heat and knicks

time to look in the east. well. look what happened to the newly revamped heat. there is no reason to believe they won't win the division and at least get to the second round in the playoff, but one do have to wonder how far they will get after that. remember the 2004 lakers? 4 future hall of famers and they got swept in the final. or maybe the recent nba-star-studded olympic squad that won the bronze. it's not always the best players available that makes a great team, you actually need complementary role-players to win. i actually think last year's heat is better than this year's because everyone knew his role and did them well. wade will still make this year's team work, but it'll take until probably feburary for heat to run at full speed, with shaq's injured ankle being a problem right now. funny how reggie called it "a month-er" as shaq was being carried off the court. speaking of the devil, shaq is on tv doing a 24 hour fitness commercial. how ironic, he's gonna need that to get back into shape.

and then there are the knicks. i've already mentioned that they won't get into the playoff. but i'm sure most people can tell that. just look at the roster, they just bought themselves two centers (eddy curry and jerome james) who basically have proven they are incapable of being good players. see what separates good players and great players is the mental games coz everyone's physically gifted in the NBA. jerome james played one good series in last year playoff and he got a monster deal. that's all he ever done. along side these two bird brains (NBA IQ-wise anyway) with big bodies are a bunch of shoot-first guards who excel in playground basketball but can't run any plays (marbury, crawford). i don't even understand the roster moves. it's like isiah wanted to assemble a team of underachievers.