Chris Bosh and company win 5 straight
Okay I know that if you’re like me than your sick of hearing about the Heat, but I have big news they just won their fifth straight! Wait a minute why is it such a big deal that the team that was put together to go 82-0 won five in a row, well to put it bluntly they have kind of sucked this year. When LeBron first went to the Heat I figured that his scoring output might drop to like 24 points a game but Dwayne Wade was going to be dropping at least 40 a night while sitting out the whole fourth quarter. The team was going to average at least 150 a game and cruise to the championship, but we all know that isn’t the case, the Heat have struggled early and until this win-streak barely hanging on to a .500 record.
LeBron is their leading scorer with 23.7, last year him, Wade, and Bosh all averaged over that themselves, and they have all lost about 5 points a game of their output from last year. I know most people will probably disagree with this but, it’s not LeBron’s fault they haven’t been doing well, their supporting players just aren’t performing well enough. When LeBron, Wade and, Bosh won an Olympic gold it wasn’t with the team they are playing with this year, it was with players like Kobe, Carmelo Anthony and other perennial all-stars. It seems like its been largely forgotten that it wasn’t just those three who were on the team, and yes if it was the entire USA basketball team then they would destroy everyone.
Then they need a reliable three point threat, LeBron and Wade are both slashers, they are going to take it to the basket and yes probably dunk over at least two guys. However I wouldn’t trust either of them from behind the arc unless they are hot but, they think they are, and teams know this, they are more than happy to clog the lane and let them shoot threes all day, and both are more than happy to oblige. That’s why both are shooting low percentages, hopefully for them when Mike Miller (a career 40% shooter who shot 48% last year) comes back it will open the lanes for both of them to do go back to what they do best.
Honestly though I think that we should just treat the Heat like any other team, report on their wins and losses but not devote all our time to the “failed experiment” because for all we know those will be the only 8 losses of the year, but until they lose in the playoffs or even don’t make them then we really have no idea how good they really are, so I say treat them like any other team.
LeBron is their leading scorer with 23.7, last year him, Wade, and Bosh all averaged over that themselves, and they have all lost about 5 points a game of their output from last year. I know most people will probably disagree with this but, it’s not LeBron’s fault they haven’t been doing well, their supporting players just aren’t performing well enough. When LeBron, Wade and, Bosh won an Olympic gold it wasn’t with the team they are playing with this year, it was with players like Kobe, Carmelo Anthony and other perennial all-stars. It seems like its been largely forgotten that it wasn’t just those three who were on the team, and yes if it was the entire USA basketball team then they would destroy everyone.
Then they need a reliable three point threat, LeBron and Wade are both slashers, they are going to take it to the basket and yes probably dunk over at least two guys. However I wouldn’t trust either of them from behind the arc unless they are hot but, they think they are, and teams know this, they are more than happy to clog the lane and let them shoot threes all day, and both are more than happy to oblige. That’s why both are shooting low percentages, hopefully for them when Mike Miller (a career 40% shooter who shot 48% last year) comes back it will open the lanes for both of them to do go back to what they do best.
Honestly though I think that we should just treat the Heat like any other team, report on their wins and losses but not devote all our time to the “failed experiment” because for all we know those will be the only 8 losses of the year, but until they lose in the playoffs or even don’t make them then we really have no idea how good they really are, so I say treat them like any other team.
