LeBron has basically realized his worst nightmare: He's playing in Cleveland again.
After my rants last night and after I realized the Heat were done, I sat back, drinked a couple of beers, and watched the game from a realistic and non-inflammatory point of view. Here's what I've concluded with regard to the Heat and why they're losing this series:
1.
LeBron isn't getting help. Wade looks old and slow out there. Bosh is doing what he can but Duncan is a tough match-up for him. The bench I will get into shortly. Simply put, no matter how great a single player is, he can't beat a deep team that simply does not miss on his own.
2.
They don't care. I think the Heat, as I said last night, have gotten fat and sassy. You can tell the Spurs simply want it more. If you want a sign that the Heat simply are not as fired up about this series as San Antonio is, look no further than their defense. Defense got the Heat to the dance the last three years and won them two titles. The intensity just simply isn't there on that side of the ball, which is usually the first sign that the team is simply packing it in.
3.
Their bench has gotten very old. The Heat are actually the oldest team in the league, and the bench is the reason for that. Birdman, Ray Allen, Shane Battier, etc. When the Heat were winning titles, they were getting contributions on a game by game basis from their bench and their role players. That hasn't been the case in this series. It's been LeBron and, sometimes, Bosh against the Spurs. Battier looks like he's on his last legs, Birdman looks worn out, and Ray is up there. In all, I would wipe the roster clean starting with the bench, allow Wade to move on and either sign Carmelo or Kevin Love with his money, and then start getting younger at the middle to the bottom of the roster. Do that, and they're kicking everyone's asses again. Do it not, and they're beating up on the East before getting their asses thoroughly kicked by whomever comes out of the West.
Also, Heat fans are the worst. You don't leave the stadium. I don't care if you are down 100. This team has given you as fans so much over these seasons and you ditch IN THE FINALS? Pathetic. And I don't wanna hear the "they are trying to beat traffic" crap, because I was there in January for a Heat-Celtics game and got outta there very easily. The parking is spread out and really easy so that's crap, it's not like being at Gillette where its route 1 and that's it. It's a buncha ******** fans. I feel bad for the REAL Miami fans who were there before 2010 and stuck through their 15-win season because they fall into this Heat fan stereotype.
As someone that has been to that arena a few times, I'm not going to make too much of a concerted effort to defend the pink hat, want-to-be-seen-on-TV-while-drinking-champagne South Beach grubs. They're terrible. They're the only ones down there that can afford to go to these Finals games so, a lot of times, they'll displace the true fans that have been with the team since they drafted Rice all those years ago.
That said, your logic is flawed. Let's take a trip back down Memory Lane, shall we? 2008: Dolphins at Patriots. The Wildcat is unveiled. The Pats get blown out at home for the first time in years. Starting in the second quarter, the fans boo the team. Late in the third, fans starting packing it in and heading for the exits. According to your logic, Pats fans are the worst fans in football but have been able to mask it since they haven't been blown out at home since. I won't begrudge anybody's right to boo or leave if they want. They might not be hardcore fans (as a matter of fact, they're probably not), but they paid good, hard earned money for those seats just to watch their team come out and take a big, liquidy **** all over themselves.
Either way, the one thing that will be nice when LeBron leaves (if he leaves) is that the bandwagon assholes will be gone too.
Heat fans deserve what they get ... I'd rather never win another championship if it meant LeBron had a hand in it ... the biggest piece of **** azzwipe in the NBA ... he's great due to his talent but he will never be a legend ... that takes heart and he has none.
Were you drinking when you made this post? LeBron will never be a legend?
You're letting your hate for the guy cloud your ability to actually think. Respond if you want to but I'll easily take this logic completely apart. For now, I'll let it go because you may have been drunk when you posted this.
