Its a mistake, Lebron needs to go.

[Josepatches_]

It's November.

Let's see where are the Heat in May.

As a spurs fan it would be great for us if you win the tle at the end November but that's not true.

We don't win the championship being the best team of November and the Heat don't lose it

[ulosturedge]

All those weapons were sure to make Miami a potent offensive team, but on the defensive end Bosh makes that team soft as ever. What's the point of being able to score but yet you can't stop anyone. That's kind of how I saw the Miami dream team when it was put together over the summer. The situation is actually turning out worse for some of the reason the OP and others have stated. Lebron and Wade have no idea how to coexist, and their defense has major holes. Not to mention Spolestra seems to have no clue how to make his pieces(roster) work.

[ChrisRichards]

Fire Spo. Some people have it, some don't...Spo doesnt have "it".


Bring Jeff Van Gundy!

[jacobdrj]

This is more fun than Marbury and Francis on the Knicks... Under LB no less...

[Ace]

@Ace: check dis out son, about offense.
About D if they stop overhelping and playing arrayo/joel they should be more than fine... waitin for pat to drop da hamma and make dis serious.

Yeah I saw that but I'm more concerned with the defensive break downs since that's what Spo says they've been focusing on.

[Darthkiller]

Fire Spo. Some people have it, some don't...Spo doesnt have "it".


Bring Jeff Van Gundy!

that solves problem how? van gundy is also a defensive coach like the players hate.

they need to hire don nelson, who just let players go out and run and gun all day and dont have to play defense.

[rickross]

Yeah I saw that but I'm more concerned with the defensive break downs since that's what Spo says they've been focusing on.

spo is a in re on o, but his defense scheme is beyong fubar. Check dis out:
1. send arroyo back to fidel castro or whateva he from. play wade/crab/chalmers/anybody quick at pg.
2. bench joel and use him as a hustle pf of da bench. Use any big body in da paint, it dont really matter.

3. (most important) stop freakin overhelping,
- it tires the players,
- leaves opponents under the rim for putbacks and layups,
- leaves very bad rebounding spacing (all in one place) therefore loads of o boards for all positions
- leaves the perimeter open as -> easy penetration or easy three.

Last point is absolutely killin da team. Rice boi is killin da team and every dat watch da games and know ball should agree wit what i said.

[rickross]

Fire Spo. Some people have it, some don't...Spo doesnt have "it".


Bring Jeff Van Gundy!

i vote every day from like 10 ips. rice boi needs time wit family!.

[MiamiHeat]

thread.

LeBron-Wade-Bosh will dominate the league. It will be done with Pat Riley as coach. MAYBE Spo if he can somehow figure out how to coach, which I doubt.

[Red Hawk #21]

LeBron-Wade-Bosh will dominate the league.

The same way they're gunna go 82-0?

[MiamiHeat]

The same way they're gunna go 82-0?

I never predicted they would

[TIMMYtoZO]

thread.

LeBron-Wade-Bosh will dominate the league. It will be done with Pat Riley as coach. MAYBE Spo if he can somehow figure out how to coach, which I doubt.

Spoelstra will be just fine.

Obviously, I am a huge Pat Riley fan, and would love to see him return to the Heat sidelines. He's the man. His coaching in the 2006 Finals was amazing. He put Wade in the place he needed to be to make the big plays.... like that "inbound to Wade and he will catch the ball in the backcourt" final possession. We had Dallas Mavericks people who didn't even know you could do that.

but still.

Spoelstra will be fine.

The one thing about Pat that I do not like is the way he runs the players into the ground. LeBron, Bosh, etc will not enjoy the long practices by Riley.

and the tarnish to Riley's reputation would be bad. Van Gundy, ok, it's once. But Spoelstra too? That's twice too many

[MiamiHeat]

Yeah, I thought Spo would be able to do this.

Doesn't look good right now but it's still November. Get back to me at the end of the season.

I personally would love for Riley to be coach again. I said that then and I say that now

[ChrisRichards]

I actually agree with the OP, its a huge miscalculation from Lebron's end. He's a great player but this is not the first time he ed up, but they don't have any choice right now but to make it work. It will take another full year or maybe even two before they get things clicking collectively.



I thought Chicago was the best destination for Lebron, but its going to be at a huge cost which is Derrick Rose's growth. Lebron and Wade could become the next Shaq-Kobe, but its going to take a tremendous amount of maturity from Lebron to make it happen.