Originally Posted by
Goat Milk
+145 at thegreek.
If they go to 64 they will get more action on it. They don't want anyone to bet the over on this prop. just my opinion. i can see the way you are looking at it to but lets just look at it this way before you place any bets:
Name me 18 teams on the schedule the Heat can lose to this year possibly. The teams you mentioned who have accomplished this feat in the past 10 years do not even compare to this team. Lets also think about all the times new teams have come together like this.
The Lakers when they picked up Payton, Malone and others reached the finals. The Pistons when they acquired Ben Sheed Billups etc immediately impactful. Won a championship either that very year or the next I forgot. The Heat in 06 when Shaq came, Payton, J Will, Antwan Walker, Eddie Jones came back, all new faces.
The Celtics in 08. All new faces. Its unclear to many that Wade and Lebron will go down as two of the top 10 players ever to play the game. In the history of this league. I can't stand the guy but its going to happen and they will win at least 2-3 rings together.
Also you don't think that these three are shooting for the 72-10 bulls record? Imagine a guy like Eric Spolstra- he has all the power in the world right now for the best team in the league. Eric Spolstra is a nobody, he hasn't made a name for himself yet, and he's been given a golden key. Spolstra is thinking about that record every single day of the week, I guarantee it. He wants to be the youngest person to accomplish such a task.
If you believe the Heat will go 12-1 to start the season or whatever then just start to kick back you are mistaken. There are few teams that can give them problems, the Lakers being one of them. Portland is another team because of their length. Even if Stern wants to rig some of the games this year for home teams to cover against the Heat and even win straight up most of them won't even be able to even if its clear the Heat are trying to throw the game. Its just too difficult to guard 2/3 best players in the world at the same time on the court.
You need to be a mastermind of a coach to have a gameplan to stop it. How many coaches can we say that about. Once you watch them in the first game of the season against the Celtics you will see what I'm talking about.