Miami Heat: A Heat Wave Forcasted for 2011-2016, but Dynasties Take Time

There has been a Heat wave in the NBA, this summer 2010. Blogs have been swarmed by fans from all over the NBA, most giving reasons why the Heat are not the team to beat.

The new Big Three in Miami, have been transformed from Heroes to Villains. We all have a soft spot for the hero. We have it built into our DNA.

This Miami team is anything but an underdog and have become the new villains of the NBA. The Heat are making fans and players in other markets nervous. They are searching for any reason, to find hope, justify their team can compete against the Heat.

Players all over the league are making comments on the Heat.

One of the leagues best, Chris Paul, is the latest star to realize winning a championship would be a difficult, if not impossible task in New Orleans. Thus, he has formally requested a trade. Paul hopes to be teamed with a giant, with hopes of attracting a second star through free agency. Paul wants his own big three. Paul wants to play the Bosh role, becoming that second star that can hopefully to lure a poor man's LeBron .

Rajon Rondo, is latest star to claim the Heat are NOT the team to beat. Rondo feels Boston needs to worry about the Lakers not the Heat.

So why the Lakers? The Lakers are loaded. They have stars and have depth too. They also have a Team salary of $92.5 million for their 2010-2011 season.

If you ask the casual NBA fan, they will tell you that the Heat has no depth. That they invested too much in the big three. And that their model doesn't have enough touches for their stars.

Ironically, after having looking closer at the Lakers roster, one thing is apparent. It takes more than one off-season to build a dynasty. The Laker 's will pay their big three (Bryant, Gasol, Bynum) $56.4 million dollars in 2010. Orlando will pay their three $52 million. The Heat will pay their big three, only $43 million.

So how are Lakers and Magic teams so deep?

The answer is the mid-level and the veteran exception. If the future CBA is similar to the one in place now, the Heat will have approximately $8 million dollars to spend in 2011, and the same in 2012. This means they will be able to add very important pieces, making their team virtually impossible to beat for years to come.

And that is what really scares the fans.

With a roster littered with players that have taken less to win, Miami has formed a culture of “winning is more important than money," similar to what the Patriots did in New England. In New England they had Tom Brady sacrificing, taking less. For the Heat, D Wade and LeBron play that role, willing to get paid, like top 25 stars, instead of Max players.

The Heat will be very good in 2010, but the real dynasty starts in 2011, when the Heat get $8 million in exceptions to get a big man or a reliable point guard. For the Lakers, those exceptions landed them L. Odom ($8.2 mill), and R. Artest ($6.3 million).

In the next two years the Heat will surely add two quality players, the question is will they have a championship ring or two to show for it.