It's 10 o'clock at night on a Thursday and Twitter, Facebook and my phone are aflutter. Not with girls getting ready for ladies night out, or my boys wanting to go out for drinks. No everything is about Hurricane LeBron, and, joy, it's hit Miami.
A super team has been born. And it's name is "el Heat." I think I might be the only one who sees this as a problem. Nothing really good can come of this. On the one hand, the team could do what it's designed to. Which is to say, dominate the next five years like a pretty girl breaks heart. That is to say, consistently and thoroughly. Not great news if you're a Magic fan, or rather, not a Heat fan.
Let's take a second to look at this though. This has been done before. One team getting major free agents. The Celtics did it with the "Big 3," and sure, it got them that first title. But sense then, they've been knocked out once, and lost the finals to Kobe's Lakers. Having more than one so called "super star" on a team, seems to me, to cause more problems than it fixes. And here's the real kicker: The Big Three are all role players. Garnett is a post man, he likes to be in the front court or at mid range. Ray Allen is an outside-in player. He either takes threes, or takes it to the hole off the dribble. And Pierce is a shooter, all around. None of them have ever, or will ever, be included in sentences with Kareem, LeBron, Kobe or Michael, but they'll all probably reach the Hall of Fame.
This Miami team may have burned itself. You put Bosh, LeBron and Wade together, three players who have no definable roles...and you may find that you're in trouble. Athletically, and talent wise, they will be the best team to ever step on an NBA court. Period. But, when that type of talent meets, its often a collision. Who will be the team leader? The lead scorer? Who will be the go to? Who will be willing to back down for the good of the team? There may be too much Ego. And more over, how do you even begin to coach a team like that? Do you take the Phil Jackson route and just write a book "Zen and Basketball Coaching?" Or do you just take your multi-million dollar contract and spend the season in the Keys?
I'd probably do the latter.
I won't lie and say I'm going to stop watching basketball. I barely watch any regular season games anyway. I'm just hoping that teams like this won't make the game less interesting. And here's hoping Miami didn't throw so much money at the "Epic Three" that they forgot you still need bench players to win games.
That's it for now. I'm sure you can catch me whining about love or dreaming about something or other soon.
-D
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