Comments on: 2010-11 NBA Blogosphere Previews: Miami Heat

By: huevonkiller

huevonkiller — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:55:49 +0000

The analogy to the 07 Pats is interesting, but still faulty Neil. LeBron is much more dominant than Brady ever was, Brady had one 50 TD season, LeBron already has two Jordan-level seasons statistically. And he's in his prime, this is something we haven't seen yet. And LeBron has 33 and 38 points, coming back from that injury. Don't hate Neil. ;)

By: huevonkiller

huevonkiller — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:52:17 +0000

Wade won't be any MVP, he's in his off peak and LeBron will have better numbers.

Everyone thinking otherwise is just bitter, and holding on to the past. Go James. :]

By: Arshdeep

Arshdeep — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 02:54:38 +0000

61-65 wins, Conference Finals (to Boston), Wade will be their MVP.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:15:35 +0000

Bitter Cleveland fans?

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:22:03 +0000

Who are the three jokers who voted for Miami to either miss the playoffs or lose in Rd 1? What, the Milwaukee Bucks or the Bobcats are going to beat out this team? Come on.

That being said...I think it's nearly impossible to predict how well this team will do because we have just never seen a team assembled like this in NBA history. The closest comparisons are the Lakers with Elgin and West, but there were what, 8-12 teams back then?

I am incredibly interested to see what happens. I think they're winning it all, but hey, who the hell am I.

By: RobertAugustdeMeijer

RobertAugustdeMeijer — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:20:05 +0000

Today I picked them up in the latest version of NBA Jam and I just barely beat the Toronto Raptors in a game of Slam. Andrea Bargnani is really good at blocking James at the three-point line. So...

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:04:09 +0000

The first preseason game vs. Detroit, even after Wade got hurt, they were dominating so easily with Bosh & LeBron that I felt my '07 Pats analogy was going to fit perfectly. I've never seen another team come out and destroy a team so effortlessly, like they could just show up and suddenly be up by 3 touchdowns before the other team even knew what happened. The Heat had that same feel for me. But then I watched some of their other games, and I've seen LeBron get hurt as well (albeit briefly)... I'm not sold on their defense, I'm not sold on their durability, and I'm not sold on their depth. I think they'll be one of the best teams in the league, and my projections next week may very well rank them 1st (I'm not sure b/c I haven't run the simulations yet), but I'm not totally convinced anymore that they can challenge 72 wins even if they wanted to.

By: JTaylor21

JTaylor21 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:06:50 +0000

Neil, be honest how do you really feel this team will do in the season and playoffs? I think that they have great chance at going real far in the playoffs, Championship parade far? I don't know as of now but as the season progresses I'll able to know how far. All I know now is that if they play on the defensive end with at least 3/4s of the same intensity that I saw from that 08 boston squad they will dominate like few teams have before. 48mins of Intensity is the key for this team.