The Heat has yet to Kindle

by: Tony Starks

Everybody knows that the pre-season doesn’t really mean a damn thing, but it’s interesting to point out that the Miami Heat finished with a loosing record of 3-4. While the team and the city that Lebron left in his wake posted a sterling 6-2 in the win/loss columns.

Was the “decision” the right one? Okay, so the point has to be made that there has been no D-Wade thus far for the Heat – we all know about the hamstring that took Wade down 3 minutes into the first preseason game. But still, Lebron and Bosh played some pretty big minutes, both averaging close the 30 minutes a game and leading their team in that category. And you can certainly argue that Lebron never played with someone as talented as Bosh in his 7 years with Cleveland. Even including the excuse of Wade’s injury, wouldn’t you expect better than 3-4?

Oh well, it’s all behind us now and today is the opening tip of the 2010-11 NBA Season, what’s suppose to be a the start of a 7 year reign in South Beach, a season that’s suppose to see the shattering of the ’96 Bulls’ 72 win season. Tonight we’ll get our first real taste of how the “Big Three, Tres Reyes™, LCD™,” or whatever the hell you want to call them, will play as a unit.

As a South Floridian transplant, I have to admit that I’m pulling for them. And as a sports fan, I like to see history – I as much as I dislike Tom Brady, I was a bit remiss when the Pats lost to the Giants in Super Bowl XLII. So I’m one of the few who is actually hoping that the Heat’s 3-4 preseason was just a new team trying to build some chemistry and not the foreshadowing of a humiliating reality check for Lebron’s “Decision to take his talents to South Beach,” and his bold proclamation of 7 NBA championships. But I believe tonight they’ll get the formula right and instead of the Heat just starting to kindle, we’ll see a spontaneous combustion!