd, don’t mind all the mindless people who throw criticisms on your team, as well as in yout coach, I’ve seen you, LeBron, when you’re still a Cavs, before each game you’d put on your ipod and just listen to music. It’ll help.
3rd, you’ve been brought together for a purpose. Don’t let go of that stigma now. For me HEAT stands for, H-Humility – you’ve teamed up together and knows all the sacrifices all of you must endure. Set aside the ego. E-Enthusiasm – just play your hearts out and even at a losing cause, it’ll be no big deal. Every team experiences that. For me, I do believe in the law of averages. Boston beat you up twice, right? That’s OK. Because, if and if only you’ll reach the playoffs, you’ve got their number. A-Athleticism – you’re all athletic. Just keep your defense up and you’re fine. and lastly, T-Teamwork – each and everyone of you needs each other. don’t put the blame on one of you in case of a losing effort, otherwise, keep yourselves closer together, in winning and in losing.
Lastly, give thanks to the almighty God and you’ll do good. Good luck!
Seriously H Lao?! This is your advice? You are right about focus, but it is a lack of focus that plagues this team. The focus is me, me, me. The focus needs to be on teamwork and being selfless. You cannot change egos overnight, and the big three might be too far gone to ever be over themselves. Second, play the game plan? There is no game plan because the coach just has them wing it. Also, telling Lebron it will help to listen to his ipod? Only if he has downloaded some self help talks on becoming a less selfish person. I know what you said Heat stands for you, but to the real world it means this:
H – Humility. Or should I say the lack thereof?! There is no humility on this team with the summer antics, interviews and boast of championships to be won.
E – Egos. This team is so full of egos that it will eventually self destruct by everyone blaming everyone else for losses.
A – Assumption. The team just assumed that they would win the title hands down without losing very many games.
T – Teamwork. The Heat could use a good dose of this and then they might be a threat.
As far as i can remember, james bosh and wade were supposed to decrease each others minutes by being on the same team. this hasnt happened yet since all of them are playing close to if not more than 40 minutes. then you get james complaining about the minutes cuz i guess he bought into not having to play until the finals against the lakers. the night after he released that comment monta ellis said he was angry with his head coach for taking him out of the game for seven minutes in the fourth. everyone was happy to declare them champs. they bought into their hype and thought the season would be all fun and games, as bosh said (we just want to have fun) but clearly its time for a reality check. and lebrons take over of this team, i didnt think it would be this bad, making wade look like a role player…
It’s obvious there’s some bad chemistry there…poisonous
This is what happens when if u were to have $100 to spend on a team, and u spend $98 of it on 3 players!!!!!!!!! No matter how good the Big 3 are, none of them can play 40+ min per game!!!!!! and who do u have to come in off the bench??? Jerry Stackhouse? Juwan Howard? Dexter Pittman? Lol…The Magic , Lakers, Celtics….those are all TEAMS!
Nobody in Miami learned the lesson of Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor. Three superstars in one team DOES NOT guarantee a championship. Sure, it’s too early in the season to judge ‘em, but if they continue on the pace that they have right now, then they’ll end up making the playoffs but missing the Conference Finals and the Finals itself. I think they need to let go at least one of those three to improve their chances. Probably, they need to let go of Dwyane Wade.
Look no further than your own eatern conference for your answer. When the celtics came together for their big 3, there were questions as well. Over in miami, you have 2 pure stars, in LBJ and Wade, and Bosh as well. From the games they’ve played so far, it’s not hard to see, no sync what so ever. It’s waching lebrons team for a quarter and then when he sits down, wades team for a quarter. For these 3 stars to mesh and this Heat team to actually become a TEAM, they need a coach who, mind my language, has the balls to tell these guys off.
Boston would not have been a championship team without Doc Rivers. Get ready to see Pat Riley making an entrance real soon. A coaching change has to be done, a coach who has the resume to hold some authority over these guys, Pat Riley, make ur entrance.
chris bosh has very low IQ. a forward or a power forward or a center should be in charge of rebounding or even create post attacks when shots are not going. he lacks the 2. he needs mentoring the way Howard does. and it won’t happen this year. it might never happen. he is lost on the floor.
The heat Need a better benchh and a bettter point gaurd and center so that the bigg 3 would play the position there best at and not talk about About Lebron at Point Gaurd?..Andd Chris Bosh At Small Foward?..That Just Crazy
¨the miami Heat Need Now Pat Riley, play DEFENSE DEFENSE!!,
Lebron James is a Primary option of play, Dwane wade is a secondary, and bosch Miami Need to him of Defense…. mm Zydrunas ilgauzkas is very very Old to type game of Miami This Team Players Need Younger
Att. Onix_Carmona
I have read thru some of the comments, and some are right on and some way off, and some just pure Heat/Lebron hatred.
It appears evident that this team is lacking coaching leadership; whatever system they have in place is not even remotely evident, players are not listening to the coach and don’t seem to have defined roles. From an observational standpoint, this is where it is evident that Pat Riley needs to step in. Even before the season began, Eric Spoelstra’s experience and ability to handle all this talent & the high expectations had to be the biggest question mark.
Not sure what is wrong or going on with D. Wade, but something just is not right; from the game yesterday or back to the last Boston game, he is just playing absolutely horrible.
I agree that Steve Nash or Chauncey Billups would be the perfect PG for this team with all of the offensive firepower that it has, but if they are not able to make a trade, they have to let Chalmers have a chance to get used to running the team at the point, he is too good and a winner. Spoelstra does not appear to have much confidence in him, but he has to be built up in the same manner that Boston built up Rondo to be what they needed him to be.
