The Miami Heat fell to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday evening in game 5 to lose the NBA Championship 4 games to 1, and The Heat's "Big 3" are now 2-2 in title games since they joined forces during the 2010-2011 season and have made all 4 title game series since becoming the "Big 3". The question now is, will they still be the Big 3 by the summers end?
I say yes, they have all expressed wanting to stay, and why not? They have made 4 straight title games since they formed the Big 3 and are 2-2 in those games, losing the 2011 Championship to the Mavericks, they beat the Thunder in 2012 and the Spurs in 2013, Ray Allen deserves credit for saving them that series. Then they came out and lost in 2014, and lost 3 straight after evening up the series at 1-1 to go home without another trophy. They should still be proud of their accomplishments as a team.
Now while I say the Big 3 will stay intact I feel there will be some changes to this team, and I think the Big 3 needs to help with that as well.
-Lebron, Wade and Bosh need to take pay cuts to help add more talent
-Use money to go out and sign Carmelo Anthony
-Possibly cut ties with Mario Chalmers
By doing that you can help Lebron out, he really carried the load in the Championship series, Chalmers was pitiful, Bosh did not look all that great and Wade had issues. He was 3 of 13 shooting during game 4, and his injury issues have hindered him as well.
The Heat had a big coming out party in 2010 when Lebron said "Not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7" when talking about how many championships he wanted to win with Wade and Bosh in Miami (link here to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9BqUBYaHlM#t=229
I think with the team they have now they can win a title in the 2014-2015 season, because after they lost to the Mavericks in the 2010-2011 season they came back with a title game in 2012. So to count them out would be absurd.
There is one thing I would like to add to that, going to 4 straight championships must be exhausting, so they will have to rest this off-season, stay healthy (mainly Wade...) and come back and work even harder then last year. They can beat anyone in the East, but when it comes to the West, well that is a different story.
By Summer's end the Big 3 will still be the Big 3 in Miami.
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