Miami Is Annoying

Watching the Heat...they are an annoying team...annoying in a different way than the Lakers are annoying. They have this awful habit where they start playing one-on-one basketball when they get in a slump or get towards the end of the quarter. LaBron will oftentimes not take the ball to the hoop when he can...which is anytime he's not double-teamed. They are a great fast break team. And have great individual talent. And play good defense. But they don't rebound well and have shitty half court offense. I still think they ought to beat Chicago, who can go big stretches without scoring, but who knows. That is certainly betting on talent over character and individual talent over teamwork. But in this case, I think Miami will come through.

Note - it is strange they can't find better players to support the Big 3. They really seem to have no one decent and no one with size. I guess those kind of good 4 and 5 men are rarer than one would think. I imagine every team ought to have equal 4 and 5 guys. I can see why the stars are at a premium, but I suppose it could be just as hard to get a good 4th and 5th starter as it is to get a good 1 or 2 starter. Maybe the talent pool isn't a pyramid, but more of a straight line.