Personally I don’t think Dampier is the answer, but he should at least give them a big starting center to take up space and get some rebounds. If anything, they need to play more of a pressure type defense with Chalmers, Wade & Lebron, similar to what the Bulls used to do with Mike & Scottie and whatever point guard they had on the floor.
The reality of the situation is that this team is in need of Pat Riley. I believe Spoelstra deserves a chance, but they have too much money invested to let this thing get too far out of hand. We have already seen the mess created with the Cowboys & Vikings with the wrong coaches in place, the longer Miami let’s this go, it may be too late to change the direction for the season.
I agree smooth. The right coach would make this team play better. I think Spo is good but these guys need great
i love seeing the heat lose!
im a magic fan and b4 i check to see if the magic won i check to see if the heat lost!
I have a solution, get a new coach, that can teach the principles to this talented team. Coach Erik Spoelstra just doesn’t have the experience, or don’t what to do with a team like this. I think the players are starting to lose confidence in their coach and themselves. But the real question is who’s the leader? If wade is suppose to be the leader, then he needs to act like one. Lebron is carrying the team on his shoulders, and needs to be leader since Wade is kind of slacking.
Oh yea, hello Sekou Smith!!!
LETS FACE IT. MIAMI WOULD’VE BEEN BETTER WITH WADE AND BOSH AND SOME SIDEKICKS INSTEAD OF LEBRON. WADE AND LEBRON BOTH NEEDS THE BALL IN THEIR HAND TO BE EFFECTIVE. THEY DON’T HAVE ANY ROLL PLAYER ON A CONSISTENT BASIS. WADE OR LEBRON ONE HASE TO BE GONE FOR A QUALITY PG AND 3 OR 4 GOOD ROLL PLAYERS.
Someone posted it earlier, and I would fully agree that James would have been better off going to Chicago. With Rose, Bogans, James, Boozer and Noah they would easily be competing for the championship reigns in the east. There is perimeter defense with Rose and Bogans…then even more with James as he is an excellent defender. With Boozer and Noah down low, you have excellent rebounding as well as inside scoring when you need it. Probably the best defensive team in the east while also being the best offensive as well. With Gibson, Deng, Thomas, Korver and several others coming off the bench, this team with James is amazing. I know Carmelo sees it and if he goes to this team, watch out! As much as I’d like to see Melo stay in Denver and build something there unlike James who left his throne in Cleveland, I would also like to see em play with Rose and make Chicago a force again. Would be great for basketball.
The perfect example of what Miami is going through at the moment is exactly what the Spurs when through last year with Richard Jefferson, Blair, and several other new guys they had acquired. They had no idea how to play with each other, even with Coach Pop leading them (the 2nd best coach to the Zen master himself). They consistently lost to playoff teams while occasionally busting to bad LOTTERY teams as well. Jefferson was one of the worse players I had seen for someone of his caliber. They barely made the 7th seed last year and with some luck beat Dallas. Only to get tossed around like girls to the Suns. Now look at SA, best team in the NBA at the moment with no signs of slowing down. Give Miami a year or two while adding some more talent while dropping dead weight (ie arroyo and chalmers for a better PG to start with) and they will be a force to be reckoned with. Can not expect this team to win right away. If you can even call them a team right now. Luckily, for the big three in Miami, they are young and do not need to win this year or even next. After two years if things do not change, then HIT THE PANIC BUTTON. Not only is it early in this season, but it is EARLY IN THEIR DYNASTY. Give it some time people. 14 games or let alone 82 is still too early to judge what kind of potential they have. If they miss the playoffs this year…sure, start worrying. I team with James, Wade and Bosh SHOULD at least be able to carry 9 other players to at least the 5 through 8 slot in the playoffs. Next year with a season under their belt and some cohesiveness built, then look out.
lebron need to leave heats because dwyane wade suck
It’s problems like these that one realizes how good the zen master is.
I feel you on that!
The Heat will do just fine in the regular season and no-one needs to panic too much as to reaching the playoffs. I think the heat win ~ 50 games (maybe more depending when Miller comes back) but come playoff time I just don’t see them getting out of the east, let alone winning it all, not unless a quality defensive minded big and passable point guard fall into their laps. This is not Bosh’s fault, at the moment he’s not a great fit on this team, he’s an average defender at best and is a mid range jump shooter who needs multiple touches and has no post game. That being said Bosh is uber talented at what he does and there’s no reason he can’t become a better defender and post player over the next year or 2 and if Mike miller comes in and burries 3′s and helps spread the floor for lebron and wade to dive into the lane at will then this team all of a sudden becomes a much different beast. For mind they still need a better primary ball handler to take some pressure of Wade and Lebron, Arroyo hasn’t worked out so far, so why not start Chalmers and see if he’s matured?
here’s the bottom line: this is dwayne’s team. really, he’s the one that should be the prolific scorer on this team. lebron should be acting as a point forward, and bosh’s role really is to pick up rebounds, for now. his offense will come sure enough, but just not yet. this team is still trying to find itself. i do agree that a change in coaches would be likely in the future for this team. as for a point guard? i really do think that if they draw up the right plays and have weapons like wade, james, and bosh, then any point guard would be able to be on this team, just as long as he goes along with the play drawn up. a big man presence is needed indeed. big z is very easily toyed around with and joel anthony, well he’s a hard worker, just not enough. so, in my opinion, i don’t think that this team will win a championship this year yet. this year is filled with a lot of good teams especially now in the east. but i do see them as a force in the eastern conference in the playoffs. i give this team maybe 54 wins this season. they’ll slowly get to the best that they can possibly get later on in the season.
