Honestly are the Miami Heat's chances of a championship next season that much better?

[Shepseskaf]

Vegas has them as favorites to win it next year.

Teams will be better prepared for them now, but the Heat will also be better prepped, so it will depend on who comes out with the better plan.

[lpublic_enemyl]

salary cap may be lower and a lockout so ppl who are saying they are getting a legit center shud wait for the collective bargaining agreement

[ronniec]

Originally Posted by JellyBean

I agree. Magic Johnson talked about this last night during the post game wrap up, and how he cost the Lakers the '84 NBA title game and how he wanted to get better. This, hopefully will fuel James and Wade, mostly James. I see the Heat running the East for another 3-4 years...and they will get a title next season. I am calling it now.

Didn't Lebron lost in a final before? Didn't Wade won a ring before? They still need more time and more losses to understand how much it takes and how much to sacrifice to win a ring?
Why people keep feeding excuses to the fvcking Shame.
Now everyone know the weaknesses of the Heat and teams like Chicago, and OKC will do more to upgrade themselves and be more competitive, so do Lakes, Celtics... it will be more tougher for them from now.

[Samurai Swoosh]

No, their chances are worse.

[Rake2204]

I feel as though they will continue to load up, maybe develop a big 4 and then declare that now they're sure they'll win it all. Whereas before they were just kidding and wanted to see how seriously the media would take them when they held their pre-season championship party. They didn't really think it was going to be easy, they just wanted to see if the media would make it seem like they thought it'd be easy after they said it would. Very deep on Miami's part. Veteran move.

[The Iron Fist]

Originally Posted by Marquis Daniels

probably. vets will always want to play with a contender. who's to say lebron will not finally realize way is wrong? that's a long stretch tho.

Not for free.

[asdf1990]

When I saw the finals I saw individuals trying to beat a team. Sure it worked for 3 rounds but it eventually caught up to them. Until the big three learn to play as a team they won't win anything. Bosh was on fire yet he only got 9 shot attempts. Miami still runs the same old iso plays for the three player 95% of the game. They need a system which involves all three players. Lebron needs to really develop a post game, Wade needs to improve on spot up shooting and bosh needs to become tougher.

[The Iron Fist]

Originally Posted by asdf1990

When I saw the finals I saw individuals trying to beat a team. Sure it worked for 3 rounds but it eventually caught up to them. Until the big three learn to play as a team they won't win anything. Bosh was on fire yet he only got 9 shot attempts. Miami still runs the same old iso plays for the three player 95% of the game. They need a system which involves all three players. Lebron needs to really develop a post game, Wade needs to improve on spot up shooting and bosh needs to become tougher.

Triangle.

But they're not too bright to understand it.

[Derka]

Originally Posted by asdf1990

When I saw the finals I saw individuals trying to beat a team. Sure it worked for 3 rounds but it eventually caught up to them. Until the big three learn to play as a team they won't win anything. Bosh was on fire yet he only got 9 shot attempts. Miami still runs the same old iso plays for the three player 95% of the game. They need a system which involves all three players. Lebron needs to really develop a post game, Wade needs to improve on spot up shooting and bosh needs to become tougher.

You're asking each of them to play to their long-established weaknesses and somehow make the chemistry work enough to win it all as a team. Good luck with that.

[talkingconch]

theyll be back to the finals next season

except they wont win (cough)

[hawkfan]

The Heat can do better with another point guard who can penetrate, LeBron working on his low post game, and adding some younger bigs.