Holy crap. This is just sad.
(via @pinwheelempire)
The Heat’s glamour shots are hilarious
He would be referring to these:
Ha!
Haven’t spotted the Wade one yet, but I’m going to assume he struck a similar pose and is wearing a dark brown top of some sort.
Good times.
Amen, brother.
“If you lose, no one’s going to be happy, nor should they be,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Well, actually, plenty of people are happy about it — the rest of the NBA, for starters.
“Very little” wrong with the Heat? Depends on who they’re playing
ESPN experts answered five questions on the Miami Heat. All of it is debatable of course, but this Q&A excerpt really jumped out at me:
1. What’s wrong with the Heat?
John Hollinger, ESPN.com: Very little actually. We just like to overreact to three things: small samples, recent events, and stuff that happened in national TV games. All three apply here, but the available evidence still suggests Miami is an elite team.
Very little actually?
I’ve been reading a lot of tweets today from people accusing fans of overreacting and saying we should all just chill out. I get that. One or two games at the beginning of the regular season really should not be used as a gauge for a team’s future. Understood. However, I think it’s just as misguided to underplay the Heat’s problems. They have some real problems that need to be addressed. Here are just a few:
- Team Chemistry - That would include the ENTIRE team. Not just the big guns. Hell, hold a slumber party at Carlos Arroyo’s house and braid each other’s hair if you have to. Whatever you have to do to bond so that winning games becomes about unity and not just about killing bad teams because it’s so damn easy.
- Road Cone Defense - Play hard defense the entire game. Sounds so simple. Bosh standing like a frozen statue while Rondo slams down a SportsCenter dunk isn’t going to cut it. Not now, not next week, not in the playoffs.
- Soft like Charmin - The Lakers got punked in the Game 6 2008 finals, so what did they do? They got a hell of a lot tougher. This is a mental thing. It has nothing to do with talent. It’s a mind-set that you will not let anyone get easy baskets or push you out of the paint. Simply put, you fight. You impose your will. If you can’t do that, you’re toast.
Ok, those are just three off the top of my head. There are more. So, go ahead and say that two losses to Boston and a 5-4 record are no big deal, but for the Heat’s sake, they better not be thinking that. They have work to do and much of it is between the ears.
What’s wrong with the Heat?
Against bad, so-so, or good teams? Nothing. LeBron can take over and the rest of the team can stand around and watch — just like in Cleveland.
Against great teams? Plenty.
Eddie House is not allowed to get bored. And by the way, why is he taking the last shot?
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