Miami Heat: Why Big Three Will Fail to Win NBA Title Yet Again

The Miami Heat may not have the best record in the league, but many people have had them slated as the NBA champions since the first game of the season.

Miami Thrice fell just short of a championship last year when they matched up against a determined and red-hot Mavericks team still seeking revenge from 2006. As a result, many basketball fans view the Heat's season as a failure last year. However, I beg to differ.

Last year was what I would call a learning process and trial season for the Heat, yet they still coasted into the championship. Now, they have worked out some offensive kinks and become the most dominant defensive team in the NBA, and at times, it looks like nothing will get in their way of a ring.

That being said, I'm here to tell you why the Heat will fail to hoist the O'Brien trophy once again.

For starters, Miami still lacks what great teams throughout the history of the NBA have had: point guard leadership and solid points in the paint from the bigs. 

I hear you, I hear you. Mario Chalmers is playing the best basketball of his short career and Norris Cole has been a pleasant surprise. But let's be real here, the NBA is shifting more and more towards being a point guard-dominated league.

Just take a look at some of the elite players of the NBA today. Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, John Wall, Steve Nash, Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo (deep breath), Kyle Lowry, Tony Parker, Ricky Rubio and Brandon Jennings to name a few.

Chalmers and Cole are solid at the point guard position. But solid just doesn't get it done anymore. They cannot lead their team.

Heat players don't look to them for leadership. They look to them for an open jump shot every now and then, that they better be able to hit come playoff time if Miami wants to get out of the first round. Deficiencies are not as easily hidden in the postseason.

Let's move on.

Miami's starting center is 6'9". Miami's back-up center is Eddy Curry (don't laugh). Juwan Howard is in their big man rotation as well (feel free to chuckle).

Needless to say, the Heat's weak spot would have to be their bigs, exposed most recently against the Lakers.

The big men that do provide for the Heat, Haslem and Bosh, do not like to bang inside. They would rather hit a spot-up jumper.

Haslem is an undersized big. Bosh is a small forward trapped in a power forward's body. With these two closing the games as the four and five, the Heat are often out-rebounded and out-muscled in the post.

Miami should draft a big man in the upcoming draft, but for now they are stuck with one of the poorest big men rotations in the league. Despite having an All-Star starter at the four position.

I know what you're thinking. How could the Heat lose again with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade playing at such a high level simultaneously?

Well, I just told you. James and Wade are two players and despite their supreme talent, five players will beat two players 90 percent of the time.

I don't mean to stir up controversy; I'm just here to speak the truth. Those of you who think the Heat are a lock for the NBA championship this year might have another wave of disappointment coming your way.