Video was great. TP.
Miami is a good team and they deserved to win the title but they're just not as great as the media makes them out to be. Sure, they have the undisputed best player in the game but i can see them having a really tough time against the Celtics next year. Here's why.
1) The Miami Heat can't contain Rajon Rondo. It's going to be even harder with all the new weapons he has this season.
2) The Celtics are still a really good defensive team. They make Miami make mistakes possibly better then any other team in the league. Add in two great defensive players in the back court in Bradley and Lee and it's going to be even harder for Miami to get in to their sets.
3) Ray is a solid addition for the Heat but our guys and Doc know his game inside and out. He'll really struggle getting in to a groove against us.
4) Dwyane Wade is still quite good but Lee and Bradley are going to pester and frustrate him all game long. Hopefully he doesnt try to rip on of their arms off.
5) Doc Rivers coaches cicles around Eric Spoelstra
6) The Celtics front court is better. Outside of Bosh Miami is very weak at the 4/5
7) The athletisism of Green, Bradley, Wilcox, Lee gives the Celtics a whole new dimension, a dimension Miami is not accustom to seeing from them. Expect alot more fast break points.
8.) Jason Terry.
9) Very few 3's in the league have the frame and the quickness to guard LeBron. We saw how Durant struggled. We have 2 guys in Pierce and Green with the muscle and the speed to give LeBron a really tough outing.
10) The main reason we lost game 7 is that we didn't have guys good enough to give Pierce/KG proper rest. We now have arguably the deepest bench in the league.
I just don't see Miami as the biggest threat to the Celtics just year. The Lakers/Thunder will probably be tougher outings.
Let us pray to all that is good and holy in the world that Garnett and Pierce can stay healthy. If Miami is going to beat us it's going to have to be in 7 games again. Our group of guys won't go down without a fight.
I am pretty sure that Miami will definitely be the team to beat, but they won't be able to run us out of the gym this time with our depth. Thunder and Lakers are scary but I think we'd handle them better than the Heat (who look to have chemistry and Lebron James on their side).
Mind boggling really isnt it? these people are trying to convince me the Thunder will be a tougher out then the team that beat us 2 years in a row, is in our conference and easily knocked off the thunder in the finals. yeah okay.
we only made it to the ECF because of the rose injury for 1, for 2 miami was missing bosh, dwyane wade was hurt and theyve gotten better and healthier in the offseason, while we talk about chris wilcox and jeff green and courtney lee like theyre world beaters
By trying to be "realistic" you are going too far in the opposite direction! Not once last season did Mia run us out of the gym (w/ or w/o Bosh)! They were missing Bosh... we had maybe 8 players who could play (not including the scrubs) all together and ALL were playing through injuries (people forget that RR had a messed up back). Pie got surgery, AB surgery (didn't even play), PP is still only 80%, KG had a busted hip and was basically the only "center" we had (who played A LOT), RR had a messed up lower back/butt, Ray had surgery after(was terrible for us), Dooling has bad knees but was relatively healthy, Hollins healthy but stinks kinda, Stiems was hurt with a few things, Quis played good when he came in but was rarely out there, Pavs saw a second here and there but he wasn't good, Williams who never sniffed the court, and 2 rookies in JJJ and Moore. Even the games they had Bosh back they BARELY beat us!!!
How can you just insist we only got to the ECF because Rose went down? It's just as likely that Mia would have lost to them in the ECF if that's the case!
Is Mia the team to beat? Yes, they are the champs... champs are always the team to beat, it has nothing to do with how good you think they might be! Winning the chip is easier than being the repeat champ! Look how many teams fall off a cliff the next season...
Those players may not be world beaters but we took the champs to the limit
without ALL of them (you forgot to mention JET)! It isn't crazy to think that we could still hang with Mia after getting MUCH better! Sure, it all has to work out but the same can be said for ANY team! People are already crowning LA when they have never even played together... we have the same starters we had last season when AB gets healthy (if Lee doesn't play too good to do the change back)!