Miami Eliminated, But the Best Is Yet to Come

If Tuesday night was the last game in which Dwyane Wade played with the Miami Heat, it sure was another one of those great D-Wade moments. Wade, as usual, had no help from his team whatsoever except from 20 points from Mario Chalmers… Funny isn’t? The guy that people thought would be nothing was the only one to help Wade’s cause. You might look at the boxscore and say, “hey, why did Beasley only play 13 minutes?” well that’s simple really, he was vintage Michael Beasley. A player that can’t do anything except change this hair style, get tattoos, and go to rehab. I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again, Michael Beasley is a disgrace. Pat Riley was probably shaking his head during that half by Beasley. Riley was probably thinking, “wow, I should have drafted Brook Lopez, or ever O.J. Mayo”. I’m done, really Michael Beasley in my book is another Greg Oden and I’m done with him and his sorry display of a game. And with that, ends my rant on the most disappointing draft pick in Heat history. Yes even worse than D-Wright Back to the greatness that is Dwyane Wade. He was superb yet again, doing things that players only wish for. Wade had a double-double with 31 points and 10 assists. He was 9-10 from the line and hit a pair of treys to try and extend the series back to Miami.

Winning this series was something that before it started and during the first 3 quarters of game one was a sure possibility. But then, thanks to terrible play from the likes of Jermaine O’Neal and Michael Beasley, and horrid coaching from Erik Spolestra, Miami found themselves in a 0-3 hole in which would have only been a miracle to come back from. Never had an NBA team come back from such a hole. The only thing close was in the MLB League championship when the red Sox came back after being down 0-3 to the hated Yankees.

People kept drawing comparison to the 2006 Heat championship team that came back from down 0-2 to win the next 4 games. There is some fault in this reason, for starters, we had a low-post presence in Shaquille O’Neal, a solid point guard in Jason Williams, threats from beyond the arc in Antoine Walker, James Posey, Jason Williams, and Gary Payton, we had a motivator, and warrior in Alonzo Mourning, and lastly, we had arguably one of the best coaches in the NBA in Pat Riley. That was a championship team from the begging. With 2 great point guards, a great center, and great players that can shoot it from deep.

This year, we had a solid point guard in Wade, threats from beyond the arc in Wade, a warrior in Wade and Udonis Haslem…. See where I’m going with this? This team had nothing that makes them a championship or even a second round playoffs team. Granted, if O’Neal and Beasley played half of what they were capable of playing, we had a legitimate shot at the 2nd round. Like I said from the beginning of the season, Jermaine O’Neal was the X-Factor. Miami would only go as far as O’Neal would. It was a miracle to even win one game.

Was this the last we’ve seen of Dwyane Wade? Will he be back next season? Where’s Beasley going to fit in? What about Spolestra? These are all questions that have been filling my twitter inbox and e-mail since last night’s lost. Well, all these questions are simple to answer, to me at least. This is the deal, let’s ask Wade himself: "Chicago is my home city, and I love Chicago," the guard said. "But my heart is here in Miami. All the cards are in Miami, and it's their game to lose, more than anything. I appreciate that organizations want me to be a part of them, but right now Miami is in the driver's seat." So, with that being said, this is what Wade Thinks of Miami and Chicago. I know, I know that in the press conference after the game 5 lost he seemed depressed, but who wouldn’t? This man is a warrior and he doesn’t like to lose. I would have been the same way if that was me.

It’s no secret that Miami has to do business in the offseason. Like Wade himself said “The front office has got work to do”. He is completely right. To start off, I would “relieve Erik Spolestra of his head coaching position” then I would call any team in the NBA that is willing to take a failed product in Beasley. I don’t know if any of you know this, contrary to popular belief, Riley did try to trade Beasley. There was a 3-Way in the works with Utah and Phoenix. Miami would have received Amare Stoudemire, Phoenix would have received Carlos Boozer, and Utah would have gotten Michael Beasley and Miami’s 1 round draft picks. But the deal didn’t go down because Utah was reluctant in taking Michael Beasley, rightly so. Now, we are stuck with an underachiever that if he does stay with Miami should do nothing but rot on the bench. What a waste of talent. But, some college players just aren’t cut up for the NBA.

Now, people need to really stop with the “Wade’s last game in Miami” non-sense. We all know he isn’t going anywhere. Where would he go? Try and say Chicago, I’ll shut you down with the front office problems. Try Detroit, I’ll shut you down with a team with a losing record and no chances for a playoffs berth let alone a championship. Where else are all you Heat haters going to tell me he is going to go? Just stop, you Bulls fan are sad. You guys are hatting on greatness. You are mad that we have the best in the world and you guys were not able to snatch him with the 7 pick and ended up draft an underachiever in Kirk Hinrich.So please, Chicago, do us a favor, leave our superstar alone and try to not make your current superstar (Rose) angry with the fact he seems unappreciated. As disappointed as some as some fans are, I’m excited about this. The long awaited summer of 2010 is finally upon us. It’s the time in which dynasties will be made and when Contenders this season become weak. I’m ready for the most exciting offseason in recent memory. Are you?