1. 3 Moves Miami Heat Could Have Made at the NBA Trade Deadline

    Patience has been a virtue within the Miami Heat organization over the past two-and-a-half seasons. That staggering amount of patience, while also keeping a deaf ear to their numerous ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 3 months ago 9,156 reads 16 comments

  2. One Major Adjustment Miami Heat Must Make Post All-Star Break

    It's back to business for the Miami Heat . That means it's time to begin turning on the jets and settling in for an arduous second half of the season...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 3 months ago 2,341 reads 14 comments

  3. Affordable Trade Targets to Boost Chances of Miami Heat Title Repeat

    For a team that has made it to consecutive NBA Finals, and currently on a good enough run to lead you to believe they'll soon make a third, the Miami Heat have continued to find a ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 3 months ago 13,022 reads 16 comments

  4. How Miami Heat Can Assure Big 3 Stay in 2014

    I really don't want to be the guy to rain on everybody's parade. Over the past two weeks, the NBA community has been a witness to arguably the greatest stretch of basketball we have ever seen played...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 3 months ago 9,948 reads 27 comments

  5. Miami Heat's Trade Deadline Strategy Blueprint

    Not even a NBA championship could quell the spoiled Miami Heat fanbase into accepting the unorthodox roster that has represented the Eastern Conference in the Finals the past two seasons...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 3 months ago 7,224 reads 27 comments

  6. 5 Greatest Current NBA Players in Search of Their First Championship

    At least the league's best player finally has himself a ring. Now that LeBron James has a ring, we can finally lay our criticism upon the next ringless superstars...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 11,776 reads 60 comments

  7. One Advantage the Miami Heat Has over Each 2012-13 NBA Title Contender

    It's never too early to begin talking about the NBA championship. Not even before the preseason has even started. Because this is the NBA, there are only so many teams that have an actual chance at winning a title...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 2,245 reads 6 comments

  8. Why LeBron James Will Remain as the NBA's Best Star Player Until He Retires

    If you're from where I'm from, then you can't wait for the start of the NBA training camp. In South Florida, a training camp that the public won't be allowed to watch is drawing more anticipation than next week's Miami Dolphins game...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 8,565 reads 71 comments

  9. Miami Heat: Building South Beach's Best All-Time Starting Lineup

    After countless hours of research, I have come to the conclusion that the Miami Heat 's all-time starting lineup has the capability to defeat any NBA 's team all-time starting five...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 7,147 reads 57 comments

  10. How the NBA's Young Stars Are Saving the Image of the League

    Remember when this team existed? Appropriately known as the Portland "Jail Blazers," their roster was chock full of players who preferred to damage their image, instead of attempting ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 1,472 reads 8 comments

  11. Why the 2012-13 NBA Season Will Be the Most Important of LeBron James' Career

    If LeBron James wanted a career where he would have to put it all on the floor and still be expecting disappointment, he would have remained a Cleveland Cavalier...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 3,752 reads 22 comments

  12. Definitive Blueprint for LBJ to Deliver Historic 4th MVP Season

    When the coach of your team's greatest rival makes statements like this : "LeBron, to me, is the favorite every year. The years he doesn't win it, it'll usually be because people are just tired of voting for him...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 5,548 reads 14 comments

  13. Miami Heat: One Improvement for Every Player to Better Complement LeBron James

    Like any other NBA team would, the Miami Heat revolves around the decisions and playmaking abilities of LeBron James ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 4,845 reads 9 comments

  14. How LeBron James Will Surpass Dwyane Wade as Greatest Miami Heat Star Ever

    If you go through the streets of Miami any sun-parched day of the week and tell those who partake in watching professional organized basketball, don't tell them that LeBron James belongs to the Miami Heat ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 5,542 reads 64 comments

  15. Breaking Down Why LeBron James Thrives at Multiple Positions

    When you think about it, the Miami Heat possess a top-10 player at potentially three different positions...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 3,460 reads 22 comments

  16. Ranking Every NBA Team's Best Option to Guard LeBron James Next Season

    There isn't an individual capable of stopping LeBron James . When doing research for this article, I found that no defender has done better than limiting James to 24 points on 44 percent shooting...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 3,620 reads 32 comments

  17. One Thing Each Rising NBA Star Could Learn from LeBron James

    LeBron James has gone through the growing pains that came with him upon his entrance to the league. Those pains only dwelt on him for the first nine years of his career, before finally winning that first illusive NBA championship...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 8 months ago 1,580 reads 10 comments

  18. Why the NBA Is More Successful with a Popular LeBron James

    Trekking into foreign territory in his first two years with the Miami Heat , LeBron James became one of the league's most polarizing athletes seen in a negative light, transcending over every sport...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 3,966 reads 16 comments

  19. Miami Heat: Why Dwyane Wade Is the Perfect Complement to LeBron James

    The Miami Heat don't have the prototypical roster you'd expect from your common, everyday NBA champion...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 7,786 reads 44 comments

  20. 5 Smartest Marketing Moves of LeBron James' Career

    After buying a minority stake in the Premier League team Liverpool F.C., LeBron James was asked on what his expectations were when he had the idea of being a partial owner of a professional team...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 13,642 reads 12 comments

  21. LeBron James' Ascension in the NBA Won't Challenge Chemistry with Dwyane Wade

    The Miami Heat 's Summer of 2010 could have ended up a big travesty. Although there had been a successful 'Big Three' experiment a few years prior in Boston and the dynasty in ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 7,027 reads 13 comments

  22. 10 Reasons Why LeBron James-Dwyane Wade Can Be Most Potent NBA Duo Ever

    Never before have we seen a tandem of two superstars at the highest points of their career teaming up, until LeBron James decided to take his talents to South Beach and join Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat ...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 13,463 reads 71 comments

  23. Comparing Each of LeBron James' Traits to an All-Time Great

    For years, we've wanted to embrace the talk of where LeBron James stands amongst the NBA legends. However, it didn't feel fair. LeBron's career was incomplete up until the end of the 2011-'12 season...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 9,124 reads 75 comments

  24. Dwyane Wade: Missing 2012 Olympics Will Lead to Monstrous 2012-13 Season

    To think, the 2012 Miami Heat team that made it to the NBA Finals was just as hurt and ailing as the 2011 team that made it to the Finals and lost...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 2,530 reads 24 comments

  25. Ranking the 7 Top One-on-One Matchups Between NBA Stars We'd Love to See

    It's one of the most debated topics in the NBA , yet it's also something you'll probably never see on national TV...

    John Friel Written by John Friel about 9 months ago 3,883 reads 33 comments