I think that Miami willbe fine. The team is D Wade’s,and therein lies the problem,bosh is soft as double ply tissue, Le Bron is a brat thatneeds to feel needed, and D Wade isn’t the best leader is basketball, especially with the egoes that he gotta deal with. Miami was a par team last year with better players,they gut the whole roster to get a older less talented bench.the starters can play only so many minutes…and when they go out,it’s the same par team as last year. THE Celtics starters were great but they also had a great bench to keep that lead or apply great defense.
The heat are gonna win the nba title-period,i cant believe your all so blind.
I still think the Heat are a good team. Address this issue overnight won’t solve the problem or even, having changes to the roster or the coach. I think they need to work together as a team. The big 3 need to come up with some compromise as to who should play the leading role, support role and so forth. My view is that each one of them wants to make a name for himself each game. But that can’t be the way to go. Remember, it’s team game with five players. Above all, they need to revise their game plan. It’s now or never.
Miami is learning that Cleveland would crown a donkey king if it gets us a ring and we’d look past all it’s faults.
Lebron took everything to southbeach,not just his “talents”. Now that the heat has him you see the real King James. Un-coachable, spoiled and quick to let others take the blame. He wants to play hero and will throw a game, championships too, if he can’t. He’s spending more time fixing his self mutilated image than worrying about his “team”. We gave him a wide berth and turned our heads and coughed while he held on to the kings jewels. It sure is nice to breathe again.
Coaching change won’t help. He will quit on anyone if they don’t give him the respect he thinks he’s earned. He’ll just go home with his crew, have a few drinks with the baby-mama and plan his next coronation.
Cleveland is back to normal and better off. We have a team that works hard and plays as an underdog. Just like our tow. The browns are getting it to. Keep your superstars. They cost thus town to much and in the end, they don’t pay you back for the trouble.
Such Hatred, you sound like the dude did something personally to you.
They’re not a team yet, team have just been exploiting their weaknesses their lack of a true point and a center. two of the most important positions in the basketball. Seriously when you want to challenge for a championship or plan to challenge for one you don’t go out and you’re starting point is Chalmers or Arroyo then you plan to play the elite bigs with Joel Anthony. Clearly these players can play but not starter quality players on a championship team. they brag about Miller as a very good role player, However it’s debatable since he has no defense. So the Heat are going to depend on the big three so much just to win a game, by the time the playoffs come their worn out. This is the NBA, the heat are going to face talent night in and night out, so they better resolve their problems as early as now or just forfeit this season.
HANDS DOWN PAT RILEY SHOULD TAKE BACK HIS PLACE AS THE MIAMI HEAT HEAD COACH
wow. Heat articles are drawing comments like dung to flies. Sekou’s blog is approaching Yahoo! levels of comments.
on to my analysis.
attitude is what’s making Miami lose to lottery teams. it’s obvious these players don’t listen to Spoelstra. I’ll be surprised if they even show up for practice (or if they practice at all). You heard Lebron, he wanted fun out of Miami. He doesn’t want to work hard. Miami beach = parties must be what’s happening. Maybe Wade thought with 2 superstars playing alongside him, he can take the night off and have sex parties till morning.
coaching change needs to happen not because Spoelstra is bad at coaching. He needs to be replaced because no one is listening to him. It doesn’t matter if he is good at drawing plays or building a good system, if players don’t listen to the coach, nothing will happen. that’s essentially the problem. the big 3 are coaching this team right now.
i mean wade goes on a dismal shooting night and Spoelstra can’t bench him. I imagine Spoe trying to bench him and Wade screaming at Spoe: I’m a star! you can’t bench me! and Spoe is left wordless and powerless. Same with Lebron, Spoe tries to take him aside and says to him: move without the ball ‘bron and Lebron replies: cool it Spoe. the chosen one knows how to play. and Bosh will add: chill coach. we don’t need passion. we get on by with talent.
Awful defense did it it to them, main culprit Chris Bosh, he’s like a rotten apple on defense, it’s showing now…..
i think people are forgetting that the bulls started off worst than the heat before they won their first championship…they lost their first 3 games and loss 6 of their last 11….they finally found there roles and identity then after that we know what happened
When the KG and RayA recognized that their leader was Pierce at the onset of the 2008 season. The heat though are having an lackluster season coz nobody wants any of the leadership. I’d say let Wade be the leader coz he’s the most senior of the big three in miami. And get a good point guard. Maybe luke ridnour will do, or alston. any high quality PG would be the gelling factor for the heat.
I tl:dr’d most of these comments because they will be the usual mind boggling ‘the heat are awesome lol’ or ‘the heat suck lol’ arguments that EVERYONE seems to post these days. As someone who is desperate to see this Heat team fail because of its sheer arrogance that they can just lump any three dudes together and have them bring home win after win; I am aware that there is going to come a time in this season when this Heat team, with or without Haslem, or whoever else gets injured, has its big three players fire at the same time and completely crush an opponent from the elite bunch this season (NOH, SAS, LAL, BOS). Everyone who loves the Heat will get their ‘SEE I TOLD YOU SO’ faces on, regardless if their team is at 21-42 at that point. Everyone who hates the Heat will get their ‘OH MAN I FEEL LIKE A D**K’ faces on if the team is 44-10 at that point. It is easier to just shut up and put the politics down for a bit and watch what happens with interest and laugh every time they lose to Indy, or celebrate if they walk all over the Spurs. I admit, it is pretty hard to cut LeBron James a break; his attitude has been less than forthcoming in that regard, but there have been times this season, when he has had Bosh and Wade and Miller on the floor with him, and you get the feeling that Varejao, Williams and West would have made better team-mates, or at least put up more of a fight.
