It's not an excuse. It's just a fact. Without LeBron James (the best player in the NBA and reigning MVP), the Heat probably wouldn't even have 40 wins right now. Probably not 35, either.

I don't even like defending LeBron because I dislike him and the Heat, but the hatred gets to be too much sometimes. It really blinds people to greatness.

The Heat managed to win 47 games last year. It's not as if their pulling all of this out of their ass, all because of the great and powerful James.

Chris Bosh & Dwayne Wade and using Bron's money on getting a legit PG and center would likely make the Heat a better overall team.

Nobody's doubting that he's great and a superstar.

I just think if he didn't have so much baggage, he'd have the talent to be one of the best this game ever produced.

They have 43 wins right now with 20 games left. And it's mostly because of LeBron James.

How about keeping LeBron and Wade and using Bosh's money? The three are all getting paid the same, I think.

That would have been the logical thing to do, except that the three were more interested in orchestrating a 3-ring circus rather than building a complete team. The same shit Lebron did in Cleveland. The front office in Cleveland bent over backwards to accommodate him. If he cared half enough about recruiting good players into Cleveland as he did about the PR spectacle that was "the decision" the Cavs would have easily won a championship. He's just too immature to realize how great he could be.

Eh, this hasn't been the full team the whole season. Haslem has missed 47 games. Miller has missed 37 games. That's pretty significant from your two most important bench players. Next year (assuming it stays in the CBA) they'll have the MLE to hopefully upgrade at PG, C, or both.

The last 2 weeks have been very disappointing. Still have hope that they'll breakthrough. Outside of the San Antonio game it's not like they've been dominated. It's been a lot of close losses in games they let get away after having double-digit leads. They haven't executed in the final minutes, despite some good looks.

Looks like D Wade is well aware that pretty much everyone hates the Heat. In the postgame conference he said something along the lines of "people got to see what they wanted, a loss by us. The world is a better place now".

I don't see it ending well for the slightly above average-sized 3. When you can't win one single game against a team with a +.700 winning %, that doesn't bode well starting in the 2nd round of the playoffs.

Sounds like it's starting to get to them. Sucks when you believe your own hype, I guess.

Maybe the refs will let D-Wade shoot 46 free-throws in the last 2 playoff games of the series again like the last time he got a title. There's still hope of that happening. It is the NBA, after all.

eh, the Celtics have more injuries than probably every team combined yet they keep plugging away and winning games even shockingly close games. :D

As people predicted they spent all their money on 3 players and now they have the worst bench in the NBA.

Nice, since we're bringing up refs they would have won yesterday if not for the phantom foul against Mike Miller following Deng's FT miss. In the end, Lebron and Wade had their final attempts and missed.

Yep. Miami gets hooked at home in the NBA. That's how it works. Which team do you suppose shot more free throws?

Wow.

Even in Miami, it's still never LBJ's fault.

Unbelievable.