Los Angeles Lakers: How Long Can the Lakers Fly Under the Miami Heat Radar?

The long and grueling experience of being part of the now infamous "Heat Fiasco," has slowly began to die off.

Struggling in the beginning of the season may come as a shock to many Heat fans, but for others, this just comes as a mere reality of three big-time players beginning their long journey to forming a team into a dynasty, and for those who don't understand what a dynasty is, I'll at least tell you it takes more than one year to become a dynasty.

This Heat hype may prove to linger around the league far longer than most fans desire, but their recent level of play has allowed the NBA to take a break from the grueling fumes of the Miami Heat.

Returning as reigning world champions, the Lakers have somewhat flown under the Heat' radar if you will. The Lakers are currently 12-2 and are sitting at the #2 spot in the west.

For the Lakers, the forming of a new "Big Three" has proven to be a type of cloaking device from the world of NBA fans, considering all of the attention has gone to the Heat.

It seems as though this has been a benefit for the Lakers, with the Heat taking some attention and pressure of the Lakers.

The phrase, "nothing lasts forever," has proven to be valid in most situations; that is why I expect a shift in attention from the Heat to the Lakers, as long as the Heat continue to struggle for wins.

As a Laker' fan, it is ironic to want the spotlight to continue to be on the Heat, but the matter of the fact is less attention equals less pressure, and for a good team in the Lakers, that's always a plus.

Considering the current circumstances of the Heat, it is only a matter of time when the hype begins to die down, though it already has somewhat.

The question is, how long the Lakers can use this "cloak" to remain under the radar of the NBA?

The easiest way for the Lakers to remain under the radar of the NBA would require LeBron, or the Heat to make any sort of unnecessary noise and so far, Bosh and LeBron have done a great job of doing just that.

Recently, The Palm Beach Post posted LeBron's quote after the Heats' worst lost of the season and let me tell you, it was quite interesting:

"We need to have more fun. We are lacking two things, that is having fun and having a little bit of swag right now. We are not playing with the same atmosphere, pride and fun as we did early on in the season when we were playing some good ball."

Are you kidding me? The more and more LeBron plays the game of basketball, the more I find myself dry heaving over the sink. LeBron may speak more B.S. than the king himself, Brett Favre.

On a separate account, Chris Bosh also recently added to the negative hype of the Heat by saying, "And he knows that he has to meet us halfway. He wants to work. We want to chill. But we’s going to have work to get everything down, and get our timing down, and get our chemistry down."-The Palm Beach Post

When you add an unsuccessful Miami Heat team with, Chris Bosh's attitude and LeBron's genius thinking, one ends up with a lot of going nowhere.

I see the Lakers flying under the LeBron-Heat' radar until this year's playoffs. The Heat will continue to be hyped until they fail.

That is why the playoffs will be the time where the Heat hype can die off: Because teams show their true colors in the playoffs and we'll see if the Heat can live up to the hype and if the Lakers can once again prove the haters wrong.

In the meantime, many will continue to support the Heat until they have no where else to go, which could be the playoffs.

For the Lakers, it is a blessing in disguise, with the Heat soaking up the limelight, but unfortunately, the Heat's smoke will eventually fly away.

If I were the Lakers, I'd ride under the radar as long as I could.