D-wade as a top-5 player in the league? Not this season.
James as a top-3 player in the league? Not this season.
I think we will watch one of the two of those guys fall away into obscurity the longer they play together. They could maybe join Bosh who seems to already be there. One or two players having a big night and the rest of your squad utterly capitulating to freaking INDIANA does not a championship win. No one would hate the Heat if they were 10-4 and had lost two games to Boston and a game each to say… LAL and OKC, because those are the kind of teams that will absolutely exploit your ass if you don’t have a stud at every position. OKC don’t have much in the paint, but they have Westbrook, who slices through even the very best defensive setups. Where is Miami’s answer to that? The Lakers have Odom and Gasol who are playing out of their skins this year. Gasol especially. Which heat player is going to guard a 7-0 player that shoots as softly and deftly as Reggie Miller? Boston have already proved that point. If you have James, Bosh and Wade guarding Pierce, Allen, and Garnett, who stops Rondo? Who stops Shaq? Heaven forbid they would try anything the next time they meet as stupid as to try and stop Rondo… and leave Allen open. Haha, the thought of that makes me chuckle a deep, evil bad guy chuckle.
I think you mean the Hornets. They haven’t played OKC yet this season.
TERRIBLE SHOOTING BALL CLUB…THEY CAN’T CONTEND IF THEY CANT SHOOT. SORRY MIAMI BUT U HAVE TOOMANY FAST HIGH FLY ACTS BUT NO GOOD SHOOTERS.. SHUT DOWN THE MOVES TO THE RIM AND MIAMI BECOMES A USELESS TEAM…BOSTON–SHOOTERS ALL OVER EXCEPT RONDO. ORLANDO-SHOOTERS ALL OVER EXCEPT MAYBE HAWORD. LAKERS SHOOTERS ALL OVER INCLUDING HIGH VOLUME FROM THE BENCH..NEW ORLEANS SAME THING. ESPECIALLY THE SPURS LIGHTIN IT UP FROM MID RANGE AND DEEP + GREAT DEFENCE. SO MIAMI HAS TOO MANY STARS THAT NEED SPEED LIKE OKLAHOMA CITY THUDER TO WIN, OR THEY WILL HAVE TO SHOOT BETTER. FORGET PLAYING DEFENCE….OUTSCORE FOLKS AND U BE LIVING PRETTY.
are you nuts, they’re one of the best jump shooting teams in the lague. It’s their points in the paint that’s the problem, not their jump shooting. Get ur stats straight before comign here with comments.
hey bron, basketball is not won having fun and doing swaggers… if you thought by transferring to the heat you can do that, then you just made a very very BAD decision going there. KOBE and the lakers because they are cohesive, they are a smart team, not really as talent laden as yours but they execute well, rebound well, assist well. they do all things and then they have fun and the swagger comes in. you have to put the hard work first… better take your talents somewhere else…they may consider you a great basketball player but you still are immature as a player in a lot of ways.
the truth is that the season is still just starting.. and it is not yet a code red not even close. they should calm down and and show everyone how they do.. and sigh a veteran point guard someone like A.I and DEFINITELY but pat riley head coach or alteast help out
LOL A.I he is another scorer doesn’t pass the ball at all. Dumbest thing I read from all the posts!
Just a bad start…. More wins to come!!!! But should start NOWWW!
Come on guys, give Emperor James a break. I’m pretty sure he was joking
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is it really a big 3?or a big 3 flop?poor Lebron & Bosh the Miami Heat just wasting their money for the 2 of you…
farrr out… use are all making judgments… and its still november….MIAMI have a brand new team and they have played 12 games together.. it takes a long time for a team to gel…… lebron is the best player in the game…. hence the dualMVP’s,wade is a gun… and bosh is over rated but still a great player……maimi wont win this year but they will win….. chicago for east champs and lakers for west…. chicago win in 7 ….. D.rose MVP
baketball game are not only for dunks, acrobatic shot etc…impove ur outside shooting Miami BIG 3?
I wana coach the heat and teach them my own system..haha
I love how everyone is saying that its too early in the season for everyone to start panicing about miami. if the lakers or the celtics were 8-6 everyone would start to panic. the celtics will finish as the best team as the east and the heat will have to get past them to get to the finals and i just dont see that happening, BUT if that does happen, there is no way they will beat the lakers in the finals.
I am the happiest person right now… lol… watching Heat loose hahahaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
First off, Spoelstra is one of the problems, he can’t coach talented players. You need a Pat Riley, Phil Jackson type coach that can coach “showtime”… the last game against indiana, every player is just standing around that doesnt have the ball, wade is trotting down the floor.. Bosh is weak! Lebron is a turnover machine and when they were down by 15 points, Spoelstra was on the side line clapping like a cheer leader!! I wanted to see him getting mad and grabbing the big 3 by the jersey and demand greatness!
And Where is the Leadership, where is Lebron or Wade throwing towels in people’s faces for playing like a JV team!
