25th Most hated team in sports: 2010-11 Miam Heat - and the yhaven't even played yet

[kobe23]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201....hated.teams2/

LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh (all pictured) and Co. have yet to play a game, but Phil Taylor explains why the NBA's most-talked-about team belongs on this list. (Read Taylor's full column here.)

I hate that the Three My-Egos are being painted as a bunch of Mother Teresas who have taken a vow of poverty when all they've done is forego a small percentage of what are still obscenely huge salaries. I hate that we have become so accustomed to the overwhelming greed of superstar athletes that when the Heat's threesome accepts roughly $110 million each when they could have had closer to $120 million, some people want to fit them for angels' wings. They have given front-runner fans a new bandwagon to jump on. People who couldn't have named a single one of Wade's teammates weeks ago will now declare themselves to be Heat lovers, decking themselves out in Miami gear with cutesy phrases like Miami Thrice and the Three Basketeers. All those fans who like the Yankees just because they win, or who were devoted to the Bulls until Michael Jordan left, are now going to come out of the woodwork and swear their undying love to the Heat. I hate that. -- Phil Taylor

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz0vJpbnahU

And they haven't even played yet

[44Thrilla]

that article sucks. I don't even give a shit about like 20 of those teams

[Vinyard]

#14 ftw.

[jason bourne]

The pressure is on the Heat to win it all their first year. It would be awesome to see LeBron and the Heat never win a ring. The King with no crown. I'd enjoy LeBron fail every year. It would be awesome.