The Heat should be resting their big 3

[Duderonomy]

Spoelstra is gonna look pretty stupid if one of them get injured and misses the postseason.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Wade should get rested from time to time and does. James and Bosh don't have any major issues and people are paying good money to watch them play.

[maroonbells]

Lebron and Bosh are fine, and they've been resting Wade a lot.

[navy]

They are. Lebron and Wade just sat out a few days ago....

[IncarceratedBob]

They effectively are. LeBron only gives true effort every third game, Wade barely plays and Bosh isn't ever really involved in the game plan.

[edrick]

Wade should get rested from time to time and does. James and Bosh don't have any major issues and people are paying good money to watch them play.

Lebron has played in more games than any other player over the past 8+ years. He could always use some rest.

[Leftimage]

Lebron has played in more games than any other player over the past 8+ years. He could always use some rest.

When Lebron rests too much, his shooting % drops. I think he should just take it easy as he has done on several occasions throughout the season. But otherwise, he and his teammates need to get into the rhythm of having him on the floor for 40 mins per game, as will be the case in the later rounds of the playoffs.

Bigger, older, and less perimeter-based players like TD, or Shaq back in the day, I can understand, but I'm not a fan of the prolonged late-season rest for Lebron.

[eliteballer]

Heat have a huge problem.

LeBron's gassed and needs to sit, but they can't put that extra load on Wade because of his fragile health.

They also can't sit him because they can't afford to keep giving up ground in the standings, then they will be playing both the conference finals and the finals on the road, and as it is this doesn't look like a team that can win both those series on the road.

If they keep "taking it easy" then teams are going to push them all game long and they're going to keep having to play the 3 of them 35+ minutes on top of it.

[dannywpt]

Maybe they should let LeBron sit for the rest of the season, and his stans can in a few years (if they are still around) try to argue that he would have won the MVP if he didn't sit out and that he gracefully gifted it to Durant.

[Milbuck]

They shouldn't. Home court advantage will be huge for them in the conference finals, and they're only 3 games back.

If Lebron goes berserk for this last stretch of the season and Miami goes undefeated or loses just a game or maybe two, they could snatch it at the last second. Indiana's remaining schedule has some pretty tough games - @ Memphis, @ Chicago, vs Miami, vs San Antonio (2nd of a B2B), @ Miami, @ Toronto, vs Oklahoma City. That's pretty damn difficult, and with the way Indiana has played for the past month or so, I wouldn't put it past them to lose 3-4 out of the 7.

[Genaro]

They can't. Home court advantage is what brought the title to them last year, if they can get it again will improve their chances.

[ripper76]

They should be resting now. This Miami team can go to another level in the playoffs and doesn't need homecourt.

It's time time give big minutes to Beasley and let James Jones and Rashard Lewis earn their paychecks.

[9erempiree]

You got a player in Lebron that is considered the best in the leage and in his prime and people are suggesting they should rest him?

Don't remember Kobe and MJ getting rested on championship runs.

What is Lebron? 40 years old?

[hahaitme]

HCA is big, but not meeting the bulls who wear the *** out of teams in playoffs would be good for the Heat too. Especially since they have a hardon for the Heat

Take a look at how the brackets go if the Heat just sit comfortably on 2nd:

http://www.nbaplayoffsbracket.com/2014/index.php

[J Shuttlesworth]

You got a player in Lebron that is considered the best in the leage and in his prime and people are suggesting they should rest him?

Don't remember Kobe and MJ getting rested on championship runs.

What is Lebron? 40 years old?
Kobe never led his team to 3 straight finals runs. Jordan did. LeBron is trying to do 4 straight finals runs this year. That's a lot of mins

[9erempiree]

Kobe never led his team to 3 straight finals runs. Jordan did. LeBron is trying to do 4 straight finals runs this year. That's a lot of mins
:facepalm

Nice try though.

Anyways, it is funny as hell that there are threads talking about resting Lebron.:facepalm

"please rest Branny."

[FLDFSU]

1. Wade is supposed to be a superstar and he earns well over 100 million. He needs to play and give Lebron some rest. Surely Wade, a superstar, should be able to carry the Heat and the "most stacked team in History" during "the weakest era" in the NBA.

2. Heat should just figure out a way to place the Pacers and Bulls in the same bracket so they can knock each other out.