And Last but not Least Im so sick of Wade acting like its no big deal that they lose and its a process and theres light at the end of the tunnel and blah, blah, blah.. They are not Champions! Jordan, and Magic, and Bird.. or even Chris Paul, would not be ok and calm about this! They would be mad! and they would be calling their team mates out and demanding more from their coach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i suggest Lebron should stop being the point forward/guard. In doing so this will allow him to move around. this goes the same w/ wade. Let their point guard (arroyo, chalmers) do their job.
@ITOLDYOUTHEHEATSUCKED…THE HEAT STILL NEED more time i dont care what enyone says…if by febuary or march they are not doing better than i see a problem…dont worry heat fans its gonna be ok…..F all the haters…keeep hating baby we neeed you…F the cavaliers and whopever doubts the heat… LETS GO HEAT!!!
Miami this year looks like Cleveland last year. Vlade Divac called this one correctly (in a recent Hangtime podcast) when he said success takes time and predicted the Heat would struggle – before they had played their first game. Miami is overloaded at the 2 & 3 positions and weak at 1,4 & 5. Unless you’ve got Michael Jordan, it’s hard to win a chip like that. Still rooting for them though. Go Heat!
LET’S GO HEAT, LET’S GO HEAT!!!!
I know the Heat are really upset that they wasted 100 million dollars on Bosh.. Imagine the People they could have put around Wade and James for that money!
They could have a Good Point Guard , Good Power Forward and a good Center!
I dont even think any team would take Bosh in a trade for 107 million dollars!
Bad move, but I blame James for that.. had he just signed with the Heat earlier..They could have had thier pick of power forwards and spread that money over those three positions.
And can we get mike brown to coach the heat.. if he can have the Cavs with the best record, he can do wonders with 2 more superstars.
Why do you all keep talking like this,maybe you forget something,let me remind you:it was the same thing in 2005 with Shaq,the Heat started the season 10-6 and people were talking trash like they doing right now,then they won 14 straight games and they went on to win the chanpionchip over Dallas in a one man finals (D.Wade).So the heat has Dwane wade this guy since he’s got in the league has been a nightmare for opponents,they have LeBron the best basketball player in the world “period” and they have cris bosh the third youngest player in NBA history to record 1,000 rebounds,the fourth youngest player in NBA history to record a 20 points and 20 reboounds in a game,he is also one of only three NBA players over the last seven years to grab more than 4,500 rebounds and score more than 7,000 points with Kevin Garnett and Tim Dunkan,although people don’t give him credit for that.So the Heat have talent and they have the greatset master in the game in Pat Riley,know one knows the needs of the teams better than him,he’s going to do exactly what this teams needs to win.So talk as long as you can people ,but Riley the master is going to shut you up like he always does.
lol aahahhaha
Look at all of the pathetic heat fans complaining talking about they didn’t have pre-season or summer training so stop hating. lol If im correct the summer league aint for veterans its for first year and second year players so that is irrelivant for the supposed big Three. second you guys do realize that this isnt the only team to add new players to their team or do a complete makeover. Even worse its three superstars I dont care they getting paid allot of money should be no excuses. I mean maybe it wouldn’t be much of a big deal but as I recall. The supposed big three were the ones who were talking a allot of mess right after they signed when they had that big after signing party and everybody and they momma showed up to it in Miami. If I recall Bosh, Wade, and Lebron were saying nobody is going to be able to guard all of us.
And then right before the season started some reporter decided to say the big three may take time to gel then all of a sudden theres a new scapegoat for all Heat fans to use at the beginning of the season just in case they don’t do good and my have they used it extensively.
P.S.– Chicago has like 3 or 4 new additions and their main one Boozer aint even there and they winning just fine. Utah has 3 new additions and their doing pretty good even with Okur still out… im sure theirs more teams which there are but yall get the point im making… The Heat did this to themselves if they had just went through th offseason without all the bragging and partying and boasting of themselves no one would be making a big deal out of this. Like when Boston got their big Three they didnt start throwing trash talking parties and saying they were going to be unbeatable hence no one bashed when they didnt start off to good. Cant say the same for the Heat though the situation looks even worse.
Lebron does alot if not everything leaving little else for others to do thats why combining him with other stars is pointless and there for lowers the efficiency of others (ie. Wade, Bosh, Jamison, Hughes and to some degree Shaq). Cleveland had it right when they surrounded Lebron with jump shooters and 3 point threats that abled him to get into the lane and either finish or create shots this is why shooters have thrived in a team playing with him (West & Mo).
PS. I would also like to see Lebron lock down someone in defensive, every year he gets voted 2nd best defensive player but I’m yet to see him limit / even play on any of the great offensive players (if anyone has games where I’m wrong I would love to know what they were)
Other than breaching Code of Conduct, what else can Sekou do to get fired? Nothing! I didn’t read his “work” since Bosh joined Miami and I now regret wasting few minutes of my life to read this post. NBA still pays him for this? Really?!?!?
Breaching code of conduct?! Huh?! How is this article breaching a code of conduct? Is it simply because you don’t agree with the article because it exposes weaknesses in your team? Heaven forbid that you should ever get into a political office so that you can sensor the media that you don’t like. If you don’t like reading articles, go back to the where’s waldo books or some of those magazines with naked people in them. They might be more entertaining for you because you don’t have to read anything and expand your knowledge!
For heats to be in the code red situation i would blame coach Erik Spoelstra, because those guys are doing a job that they are getting paid to do and part of their job is to listen to the coach and try to play the position the coach put them in. i am from Belize City Central America and i’m a big fan of lebron james, so Mr. Riley give Erik a break and show him how to coach a real good team.
