Miami Heat: Winning Is Still All About Strategy
The chess pieces have fallen one by one to the right places. First, Mike Miller, the dead eye shooter from the Washington Wizards. Then last July 17, Zydrunas Ilgauskas signed with the Miami Heat, joining the already formidable team in LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh.
Miami knows this will be the breakout season for them. It’s going to be party all day and all night in Miami, and everyone is invited...even those bandwagon fans who swayed into their direction. The King has found his place, and his high-ranking officials and armies are going for an all-out war against teams, especially for the Los Angeles Lakers who are the NBA’s defending champs.
James wanted to have the pieces assembled long before he said yes in Miami. It was all a big plan for the three to be together since their Olympic days in 2008. Free agency 2010 would be the biggest summer ever in the NBA, and together they promise to shock the world and to send tremble to all NBA teams.
They wanted to change the big three definition in Boston (Garnet, Pierce and Allen) with their own heavy artillery and athleticism. There were hearts broken, and promises busted.
James never intended to sign back to Cleveland. He knew he would never win championships, even though he was given a championship roster from Mo Williams to Shaq and Antawn Jamison. He needed a much stronger team, and Bosh and Wade can give him that.
Joel Anthony re-signed with the Heat, Mike Miller needed little persuasion to join in, and now Zydrunas is the new recruit. The 35-year-old center who battled foot injuries throughout his career, wanted to win.
Following LeBron all the way to South Beach can never be wrong…Miami is all about winning. This is a team who is committed not to just winning games, but making dynasties for years to come. Hearts broken and promises shattered…
The people in Cleveland don’t deserve to wait for an hour on live television just to shut their hopes down. Toronto wanted Bosh, and Chicago wanted Wade to sign to them. Commitment and winning—that’s all that matters now, and the direction they are heading in looks brighter each day.
The right pieces to the puzzle are on the right chess board, ready for battle. Miami is looking forward to every war they are in, and the people will be glued to their television sets every game they play.
They look terrifying and they look very intimidating, but like in every chess set, nobody wins with ranks and power. It all boils down to strategy, and I hope Eric Spoelstra could muster the team to win—especially when he's playing with three kings.
“Modern chess is too much concerned with things like Pawn structure. Forget it, Checkmate ends the game,” said Nigel Short, once. Winning is still all about strategy.
