Lets be real: Only one team has the fortitude to beat the Miami Heat this year

[Heavincent]

It is not that they are WAY more stacked than anyone

But they are.

[NBASTATMAN]

I called it in 2011 with the Mavs and Im calling it again
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=223699

With Harden gone and the arrival of D'Antoni over Phil, barring injuries, the Spurs have this title locked.

Wouldve happened last year but Harden got in the way.

Timmy getting #5 and cementing himself top 3 with MJ and KAJ

I am not the biggest Duncan fan but no other player playing today could win like he does with so little talent around him. Not even bron..

[Heavincent]

Yea and they'll only have to play one of all the teams you listed when Le they all have to go through each other AND the heat.

Yeah the Eastern side of the playoffs is just gonna be a waste of time. Complete garbage.

The West, however, is up for the grabs. Every playoff team in the the west will be competitive and capable of making some noise.

[NBASTATMAN]

But they are.

Have you looked at the Lakers squad? They look super stacked and possibly more than Miami but they have had injuries.

[funnystuff]

I called it in 2011 with the Mavs and Im calling it again
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=223699

With Harden gone and the arrival of D'Antoni over Phil, barring injuries, the Spurs have this title locked.

Wouldve happened last year but Harden got in the way.

Timmy getting #5 and cementing himself top 3 with MJ and KAJ

You forget that since their last chip, they have been playoff choke artists.

[Rondo]

As a Heat hater, I'm in the acceptance stage. Nobody is beating them. They're simply too stacked. The only way they'll lose is if Lebron chokes his ass off, and that just isn't going to happen.

This. It's pissing me off now. I'll be stunned if they don't better the Lakers' streak.

It's not that they're too stacked. It's that they have the 2nd best player of all time (yeah, I said it!). Take him out and they're a good at best team. He demands so much attention that you need to double him and then he just passes it to wide open guys for 3. Don't double him and he's still scoring. Not to discredit the team but he's the difference maker. Without him teams like the Thunder, Spurs, Clippers would deal with them easily (if they even reached the finals which would be debatable)

[DatAsh]

Yea and they'll only have to play one of all the teams you listed when Le they all have to go through each other AND the heat.

Benefit of being in the east

[iDunk]

You can laugh at me, but I still firmly believe the Knicks can and will defeat the Miami Heat.

[tpols]

Benefit of being in the east

Yup.. And the main reason they'll end up winning.

Say heat play Lakers(8 seed), Clippers, Spurs to make the finals in the west. I wouldn't say it was all that certain anymore.

Not to take away from Bron or wade or the heat.. They just have a stupid easy path to the finals where they'll only have one test instead of having 3 tests in the west.

[TMT]

Only team that can give the Heat an actual run in the Finals, and that's if absolutely everything goes right for us.

[shady6121]

[Sharmer]

I called it in 2011 with the Mavs and Im calling it again
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=223699

With Harden gone and the arrival of D'Antoni over Phil, barring injuries, the Spurs have this title locked.

Wouldve happened last year but Harden got in the way.

Timmy getting #5 and cementing himself top 3 with MJ and KAJ

Miami would run the Spurs into the ground.

[All Net]

I would agree

Spurs are the only team who can beat them..but even thats very unlikely.

[willds09]

You can laugh at me, but I still firmly believe the Knicks can and will defeat the Miami Heat.

Preach to them

[longtime lurker]

Spurs are built to beat the Heat but they're also notorious chokers themselves