Heat start season 3-0
This past off season, when this corner consistently rated Miami as one of the few sure-fire playoff teams in the Eastern Conference this year … provided the Heat get a full season from D-Wade … there were many in the blogosphere who took exception and asked, incredulously,
“Huh? How come? … Their overall roster simply isn’t good enough to be put into THAT category. Is it?”
Well …
At this moment, there are only 5 undefeated teams in the NBA:
Boston [3-0], Orlando [3-0], Denver [3-0], Phoenix [3-0] and Miami [3-0].
Reasons Why the Miami Heat Will Succeed This Season
A. Pat Riley [GM] really does know what he’s doing … and, “all things Heat” spring forth from him.
B. When all is said and done, several years from now, Erik Spoelstra is going to be recognized as a very solid NBA coach; see “A”, above, for further reference.
C. The late additions of Carlos Arroyo and Quentin Richardson are ”good fits” for what Miami needed this season to successfully bridge the gap until the 2010 off season arrives … when they will become significant players in the free agent marketplace; see “A”, above, for further reference.
D.-Man is a legit MVP candidate, this year … as The Best Guard in the NBA not named Kobe Bryant.
E. The players on their roster this season, although NOT as “talented” overall as the other top squads in the Association, actually DO “fit together” in a way that should/will allow them to remain in the playoff race the whole year, and eventually earn 1 of the 8 coveted berths into the post-season, i.e. With the team culture in Miami, “The whole is usually greater than the sum of the parts,” see “A”, above, for further reference.
Building a championship calibre organization in the NBA isn’t always about performing “radical surgery” on your roster in the summer months.
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“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.” - Anonymous
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