Heat's Obnoxious Celebration After Conference Finals Confirms Big 3's Immaturity

Just when you thought it was time to forgive the Miami Heat and pull for LeBron James to earn that first title, this had to happen (via Huffpost Miami Staff):

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ESPN cameras caught the Heat hopping around the locker room to definitely not the tune the NBA layered over the clip before uploading to YouTube. After Dwyane Wade and Norris Cole took the floor first, Chris Bosh wandered in the room at just the right time and immediately began killing it with go-go-Gadget arms (just like the game!). Turiaf kept the frenzy alive until LeBron James hopped in, at which point the Eastern Conference Champs became a frenzy of limbs led by a man dressed hilariously for the moment like Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face".

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You don't have to be a party-pooper to take umbrage with these kind of shenanigans. Nor need you sit in stoic judgement of a few guys who earned the opportunity to finally kick back and have a good time. 

Yes, there's certainly something premature—if not immature—about the display. 

But, we already knew this club was predisposed to counting its chickens—or, as it were, titles—before any eggs have hatched. It was off-putting then, and it still is. The Heat have every right to celebrate, of course. The celebration should, however, be at least somewhat commensurate with the cause thereof.

Put in perspective, this is no time for dancing.

So far, this team has simply proven that it can do what it did a season ago, and nothing more. The Heat still don't have a title in hand, much less the eight LeBron promised.

The more obnoxious part of all this is the hypocrisy, though.

Dancer-in-chief Dwyane Wade was, after all, the one who couldn't let go of the Indiana Pacers' comparatively mundane celebratory routine after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. His primary grievance was that the Pacers were acting like they didn't expect to win (via Fox Sports' Chris Tomasson):

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"I heard they wanted to be like the Dallas Mavericks, in a sense," Wade said about an apparent reference to Pacers coach Frank Vogel using last year's Mavs team, which beat the Heat in Miami for the title, as motivation for Indiana. "I saw their little celebration at the end of (Game 2). I don't know if they didn't expect to win, but every night we go out on the court, we expect to win."

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The "act like you've been there" lecture sounds great—so long as you actually walk the walk. Unfortunately, Wade would like to have it both ways. When he's on the losing end, we get sour-grapes social commentary on the pitfalls of excessive glee.

When he's on the other side, we get Wade's apparent audition to be the next sporty participant on Dancing With the Stars.

There's a fine case to be made on either end of the celebration debate. On the one hand, professionalism will always be classier than hipster glasses; and on the other, who cares if people want to have a good time after a job well done?

Wade can't have it both ways, though. The only thing less consistent than his jumper in these playoffs is his logic.

Once he gets his story straight, Wade can dance all he likes.