Ever
since LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined forces with Dwyane Wade in the summer
of 2010, it is without a doubt that the Miami Heat has been the most
publicized, yet most accomplished team in professional sports over the past
four years.
Since
the 2011 NBA season, no team in professional sports has had a higher winning
percentage than the Heat. They have acquired the best regular season record
with 224-88, earned the second longest winning streak with 27 wins in a row, and
have won 16 of the last 18 postseason series played.
All
while having arguably the most dominating athlete in all of professional sports,
LeBron James, who has added two more M.V.P. honors to his career accomplishments
since joining the Heat.
And
despite only wining two of its four straight NBA Finals appearances, the Heat
has become the first team since the 84-87 Boston Celtics(who also won two of
four) to appear in four straight NBA Finals winning the previous two.
It
seem like the Heat’s reign over the NBA and the professional sport world could
last over the next few years when they were headed into this year’s NBA Finals
with hopes of becoming the first team since the 00-02 Los Angeles Lakers to win
three straight titles in a row.
However,
Sunday night, the Heat could not do anything but watch in despair as their
hopes of winning their third straight championship fell into the hands of the
San Antonio Spurs.
Many
people had predicted that the Spurs could dethrone the two-time defending
champions in this finals rematch, but no one could foreshadow the Spurs’
dominating performance they showcased in five quick games.
After
the lost, two bitter and heartbroken Heat stars’ Dwyane Wade and LeBron James
sat side by side in a press conference after game 5 as they reflected on what
was a disappointing NBA Finals series, while reminiscing on the Heat’s Big 3
era.
“It
has been a hell of a ride these past four years,” Dwyane Wade said. “We been
successful in a sense of what we tried to accomplish, and we did. We would have
loved to been 4-0 in the finals, but it was not meant to be.
In
the midst of the dealing with another, yet unwanted feeling of losing in the
finals, reality sat in that this could be the last time fans will see Bosh, James,
and Wade playing together on the same team.
For
the first time since 2010, the Heat is facing a summer full of uncertainties,
and immediately the rumors of Miami breaking up their Big 3 began.
While
there are countless of speculations about whether or not the Heat Big 3 will
split up, breaking up the trio seems
unlikely to consider, for a team that has been nothing but fantastic
over the past four years.
If
the trio of Bosh, James, and Wade stay together, their best possible option
would be opting out of the last year of their contracts, and resigning for less
money.
This
move would give the Heat more flexibility for improving their roster by adding
young and talented NBA players like Toronto Raptors’ star point guard Kyle
Lowry, and Houston Rockets’ forward Chandler Parsons.
If
the Heat are able to add better players around Bosh, James, and Wade, it’s
without a doubt that their return to glory is far from over.
The
trio has until the June 29 to decide whether they will opt out the last year of
their contract and becoming a free agent for the summer of 2014.
While
there is a possibility that the Heat’s trio will break up, those changes are
very unlikely to happen.
And
much like the Spurs, who suffered their own heartbreaking lost in the
finals last year; the Heat will have one
thing on their minds intended for next season………REDEMPTION.

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