Heat can win 73 games?

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

It's too early to think about this until we know the rest of the roster and whether Riley is going to come out of the office and coach the team.

I agree with this statement. As of right now I would say no they wouldn't beat the record but just like when Pippen, MJ and Rodman came together they fuked up some serious sh*t. The game has changed since 1996 and it will be tough but remember, IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. Especially in the NBA since its probably fixed anyways

[THE HITMAN]

gimme the under

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

gimme the under

I'll give you the Under 72.5 wins for -25000

[csm506]

Someone is drinking their own Kool Aid, injuries, chemistry, bench, defense and oh that's right they still play with one ball on the court, I will give you about 58-60 wins if they are healthy, LeBron needs to win this year or he is no better than the dummy who talks to KOBE, PS he has 5 rings and played with one superstar twice.

[sundin4prez]

nope

[Mr Windy City]

If Lebron woulda came to the bulls I would say this record is in jeopardy, but with the lack of height and talent (yea I said it) the heat will struggle to come close to even 70 games.

[gryfyn1]

Not with this team as currently constructed -- With Mike Miller now signed; the three and and Chalmers they are capped out, but:

They can Sign a MLE player (about 5M), A biaannul player (about 1.6M), and they still have a trade excpetion from dealing beasly at about 5 million meaning they can take a player for about 6M back, the question is if they convince some still viable vets to take those deals --

[FrozenMAN]

NO WAY...wall street journal had a good article that ranked the top trios of all time, this group of tools they have in miami was WAAAAAAAAAAY behind the ALL TIME trios.....best one ever was MJ/Scottie/Horace, then it was liek MJ/Scottie/Toni...leblow and co can hold their jockstraps

[starfire]

Dont kid yourself, Miami will be lucky to win 60 games

[20Four7]

why some members open thread and who ask bullshit questions? They will or they won't. who cares? can we decide that? is this very important? is there any bet "over/under 72,5" ? wait and see

I would take under 72.5. I see them coming in with 68 or 69.....

[Tree Rollins]

If the over/under was say, 63, I'd probably take the over.

[D3 Mighty Ducks]

I agree I don't see these guys winning 73 games but Miami being in the East Conference I wouldn't rule it completely impossible. With Toronto and Cleveland being that much worse and a bunch of average teams in the East compared to the West I can see these guys piling up atleast 55 wins.

[NYSportsGuy210]

Wow are you guys delusional? The Eastern conference is now the POWER conference of the NBA.....so the Heat will be tested almost every inter conference game. That being said I can still see the Heat winning 68-70 games this season. 70-12 is more likely since the East has gotten a lot stronger.

We just have to find out hat the rest of their roster is going to look like.

[NYSportsGuy210]

And the East will only get stronger once the CP3 and Carmelo join the Knicks after this season is over. No one but Los Angeles will be competitive in the west anymore as most of the stars will have moved.

[Onefreedm1nd]

They might not even get the one seed. No1 to guard the basket Bosh sux

[brooks85]

I would be surprised if this Miami sideshow wins 43 games.

well be prepared

[Chi_archie]

no way

[Doc JS]

Why are there four pages to this thread when the answer is:
No, they won't win 73 games.

Doc

[RoagBettor]

The Heat won't win 65 games, never mind 70

[Mr Windy City]

why are there four pages to this thread when the answer is:
No, they won't win 73 games.

Doc

ha!

Exactly.

[jjgold]

It could happen. Look at the Cavs team that won 66 games two years ago.

2nd best player was Mo Williams. Wade is about 5 levels up from him.

3rd best player was either West or Illgauskas (or Varejao off the bench?). Bosh is like 5 levels up from any of them.

And keep in mind they could have won 67 games except they didn't play the starters in their last game.

So yes, it is definitely possible in the East.

[Mr Windy City]

If you think Bosh is 5 levels up from anybody then you must be insane. The guy is good dont get me wrong, but c'mon people he is no superstar! F'n guy hasn't even played in a playoff game for Christ sake!

[juuso]

Even if they got excellent center in the mix, it's usually not a good idea to give 100% day and day out in a long season.

[jahred6999]

Anything is pppooosssiiibbbllleee!!!!

[BM27]

They definitely have the potential to do it but not at their first season playing together

[ReiNNNN]

hahaha i know they are the top shit right now but i highly doubt that this is possible. i dont think they can even come close to that

[COOGI]

yeah they can if they have 2 best 3pts shooter ..like ray allen .fisher....+ lebron + wade + Bosh.....dream team

[PatrickBateman]

I found Season Over/Under total set at 65 games for -130, I am taking it, seems like this team might not gel too well in the beginning, but will get better obviously. But to have them not losing at least 17 games the first year they are together seems like what Vegas is hoping for in all this HYPE. I am waiting for the schedule to come out but Under or no play for me I think. The injury prone Wade / lackluster bench makes the Over a foolish play in my opinion. What is they only can muster up a scrub bench the first year? Probablly the under, are all three of these guys going to play every game without any rest? What if they are already guaranteed a playoff spot early on and rest Bosh, Lebron, Wade = Couple throwaway games they don't mind losing. Wade goes down for a month with an injury, do they still win 65-70 games?

Only thing making me nervous about this bet is that every team that faces them will be in foul trouble before the second half even starts. Even breathing on one of these guys is going to be a foul.

[PatrickBateman]

Also just a question, does anybody think this O/U season total will go up from 65 games?

[will2survive]

definitely single digit losses

[thebertshow]

73 is too high. Under.

[csm506]

Let's see them win their first game, I say 61 and no championship

[TheCommish]

I don't think they can beat that record. There may even be some chemistry issues out of the gate.

[necro]

Chemistry issue will for sure occure in next season but I still think that D-Wade will be champ once again.

[NYSportsGuy210]

The Heat won't win 65 games, never mind 70

Anywhere from 65 - 70 is probably your best best. Once again, if they sign guys like Iverson, Ilgauskas or other aging veterans who can just be serviceable and get one threat off the bench....68 wins should be money.