Miami Heat shoulda' never traded Eddie Jones...

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

I'm pretty certain Zo's kidney would explode. The heat def. could have went without the trade with the grizz though. The walker trade wasn't so bad.

Especially that legendary starting 5 I posted.

Laker fans should know all about legendary teams.

Yea, but this one woulda' been different...They all already had chemistry from the previous season, the only addition woulda' been Payton...

[acbaylove]

Yup...All it did was fuck up their chances of winning a title. Simply signing Payton woulda' been the missing link. Unfortunately for them, they went on and rebuilt the team. A team that lost in the final minutes of a game 7 eastern conference finals...

That's the biggest mistake. They were 1-2 players away from the title. Not 8-9.

[7even]

Cmon now, they still gon make the East Finals, and lose to the Pistons, like last year. No matter what they do, Pistons too strong, rest of the east inferior.
(Except for major injuries, of course)

[acbaylove]

Cmon now, they still gon make the East Finals, and lose to the Pistons, like last year. No matter what they do, Pistons too strong, rest of the east inferior.
(Except for major injuries, of course)

If they'll make the East Finals and loose (and Detroit looks better), they'll still be 1 win more than the pre-Shaq season. A failure, imo. If you get Shaq and all them other players and if you fire Van Gundy, you gotta make it to the Finals. At least.

[7even]

Well there's just a big gap between Detroit and teams like New Jersey, Cavs, Indiana... right now. The current Heat would kick the pre-Shaq Heat's ass like it aint no tomorrow, but the Pistons are on another level regardless.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Cmon now, they still gon make the East Finals, and lose to the Pistons, like last year. No matter what they do, Pistons too strong, rest of the east inferior.
(Except for major injuries, of course)

That's the point...With the line-up I posted, they woulda' beat the Pistons...They just simply fucked up their chances with that "biggest trade in NBA history"...

[mrceo]

Just give the Heat time, they're a brand new team, I think they'll make the finals, they'll be just as tough as the Pistons come playoff time, that's just my input

[acbaylove]

Just give the Heat time

The only problem is that Shaq isn't immortal. And without him the Heat are worse than the Lakers.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Currently, The Two-Headed Monster > Out-of-shape Shaq

[acbaylove]

Currently, The Two-Headed Monster > Out-of-shape Shaq

Currently? It's been 2 years and running now..

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Currently, The Two-Headed Monster > Out-of-shape Shaq

Currently? It's been 2 years and running now..

I'm talking about  Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm. Pat Riley referred to the combo of Kwame & Mihm as "The Two-Headed Monster"...LOL

[acbaylove]

Oh. Well, i dunno about it. I'm just sure that Shaq is, as predicted, totally out of shape. The one i've seen against the Lakers made me a little bit sad, somehow. I mean i couldn't believe he was the same one who used to dominate with us. He fell the fuck off.

[mrceo]

^^Yeah but who won?

[acbaylove]

^^Yeah but who won?

Heat. But look, that's not even the point. Shaq looked horrible. It was been Mourning who totally changed the game for them.
Mourning >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shaq out of shape.