I’m not a heat fan at alll i HATE lebron james i dont like any1 in the miami heat except wade I’m a LAKER fan and all you Heat fans THEY SUCKKKKKKKK they willl never win a championship playing like this i’m from L.A. were alll laughing at the heat saying they suck and alll and BOSH CANT GO AGAINST GASOL, DUNCAN, AND SO ON DEC. 25 YOU’LL SEEE MIAMI GET DESTROYED BY LAKERS AND MIAMI FANS STFU U WILLL BE LUCKY IF U EVEN GET TO THE PLAYOFFS AND IF U DO YOU’LL LOSE TO CELTICS OR ORLANDO HAHA LAKERS VS CELTICS FINALS LAKERS WINNING 6 GAMES
Way to make sense dude.
HORNETS VS PACERS FINAL PACERS WINNING IN 7 BABY! AND I’M NOT EVEN A PACERS FAN!
How about they make Miami Heat be an offensive minded team first before defense? They have all the weapons to be a good offensive team.. so why not be aggresive and offense and then work on defense once the chemistry sink in. I believe on defense wins championship, but right now if our point guard and center can not be a good defender, then let’s be aggresive on offense.
On another note, Lebron James is a tough player. When he was a Cavalier, it was a nightmare for a team to defend him, I love his role as the point-forward now but why not keep him as an aggresive guy and make the opponent figure out how to stop him? you’re making it easy for the other team to defend Lebron by making him pass the ball first. Plus, his team record was great when he was a Cavalier, why not make the Heat a Lebron team too? I respect Wade but Lebron has a better cast now, this team should be a lot better than the Cavs last season.
I’m just saying be aggresive on offense, then play as much defense as you can BUT never ever take away from those great players what they can do. We dont even see Lebron get some explosive Dunks anymore.
How about they make Miami Heat be an offensive minded team first before defense? They have all the weapons to be a good offensive team.. so why not be aggresive and offense and then work on defense once the chemistry sink in. I believe on defense wins championship, but right now if our point guard and center can not be a good defender, then let’s be aggresive on offense.
On another note, Lebron James is a tough player. When he was a Cavalier, it was a nightmare for a team to defend him, I love his role as the point-forward now but why not keep him as an aggresive guy and make the opponent figure out how to stop him? you’re making it easy for the other team to defend Lebron by making him pass the ball first. Plus, his team record was great when he was a Cavalier, why not make the Heat a Lebron team too? I respect Wade but Lebron has a better cast now, this team should be a lot better than the Cavs last season.
I’m just saying be aggresive on offense, then play as much defense as you can BUT never ever take away from those great players what they can do. We dont even see Lebron get some explosive Dunks anymore.
New Coach!
I’ve heard this one before and I think this the best line-up for them..
PG – Carlos Arroyo
SG – Dwayne Wade
SF – Mike Miller
PF – Chirs Bosh
C – Joel Anthony
Man, i LBJ would come off the bench, then that’s a very scary team!
LAL 4PEAT!
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I think the biggest challenge for coaching a superstar, let alone multiple superstars, is to not get intimidated. Look at those successful teams, they are teams with strict and emotionally strong coaches. Coaches like Phil Jackson, Greg Popovich, Larry Brown, Jerry Sloan, Pat Riley among others don’t get intimated by superstars like Kobe and MJ, Duncan, Allen Iverson, Karl Malone and Deron Williams, Dwayne Wade respectively. Now… Does Miami Heat coach Erik Spo has this personality? So far I don’t think so. Pat Riley would be better. Look…Wade, Lebron and Bosh have egos and they will disrespect if you are a weak coach. What will happen then? They will not follow the game plan and they will create their own and that would start the downfall of Miami.
To Coach Erik Spo, be strong, control their egos. Force them to follow the game plan ( After a loss to Utah Wade admitted that they are not following the game plan ) or else remove them from line up. If you have no balls to do this, you better leave your position for Pat Riley.
To Wade, Lebron and Bosh, follow the game plan, respect your coach and be humble.
lack of fun? miami is having fun right now lack of swagger? i don’t think so mr. james but it’s to early to measure their games i suggest that they should kick spoelstra he isn’t the ideal coach for this current heat lineup but it won’t take long though because the coach is the sacrificial lamb when the team is losing
Hey people, the true, and you will know it if you ever have play ball, is that a team whit too much offensive players is really really hard to coach. Wade = scorer Lebron = scorer Bosh = scorer even Arroyo in the puertorican league, in Israel and international tournaments = scorer and ilgauzkas in his younger years = scorer so this is a really hard team to coach and play, but they can do it, I’m from Puerto Rico but i really prefer Arroyo coming from the bench whit the free will to score like he do in Israel (where he was the MVP) and in international basketball to be a spark from the bench, because here is like if he shot too much, bench time, we got for that 3 stars and i will give the opportunity to Anthony to be the center to give young blood to that position, they need a good assist player for PG but they give all they money for the big 3 so they cannot get that superstar in the PG position. the bench is not the best in the league but neither he worst they don’t need another superstar to win, they need a superstar coach who can make magic whit a all scorer players team,
I’m i right ?
Trade Wade to Nash his useless selfish player…
PG – Steve Nash
SG – Mike Miller
SF – LBJ
PF – Chris Bosh
C – Big Z
This is a great line up guys…
they should of gotten boozer instead of bosh..better pick and roll player, rebounder, defender, and doesn’t need to score much to make an impact..better fit for wade and james who need to have the ball in their hands..on the other hand, bosh would fit better with the bulls..the bulls already have a scrappy player like noah and gibson..bosh would fit right in..WORD!!!
