Miami Heat ain’ too big with a good centre and a point guard – NBA Feature - Part 1
Nearly five months ago, Miami Heat seemed destined to make a significant mark in the history of the NBA. A team of sublime talent, one with two of the best players in the league, fought its way through adversity throughout the
season, and was just two games away from forever etching their names into the annals of NBA history.
If they had won the NBA World Championship last season, if they had won those two games they required, the like of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh would have instantly been hailed as one of the greatest trio of stars to
ever play together. They would have been championed as dominant athletes, who laid to waste anyone with the audacity to stand in their way. A new legend would have been born.
However it wasn’t to be.
A team watched out of hate rather than love, Miami instead became the foil for another legend, Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks. Instead of stepping up the pedestal to take their place at the top of the NBA world, Miami became
the final stepping stone in the long hunt for gratification of aging legends such as Nowitzki and Jason Kidd.
The Dallas Mavericks won their first NBA World Championship, Jason Terry laid the ghost of 2006 to rest, and Shawn Marion AKA “the Matrix” finally had his NBA ring. Miami became just a part of the story, a story in which they will
now always be referred to as the mighty Goliath slain by the Mavs, AKA David.
So, what went wrong for Miami?
They possessed arguably the best player on the planet in LeBron James. They also had arguably the next best thing, Dwyane Wade. The two superstars who are the most dominant players in the league, barring maybe an aging Kobe Bryant,
also had with them the perennial All-Star in Chris Bosh.
How could they lose? The Big Three were surely destined for the title, so what happened?
In the end, it was proved that the Big Three are just not big enough. The Miami Heat need more if they are to achieve the ultimate prize.
The shortcomings in the team are as evident as their superstar strengths. Age is catching up on a roster filled with weak role players. Injuries keep shooting down their two most valuable depth players, Mike Miller and Udonis Haslem.
Those two didn’t even perform to their previous standard after coming back. The likes of James Jones and Mario Chalmers provided some sparks last season, but they couldn’t provide any sort of consistency.
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