LeBron James made it the Finals as a 22-year-old when the second best player on his team was Ilgauskas and the third best was Drew fucking Gooden. Yet he can't take a team with Wade, Bosh, and Miller to the Finals this season? Please tell me why not? Don't say "chemistry" or I'll punch you through your computer monitor.
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Explain to me how they're better than the Lakers. The Miller thing is not a done deal. We don't know how LeBron and Wade will mesh, especially as the stakes get higher.
In terms of the eastern conference, how do they stop Dwight Howard? Chicago has the depth to give them fits.
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Miller is more or less a done deal.
The Lakers (first of all, Wrath said the Heat won't get past the Eastern conference Finals, and you agreed)? Kobe and Gasol are pretty much canceled out by Wade and Gasol. Who on the Lakers is close to LeBron? Odom and Artest? They're both nice complementary pieces, but they don't equal James. Andrew Bynum is a wildcard if he continues to develop and actually manages to stay healthy, which he has shown an inability to do. No one on the Lakers can shoot like Miller.
They won't stop Dwight Howard, but the Magic won't stop LeBron, Wade, and Bosh. The amount of damage Howard can do is limited compared to the amount of damage they can do together. His great weak-side defense can't stop three superstars.
Look, LeBron, Wade, and Bosh have all produced very efficiently despite constant double and triple-teams. NBA teams just can't double each one anymore, and if they do, Miller, who shot 48% from three last season, will fucking kill them.