The lack of bigs/true pg shouldnt be a really BIG issue considering were not on the playoffs yet (yes it will be a problem come playoff time but not so much during the regular season). Their lack of bigs/pg can be countered by running more, playing faster pace, rebound as a group since they are so athletic, work harder than thier opponents since they themselves know other teams brings thier A-game when theyr against the Heat. I dont think they trust spo’s system hence they are not in sync its really obvious when you watch their games and another thing that concerns me is noone in the heat’s roster wants to do the dirty work stuff (hustle the 50-50 balls,energize the crowd, clean up the boards) Its a process? Yep. How long will the process take? Who knows. For the heat haters = enjoy the losses. For the heat fans = time to hope and pray.
a lot of comments from miami heat…
“THE RACE IS NOT WON AT THE STARTING LINE, IT IS WON AT THE FINISH LINE.”
NBA-Where amazing happens…
its only the regular season dudes..
as long as they will claim a playoff spot,
that team[HEAT] will be the best you will see ever to play in the NBA playoffs history…
Talent is not the issue. i guess the application of each players. i think they really dont know whats their responsability and their role in the team. the Big 3 should carry out but it doesnt show.. or i should say they dont have the “CHEMISTRY”.
They need to check the line up. They really need to put Wade back on Point Guard position. Basing on the numbers the guards are not that competent enough. There’s James and Bosh to back him up. But the other side of the problem there is no 6th man that will cover them if they sit down on the 2nd half. Their bench is not that deep.
They need to think deeper and rearrange the line up if they want to be a contender versus, Magic and Celtics. and on the west Spurs, Dallas, Denver and especially Lakers.
Paging the management of the Heat!!! Not a good investment!!!
You left out the Hornets. Your loss.
I dont think so.. Hornets will start back to “0″. they lost some key players. I dont think they will be a contender.. and i dont think that they will reach the 2nd round of Playoffs.
What key players are you referring to? Peja Stojakovic? Jerryd Bayless??? I don’t think so.
For me, the number one missing part in Miami Heat is a very intelligent point guard. We all know that point guard is the one gives strategy and play of the game. If somebody like Chris Paul, Steve Nash, Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams or Derrick Rose added in Miami Heat, the team is very dangerous to beat.
i am just loving the fact that the heat are losing lol….i swear i chuckle every time i see them lose….its funny to me cuz they were suppose to be dominating the east right now and beating everybody….bet they wished they never opened their mouths bragging haa!!
they have to bring Rodman back. nah, just kidding.
miami have a lot of problem to solv…..
1)they don t have a center to compete in the paint with the best team of the league(bynum,perk,noah,howard);
2)bosh is overrated and cannot guard durant,garnett,gasol ecc.he had good stats in toronto because he was the man and took all the balls;
3)lebron think he can be the magic johnson of the 2000,but he is not magic!!!!!with his phisical potential he should play SF,but he don t like to do the war under the basket with artest and co,he prefere stay far from the paint and get the ball to do showtime but that is not his job;
4)rondo,d-will,cp3,nash ecc are pg that with their play make the ball run fluid and all the player involv in the game and in the offensive play.their teammate seems better then what they are thank them,miami don t have a player like this.
5)we have to be clear on one thing:LA,boston,chicago and oklahoma are better team then the heat,that have 2 great individual player but are not a great basketball team.i think that when lakers and celtics era will be finished oklahoma and chicago will be the next two team to compete for the future rings,miami still loosing against them.we also have to see what melo will do,he will be very important for future nba balance.if he goes to chicago the bulls fun should be very happy for a long time…..
LET PAT RILEY COACH THEM..!!!!I WANA START THIS ONE COZ I FELL ITS ABT TIME FOR COACH PAT TO GO DOWN FROM HIS OFFICE AND COACH THE HEAT AGAIN..,I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST SPO’…..LET PAT RILEY COACH THE HEAT…
How can three guys come out with all the hoopla and but no HOOPS. Funny that the rest of the league is enjoying this. As a Laker fan I saw what it takes to win. Not powder in the air, not commercials, not a preseason “championship” coming ouy party. Be honest. They are not a good TEAM!!!
lmao absolutely right, and thats what sets Kobe away from the rest, he focuses on winning and not worried about the glamour people put around him or dont put around him. He will worry about that when he retires, but now, its all bout them rings baby!
The same could be said to a far more extreme extent about Kevin Durant, who is the ONLY PLAYER that should EVER be featured in NBA commercials FROM NOW ON!!!!!!!!
I have a question for people that say Arroyo is good but let me make a statement. In the Nba a center has to be wide or long if not you will have def/reb issues A pg because pgs are typically shorter have to be fast or have a good shot. If not you have a liability on the court. Arroyo has neither. What do you guys see in him because I think hes terrible and so do the other good pgs. Rondo in both games acted like he didnt exist and rightfully so. So I ask again what do you see in arroyo?
Why dont they jus start mario in at Pg he is young and quick he can possibly lead them a little bit better?
mario should be at the pg position.. hell,, steve nash?. in heat? lol.. give me a break.. that’s impossible.. might as well put cp3, howard, kG, or kobe to the team.. lol.. they cant afford nash.. unless nash would settle for less or trade 1 of the big 3 for nash.. if that would happen.. i think they are on the right track.. lol.. and oh.. replace anthony.. he plays like crap.. i hate it when he’s in the floor.. unless the heat acquire a good pg and a dominant center,, they are going no where.. i bet the orlando can beat them in their next match.. i hope they do.. so that they can wake up to the reality that they are NOT a championship team.. a loss to the pacers proves everything.. they cant beat lakers.. they lost twice against celtics.. i hope they have a mid season adjustment… a real PG and center is what they need.. i think they are more competitive if they have this..
