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Full View Ah, but what if one of the Big Three gets injured? Isn't a top-heavy team like Miami's more vulnerable to injuries than a deeper team? Well, not really. In these expansion-diluted days, few teams have the wherewithal to withstand losing their marquee players. Like the Cavs last season. Minus LeBron, they would have figured to win roughly 31 less games -- from the No. 1 seed to the lottery. Of course, this isn't entirely accurate. Without LeBron, other players would have gotten more touches, and likely would have produced a bit more themselves, depending on their skill curves (which relates how efficient a player is to how much he uses the ball). Still, they would have won significantly fewer games, and probably missed the playoffs....
Full View What about the playoffs though? The past few seasons have shown us that regular-season juggernauts (particularly LeBron-driven ones) can run into a buzzsaw in the second season. So do the reconfigured Heat have any glaring roster holes that the league's other elite teams could exploit? Perhaps. Neither Wade nor James is much better than a streak-shooter from deep, and Bosh doesn't really have the bulk to match up with fives down low, leaving those two areas question marks for Miami. It's possible, however unlikely, that opponents could take advantage of one or both of these weaknesses and send the Heat back to South Beach for an early summer.
Let's take a look at how Miami shapes up in both area, outside of their Big Three....
Full View So yes, the good news is that the Heat are far from shoo-ins to take home the NBA title. The bad news: you'll probably have to become a de facto Kobe/Lakers fan if you want to see Miami's dynastic ambitions thwarted....
Full View ESPN opened itself to speculation regarding its relationship with LeBron James when it aired 'The Decision,' the prime-time special on which James announced he would sign with Miami....
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