When last have we seen this talk and chats? LAKE show lakers? Of Magic, Kareem, Worthy, Nixon and Cooper.
Those historical teams won 3 - 4 correct ? Those Laker teams also lost.

Even the Bulls, Spurs title runs had those teams "re-invented" themselves and rosters as they won and continue to get back to a 2nd or 3rd nba titles which wasnt as easy as it seemed. SPURs and BULLs did the team concept despite its superstars.

Miami Heat is having a dream season doing it with 2 Superstars future hall of famers + 1 star.
NO team concepts. Its really about Lebron, Wade only.

They big bad Miami Heat has shown their "trump" cards. Its called "Lebron guards everyone Good or Great" at some point in game and the other trump card is "Free Chris Bosh, does what he does best".

SO instead of stopping the team, you go after LBJ and BOSH.
The teams 2 newest players to stress and strive of being a winner.

Dwayne Wade is the leader and roamer almost like a free-safety in football or NBAs "Troy Polumano" and Wade adds the dagger when you fret about LBJ, Bosh or rest of teammates contribution. Wade only lone champion The 2006 HEAT team was a "team".

This season HEAT Great story for one of Sports MOST HATED Teams ever ! Dont cha' disdain them ?

However how long or how many titles do you think this HEAT team can go on for ? 2-3, 4 yrs dominance in a row ?
Answer NO.

The whole NBA wont put their lives on hold for runs of Heat dominance cause of what we've seen.
Wade being semi-healthy (moreso) is a NBA story so far. Even Bosh being healthy.

The whole NBA world was watching Heat and Lebron put one on over NBA and its cities when LBJ had chose Miami Heat few weeks before we seen the TV show which ESPN craved the ratings.

Stephen A Smith called this early in the spring the 3some spoke of it. Give Stephen A Credit

But the fact of matter HEAT is drawing up a fairy tale season, all things broke right hardly any ever injuries
to its stars, starters or very core players. They did a good job of jelling and remaining being hated in the
NBA sports world.

Now we're to believe that team is in midst of 1 or many many NBA rings and the hunger will not die with Pat Riley
leading the franchise.

I am one who thinks Miami better win this yr. 2011

Cause its no guarantee that next season a BOSH plays like this OR a Wade stays healthy at nba playoff time OR Lebron doesnt do a
Kobe 'tank job' in the playoffs championship and Kobe was rescued by a hungry Pao Gasol whom was most GOOD and interested in playing hoops at that time moreso than this season.

All in all Folks and owners, teams are taking notes. Sure they won't be able to easily get a "Big 3". Lebron even confided Celtics shows them their Big 3 the blueprint.

NBA will have their own blueprint.
76ers were learning & getting blueprint.
Celtics Doc Rivers and Ainge will get newer blueprints.

Even the Orlando's and our NY Knicks of NBA East will design a blueprint ALL to BEAT the HEAT.
Beating the HEAT will be EASTERN NBA Title trophy. Teams will get nowhere without getting Miami.

This of course will carry over into the NBA West teams as well.

Heat are disdained & DJ loves it! , even if respected. It will be like them old Piston teams whom was one of best runs in history BUT winning only 2 of 3 NBA titles and took Detroit nearly > 10 yrs to win another and look at how bad team is currently.

Regarding Boston Celtics well tell me now since the Celtics KG, Pierce and Ray Allen won their NBA title how many ? have Celtics won since ? 1, numero uno. And their Big "3" is getting very old fast!

Aint worried about how many appearances Celts HOF'amers been in the history dont care about second place finishers like KG Celtics.

Something else for bravado HEAT fans to ponder on boasts of many or multiple NBA titles as the HEAT and 3some talks about during the ESPN nba celebration shows by HEAT last summer. Don't ya all recall that show ? about chit-chat from Wade and LBJ taking multiple
NBA titles even before winning 1 title together first. No wonder Stan Van Gundy bl_ew off his mouth "NBA has other good players too!"

Anyhow rest of NBA will be great and very very interesting once we get by CBA & looming strike
Once strike is resolved its back to NBA Business. How to beat the HEAT.

Rest of NBA will be geared to be in shape to knock off the Miami Heat.

If I were a nba player
on a good team I'd embrace the challenges and it will be one great sports story ever.

The Rise and fall of the Miami Heat.
We/I will be there to witness it and enjoy it.
Moreso enjoyable if our NewYork Knicks knocked them off their perch in 2-3 yrs or less.

Stay tune ...for those blueprints.

As far as the heat, I still have dallas winning this series, and the key to beating the heat is to have a better and deeper team as that is still miami's weakness... one advantage we have is that lebron has no real advantage over melo who can physically match lebron..

nixluva wrote:The Magic/Bird era also had fewer teams and thus the odds of putting together such great talent were increased to a certain degree.

I actually feel like a team like the Thunder is going to have a similar chance to go for multiple titles. IMO they're just as close to building an unbeatable team as the Heat. I thought Portland was on it's way too, before injuries slowed them down. Memphis isn't that far off either. Cleveland has a chance to build up a young and potent team as well. Seems to me that there are more natural built teams on the cusp than the artificially built teams.

I hear ya
But I still think if HEAT wins 2 in a row they consider themselves GOOD and Lucky
I think days of Dynasty's are over

I dont say Thunder cant win 1 or 2 of these things

But they way nba is and likely new CBA after strike resolutions will have much players
not always sticking with their teams, if they win and don't get $paid

Money and stardom comes together with winning
I cant see teams having non-star players (aka James Harden) staying together for > few titles if they win
without $buck becoming an issue

LBJ and Bosh took less for more chance to win,
that wont last forever if Wade continues to get $$$bucks other teammates wants their bucks too!

You will have other teams competing to beat those teams whose personnel will
always change especially if they win title one yr and dont win again for few yrs more.
Players always move on

When a nba player other than superstars win a title, and the titles dont come again
then player movements are expected thus NO dynasty or runs of 3-4 title championships in a row!

Those feats of MJordan and his 6 titles and B.Russells what 11-13 titles?
those were "TEAM"s and not built on bunch of players sacrificing $$$bucks and egos.

Today nba is egos
always has been and that will never ever ever change

Bonn1997 wrote:

tkf wrote:everyone keeps pointing to the lakers and celtics of old, but there was no collusion. Magic, worthy were drafted, so was perkins, there was no magic making phone calls saying "hey Kareem, lets get with worthy since we can't win rings by ourselves and form a super team".. there was no larry bird saying" hey les draft Mchale and trade for parrish and we would be unstoppable"... These guys formed greatness after they got together, as a team, that as put together by some outstanding GM's.

As far as the heat, I still have dallas winning this series, and the key to beating the heat is to have a better and deeper team as that is still miami's weakness... one advantage we have is that lebron has no real advantage over melo who can physically match lebron..

Collusion has a negative connotation. These are just guys who want the best co-workers possible.

Word. They doin what they think gives them the best shot to win chips. Nuttin wrong there.

The Knicks need to work the Donnie Walnuts plan to beat these doods with depth, size, scoring and HELLA TENACIOUS IN-YO-MUFFUGGIN-FACE-DEFENSE. Work it Donnie!