I don't see it and that's the great thing about sports. We'll see how the Heat perform in the playoffs. Hopefully I'm right and you're wrong (and the Bulls reign supreme). The Heat have played a ton of under .500 teams, and are basically even against above .500 teams. All of the better teams' schedules are back-loaded with the toughest games coming late in the season. I think the NBA execs like to schedule the best games after the all-star break when football is over. The Heat are back-loaded the worst, as one would expect from the premier NBA television draw. Their schedule over the next three weeks is insane. Thu 03 vs Orlando, Fri 04 @ San Antonio, Sun 06 vs Chicago, Tue 08 vs Portland, Thu 10 vs LA Lakers, Sat 12 vs Memphis, Mon 14 vs San Antonio, Wed 16 vs Oklahoma City, Fri 18 @ Atlanta, Sat 19 vs Denver. They lucked out with Tony Parker going down since both of the times they play the Spurs are upcoming. We'll have a better idea for where they are at after this upcoming run.
I think the Heat big 3 are playing well together.......but their games just don't match. They're still good enough to get to 60+ wins anyway, but all of those guys are coming off of 10+ years of ball dominance. Maybe they'll gel over the length of their contracts. I think this year's Heat are actually what they are right now. A very good team, but somewhat disjointed in their core and lacking enough meat on the bones to put them over the top. They still might be good enough to win it all this year, but I don't see a reason to clearly favor them over us, Boston, Dallas, LA or San Antonio.
Agree. Most good teams are constructed. The Heat came together as the result of opportunity. Not surprising that the result is uber-talent with a few flaws. If they win it all this year, it'll be in the face of a couple long-standing playoff maxims, specifically the need for strong halfcourt and inside games. Could happen though.
