Actions speak louder than words.

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It’s only August and I’m already tired of all the talk about the Miami Heat and what they could accomplish in the nextseason and beyond.  I’m a guy who is more interested in actions over words, players like Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan who just go out and get it done are the ones that inspire me. You don’t see these world champions tweeting that they are now taking mental notes of all the people “taking shots” at them in order to be motivated to win a ring.  Players like Bryant and Duncan train hard, play hard, and just get it done.  They keep the motivation within them to keep the fire burning for another ring.

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While I do feel the Heat have compiled an extremely talented team laden with the perfect role players to complemenWade, LeBron, and Bosh; I just am not sold on all they hype.  Don’t get me wrong, I feel they are top 3 in the Eastern Conference but I find it hard to claim a team a title favorite if we haven’t even seen the core play an NBA game together. And for a former NBA coach and current analyst like Jeff Van Gundy to make these latest ridiculous comparisons is downright insulting to NBA history.  I have always liked Van Gundy from his days as coach of the Knicks (I used to root for the Knicks whenever they played the Bulls) and I have continued to gain respect for him as he moved onto coach the Rockets and even now as he sits courtside with Marc Jackson and Mike Breen.  But there is no excuse for these comments that almost seem to belittle these NBA records.  I’m not sure if Van Gundy is still bitter about Jordan’s Bulls beating his Knicks in the playoffs year and year out, but to say that that they will win73+ games this season to beat the Bulls’ single season win record is uncalled for.

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Van Gundy went onto say the Heat could win 34 games in a row to beat the Lakers’ consecutive games won record and claimed they could not lose a back-to back games throughout the season.  And to top it off, he claims that the (improved) back-to-back NBA champion Lakers only have a remote chance of beating the Heat in a playoff series.  Van Gundy is just the last of the NBA “experts” to claim that this team is the best team in NBA history.

Like I have said in previous posts, the Big 3 is going to have to adjust their games in order to maximize each others skills and not be predictable for opposing defenses.  While they have the potential to win multiple rings it will take a lot of work and only time will tell.  But for now, let’s not get carried away and let’s see what they can do game by game. And to be honest, I’d rather put my money on a team fresh off 2 world championships led by the greatest basketball player in the world who lets his actions speak louder than his words.

This is just an opinion…so please, Pardon My Bias.

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