LAKERS VS. CELTICS rivalry at the finals 2011..
die hard fan of laker-celtic rivalry.. but i hope the heat can make the finals so LA can beat their buttttt.. or east conf so that celtics can kick them out..
LMAO at these fools….everything looked good on paper, now things looking like a straight mistake…….i dont want to hear excuses, this team has 3 of the TOP 10 players in the league on one team…..the team is just bad POINT BLANK
THEY HAVE NO BALL MOVEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yeah!
WHY IS IT HEAT AND LAKER FANS ARE ALWAYS SO OBNOXIOUS AND ANNOYING… IM A SPURS FAN AND IF MY SPURS FAIL IN THE PLAYOFFS .. ILL BE ROOTING FOR THE MAGIC, CELTICS, OR JAZZ TO WIN IT .. P.S. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS HEAT TEAM GO DOWN IN FLAMES. PEACE OUT.
this is all wade’s fault, he gets the balls and literally gives it to the opponent..
if he would let lebron do his job.. this team would be off the charts…
this is lebron’s team now…
its not about the coach its about the three main guys…why? first bosh is not a good post player his more of a jump shooter and he’s not also a good defender.So lebron has to play 1,3,4 position because wade is more of a scorer unlike lebron he knows how to make plays but they need a true point guard that can run their offense so lebron can rest a bit and also to make plays for bosh..Let wade operates the offense and put lebron on the defense.If lebron and wade continues to play 40 mins. a game then it will be injuries can give them an early vacation…hahaha what they need to do is trade james jones and chalmers for a quality point guard because when miller returns im sure miller will take over jones role..
Miami is bad but still 2 games away from first place in the east. They’ll figure it out. Edan Aharony
In the last minutes against Indiana Spoelstra left Eddie House on the floor even though he is a streak shooter and he caught a cold or I should say a flu. Why didn’t he put James Jones on the floor to spread the floor? I think he has been more reliable from beyond the arc than Eddie House. Edan Aharony
I have the solution to Miami’s problem. Just leave them alone!!! Let them continue to make stupid mistakes, and win against mediocre teams. Remember the famous statement ( WE WILL WIN MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS)? I THINK THEY NEED TO LEARN HOW TO WIN GAMES, INSTEAD OF CHAMPIONSHIPS. If you can’t understand what I am saying, (YOU NEED TO CRAWL BEFORE YOU WALK!!!). There is enough blame to go around, and PAT RILEY is not the answer. THE GUYS ON THE FLOOR HAVE TO PLAY AS A TEAM!!!
Hey Coach Spo, i think you still need kobe and Gasol to your team to win every game…
DON’T Y’ALL REMEMBER THAT THE CELTICS DIDN’T HAVE A GOOD REGULAR RECORD LAST SEASON? AND THEY ENDED UP IN THE FINALS??
DON’T Y’ALL REMEMBER THAT THE CAVS HAD THE BEST REGULAR SEASON RECORD FOR 2 STRAIGHT YEARS? AND NEVER WON A CHAMPIONSHIP?? UH?
SO, ALL OF THIS IS CHATTER, NOBODY IS GOING TO KNOW WETHER THE HEAT WILL REACH TO THE FINALS OR NOT UNTIL MAY, JUNE 2011.
I MEAN LOOKIN’ AT THEM RIGHT NOW IT DONT LOOK LIKE THEY WILL, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT BY 2011 THE HEAT WOULDNT BE PLAYIN’ THE SAME WAY.
Heat = Dissapointment.. they need chemistry and a waayyy better bench/ inside game here is some stats…
Miami is 20th in Rebounds (they give more Rebounds then they get)
23rd in Steals
20th in Assists per game
23rd in steals
29th in Points in the Paint! (Horrible)
I could go on.. they could have 3 of the best in the League ( even though THE best is over in LA haha) but their bench is weak, and the elite points guard of this league are destroying the Heat…
Ima Wade fan so I feel bad for him and I hope they get better (unless they can get a new PG and a better bench) I will take Wade over Lebron any day because Wade took over the NBA finals and got a ring.. Lebron was horrible in the finals against the Spurs…
Stats don’t lie
P.S. LAKERS 3 PEAT!! hahahaha
It is silly to put labels on who’s team it is , and what and who should be doing this and that….So early in the season , to push the code blue/red button,lol….Come playoff time i would not want my team, to play this team, early on…When Mike Miller comes back it’s going to be a big boost, and once they get familar with sharing the ball, they will get really good, role player are solid, they just have to play better,lol, even though some of the role players lack game in certail areas , once the big 3 get rolling, it will not matter…
Get Chalmers on the floor to,lol, the guy steals so many balls, can score if he can get time and confidence, super quick, and big thing , he’s young so he will grow , get lbj off running the ball up the court, its just silly,lol,let him here and there for something different, but chalmers is the best option as ft point, carlos can back up, and even wade should get some time here, makes more sense, wade needs to find his mates more with passes, and carlos can play some sg, as he is not the best pg, but can shoot the ball, and having it in wades hands to find lbj bosh, and others helps, and his own shot over short pgs…….
I appreciate, lead to I found just what I used to be taking
a look for. You have ended my 4 day lengthy hunt!
God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye