Gaige
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Wade isn't hurt, he rested all season. Role players are the same? How are they worse lol. Spoelstra always uses the regular season to test line ups because the Heat are a veteran team and they come together and do their jobs when it matters. Allen is still Allen.The Heat really aren't as good this year. Role players are worse, Wade is hurting, and Allen is older. But that's not the point.
Guess what? Duncan is older too. So is Manu. So is Parker. So is Fisher.
What really matters is that the Heat have LeBron. As long as they have LeBron they'll be the favorite in every series they play. Just like Jordan's Bulls were favored every year he played.
No one is fucking arguing that. Are you telling me the Spurs and Thunder need 7 games just to get out of the first round? This game right now shows the Spurs have been sucking because they are running the Mavs out of the gym. The Thunder I think maybe are just bad because of Brooks because they got gifted the Z-Bo suspension or they probably would've lost.Also the Heat being an excellent team doesn't change the fact that the bottom half the West playoffs is far better than the east.
Rockets are overrated garbage of course.
Here is the thing though, the Heat already beat these Spurs last year. They destroyed the Thunder in the Finals the year before. Acting like the Heat would struggle in the West is ridiculous because they've already beaten these teams in seven game series.
The Mavs are the last team to beat the Heat in a series and they did it during LeBron's first year with a team looking totally different than it is now (Hi2U Mike Bibby) before LeBron broke through his mental roadblock.
No one since has beaten them, though the Spurs came as close as you can come, I'll admit.