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harrisplz said 06/24, 02:41 PM
Well I'm guess I'm going to argue your assumption that the Heat are going to more or less win 5 total championships in the future. That's 4 more championships that the Heat are going to need to win.

It's not a wild idea, but I say its really, really unlikely that the Heat capture 4 more. Here's why:

1. OKC Thunder. Easy as that. These guys are young, talented, and scary as hell. Even if they don't retain either Ibaka or Harden, I think with Kevin Durant and Westbrook growing up a rapid pace, they can challenge the Heat for a title several times.

2. D-Wade. Already we can see that D-Wade's dexterous and physical-get to the free throw line- style of play is effecting his health. As much as I love Wade, he's the oldest of the Big Three and he's not getting any younger. I say injuries effect Wade over the course of the next 7 years, diminishing his value and play.

3. The impending departure of D-12. It's a superstar league and D-12 is going to go make his own duo/trio of superstars somewhere. He might get traded or he might just leave. Who knows, but Dwight matched up with any other legit star is going to be scary.

harrisplz said 06/25, 04:48 PM
I agree to the fact that the Heat being able to win 4 more is not completely out of the equation. However, I think that the Heat are more likely to end up with 3 or less.

Since you did not mention any new points, I'll go ahead and point some new ones out:

1. Deron Williams just released news yesterday that he will be signing either with the Nets or the Mavs. That's big, big time news considering that if he goes to the Mavs, he's going to be playing with Dirk. If he stays with the Nets, the only real reason he would do that is because Deron Williams believes that the Nets can haul in Dwight in the future. So in the end, Deron Williams is going to get matched up with a superstar.

2. Dont forget about the Bulls. The East was basically handed to the Heat this year. The Heat just decided to make things complicated with Indiana and Boston but come on, the only real challenge for the Heat from the beginning were the Bulls. If D-Rose makes it back healthy and Bulls somehow pick up a decent SG in the future, watch out Miami.

harrisplz said 06/26, 12:08 PM
Well.... not much left to say.

Can't really counter argue the things you have been mentioning but I understand why you think the East is weak.

But besides all of the facts, lefts get it through out heads- winning 5 championships is God damn hard. It takes luck, skills, dedication, and just in general everything needs to go right for such a long period of time. One mistake here, another there, and you might see that 4 championship expectation dwindle down to 2 or 3.