Pat Riley To All You Miami Heat Haters: Enough With The Comments....Sore Losers!

"Hate it or love it the underdog's on top and I won't stop until my heart drops; Go ahead envy me, I got the MVP and we aint goin' nowhere so you should get to know me."

Ever since LeBron whispered that he was taking his talents to SouthBeach, every corner of the globe has produced a glob of Heat-Bashing. Heat "Hater-ade" is selling fast globally. Everyone is drinking it...especially in Cleveland. Well dang-it, Riles is tired of it! From Charles Barkley, Phil Jackson, Stan Vangundy to the person reading this blog-don't be a sore loser!

 Charles: called James' handling of his entire offseason decision to leave Cleveland and go to play in Miami a "Punk Move" - ENOUGH

Phil: “I always refer to when Wilt Chamberlain was traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and that put [Elgin] Baylor, [Jerry] West and Chamberlain together, three of the top scorers in NBA history and they never won a championship together the four years they were together” - ENOUGH!

Stan: "Bosh is following Wade around like a lapdog" - ENOUGH!

ENOUGH ALREADY!!! This summer of free agency was an equal opportunity for all GM's that were positioned correctly to come and pitch what they had to offer. Pat Riley did his job and did it WELL! He not only retained his own superstar free agent, Dwayne Wade, he leveraged him to sign two additional stars and one of them was James - the most coveted of them all.

Three is the magic number as the Boston Celtics have laid the modern day blueprint for instant success in the NBA. All of the other 28 teams would have done the same, except for the Lakers, which already has its own version of "3" with Bryant, Gasol and Odom or Bynum or Artest etc. So why all the spewing of hate towards Riles and Co for pulling the trifecta? Could it be the fear of what's coming? Could it be jealousy? Envy? Whatever it is the young talented trio will eventually conquer the mountain and will have a chance to create a long lasting dynasty should ego and chemistry never occupy the same space at the same time.

 And to Charles, Phil, Stan and you-the fan..."Don't hate the prez...hate the game!"

Ilee Coleman

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