Why do peeps act like Heat are more stacked than any other great title team??

[FourthTenor]

Is it just to try to detract from Lebron? To act like this team is so much better 2-12 than the Lakers, Celtics, Spurs, Bulls, Pistons, etc???

Trying to make it seem as if Lebron has some inordinately stacked team for a title winner???

Even compared to a team like Dallas, when you compare the Heat's topheavy team to Dallas' incredible depth and cohesiveness, they grade out pretty similar.


Is it just people taking their cue from the media which loves to exaggerate controversy??? People think they have to jump on the "i hate lebron for the decision" bandwagon even tho it really wasnt that big a deal?

I mean its cool if youre rootin against him just for fun, nothin wrong with that really, but if youre actually a fan of basketball at least be honest with the facts. Lebron is playing at a blistering level and the Heat are in the finals not because they built some juggernaut that's never been seen before, but because now that theyre healthy the have a very good team 1-7 and Lebron + Wade are playing out of their mind defense and Lebron is decimating teams at the end of games as well.

The Heat arent some megaforce of talent collected together. Theyre built pretty much the same way any other team that wins titles is. You have to be built like that to make it that far.

[bond10]

Haters gonna hate. The Heat are top heavy, Lakers/Celtics/Mavs/Thunder/Nuggets are more evened out. All cancels out.

[50inchvertical]

Because the media told them to, plus it gives them "excuse" to hate on LeBron.

Jordan, Magic, and especially Bird played with more stacked squads.

[bingo123]

They are making exuses. It wasnt long ago, when those exact people were saying that this team has NO chance for winnig it all (2nd round at most) because they have no depth (not stacked team) and they have only 3 players that can play. Now they need something to discredit James and Wade if they beat Dallas and this "THEY ARE MOST STACKED TEAM IN HISTORY" seems like good excuse to them.

[Samurai Swoosh]

Because the media told them to, plus it gives them "excuse" to hate on LeBron.

Jordan, Magic, and especially Bird played with more stacked squads.

How was Bird's squads more stacked than Magic's Lakers?



Jordan didn't play on any team more "stacked" than this current Heat team.

Please ...

[FourthTenor]

Just because other stars were gifted great teams in eras with only 24 franchise or whatever, and these guys had to exercise their RIGHT to be free agents in order to avoid having to tread in futility in a watered down 30 team field doesnt mean their team is inherently any greater or that theyve done something wrong.

Last I checked, the Lakers and Mavs take on payroll numbers that the rest of the league wouldnt even consider, in order to compete for titles. These teams are praised for this.


All the "reasoning" people give as to why they dislike the Heat holds up very, very poorly under scrutiny. Only thing that really was contemptible was the decision, but by doing it the way he did he raised 4 million dollars for charity. What a heartless bastard, right? Gee, I wonder who would have lost out bigger, inner city families who that money will go to help, or middle class clevelanders who didnt have their lifestyle affected in the least but had their feelings hurt because theyre too bourgeois to pick up a book or an instrument and instead attach all their identity and self worth to a sports team? Gimme a break!

[Samurai Swoosh]

Just because other stars were gifted great teams in eras with only 24 franchise or whatever, and these guys had to exercise their RIGHT to be free agents in order to avoid having to tread in futility in a watered down 30 team field doesnt mean their team is inherently any greater or that theyve done something wrong.

Last I checked, the Lakers and Mavs take on payroll numbers that the rest of the league wouldnt even consider, in order to compete for titles. These teams are praised for this.


All the "reasoning" people give as to why they dislike the Heat holds up very, very poorly under scrutiny. Only thing that really was contemptible was the decision, but by doing it the way he did he raised 4 million dollars for charity. What a heartless bastard, right? Gee, I wonder who would have lost out bigger, inner city families who that money will go to help, or middle class clevelanders who didnt have their lifestyle affected in the least but had their feelings hurt because theyre too bourgeois to pick up a book or an instrument and instead attach all their identity and self worth to a sports team? Gimme a break!

This is actually a really good post.

[FourthTenor]

Because the media told them to

I really think this is true.

Look what happens in baseball. Fans know that pretty much every all-star caliber player to play in the last 15 years took steroids. The ratings and popularity suggest fans dont care in the least.

But when the media reveals a specific few players that got popped, these guys get booed mercilessly at every stadium they go, as fans act completely incensed that someone could have considered cheating. These fans KNOW the whole league was cheating and dont even care, but they never pass up a good witch hunt.

It's so incredible to me how easily a mob can be influenced. Society just loves heroes and villains. If a team achieves something, we always have to pick out one person on it and elevate him above the rest and glorify him and make him legendary. Even if it was a total team effort. On the other hand, any chance we get to boo and hiss at someone accused of things we dont even show concern for when its applied generally rather than to a specific person, and suddenly we are waxing indignant at the top of our lungs.

Oy.

[SCdac]

because come the playoffs... this is pretty scary to see:

Lebron: 44 MPG
Wade: 40 MPG
Bosh: 40 MPG

It doesn't matter how evened out teams are, that's one of the best trios ever, seeing as how young and talented they are collectively.

[OmniStrife]

They are making exuses. It wasnt long ago, when those exact people were saying that this team has NO chance for winnig it all (2nd round at most) because they have no depth (not stacked team) and they have only 3 players that can play. Now they need something to discredit James and Wade if they beat Dallas and this "THEY ARE MOST STACKED TEAM IN HISTORY" seems like good excuse to them.

This. on so many levels of FAIL.

[Indian guy]

The same people crying about Miami's talent right now were also the first ones calling them overrated all season, first to call them the Big 2 1/2, first to pick Boston in the 2nd round of the playoffs and first to pick Chicago in the conference finals.

Haters just need to STFU.

[LebronGOAT]

How was Bird's squads more stacked than Magic's Lakers?



Jordan didn't play on any team more "stacked" than this current Heat team.

Please ...

The Bulls won 55 games in 94 without MJ and were one bad call from making the ECF that year...

[Micku]

I could understand the hate and everything.

Magic didn't join Larry Bird.

Barkley didn't join Jordan in his prime.

But their decision and they learn to operate well as a team to reach the Finals. That's good for them.

[LebronGOAT]

I agree. People just think that because the media told them that. Most people, whether they wanna admit or not, are sheep who are spoon fed their "own" thoughts by the media in all areas of life- including sports. Their perception of "reality" is based on what the consensus thinks- which is based on the mainstream media (in sports case ESPN, TNT etc).

People are trained to be good little puppets with no independent thinking of their own, but that does not stop them from thinking that they have a independent mind.

[bdreason]

Because Basketball is about your starting 5. And the Heat have the best SF in the game, the best SG in the game, and a top 5 PF.