Originally Posted by
Goat Milk
SJ, the Heat will win 73+ games this year bearing any injuries and of course I am being unbiased when I look at this. Mike Miller, Big Z and Haslem all with the Heat is proving that they are going to be a legit contender now with these types of role players. In 06 I remember guys like the Glove J Will and A.W. were dying to come to Miami to win a ring.
The Heat will take the 1 seed in the East along with the best record in the league. There isn't one team in the league that can matchup with a duo of Wade and Lebron. What these people who say they are going to suck don't realize is how dynamic these two are and explosive in pick and roll sets. If Splolstra draws up even the most simple pick and roll sets with Wade and Lebron it is virtually impossible to stop. You need all 5 players to stop a Lebron/Wade pick and roll, and even if everyone collapses, we'll have guys like Bosh in the key and Miller at the 3 for open kick outs. THis will be the Heats bread and butter. Bosh will get in sets as well and people are going to be shocked how much his game will improve playing with Wade.
The other top team in the East has to be the Magic. As far as the Lakers, they are going to have a tough time getting out of the West but I think they could get back to the finals. People are quickly disregarding teams like Houston that hasn't really been complete for awhile now. The problem with LA is that Kobe is going to have to guard Wade, which isn't really a problem considering Kobe is the best 1 on 1 defender in the league, but his offense might struggle a little. IF you think Kobe took a lot of jumpers this year, expect even more next year as he continues to conserve his energy for late in games. Artest cannot guard Lebron, plain and simple, it will never happen. Artest has been shit on throughout his career by the likes of Kobe Wade and Lebron.
Rebounding is not really an issue for the Heat. Lebron can outrebound most PF in the league and Haslem and Bosh are solid rebounders. Riley is going to bring in 1 more big guy so we will be fine there