Miami Heat: With Mike Bibby, Can This Team Win a Championship?

These past few days have been huge with the NBA trade deadline bringing about some major deals last week.

Miami was not active during the trade deadline, but why should it be? The team has LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. James and Wade have met expectations, but Bosh is somewhat underachieving to most Miami haters. Bosh is the third option on this team and has been scoring well for his role. His rebounding numbers have been low this season, but what can you expect when you have players like James crashing the boards like beasts?

The main issue with the Miami Heat heading into the season and attempting to win a championship was if they could bring in a true point guard.

Entering the season, both Carlos Arroyo and Mario Chalmers were the Heat's point guards on their depth chart. Many critics claimed this was the reason the Heat could not win a championship.

Luckily for the Heat, on this day, the team decided to waive Carlos Arroyo in order to bring in Mike Bibby, who had just been bought out of his contract with the Wizards in order to be on the free-agent market.

The Heat used this opportunity to bring in Bibby.

Bibby is a veteran, but he still has game. He is a great three-point shooter and can distribute the ball well.

His leadership for this Heat team will be a huge reason ingredient in Miamin winning a championship. Do not get me wrong here; Carlos Arroyo does not suck. However, he was not comfortable and did not produce well with three stars alongside him. It was just Arroyo's time to go.

Bibby had the honor of playing a long time and playing on some very elite teams, including the 61-21 Sacramento Kings of the early 2000s. He knows what it takes to make a team a winner, and the Miami Heat need Bibby to make them a winner.

Bibby still has a good two or three seasons left in him, and he can use this time to help develop the Heat into eventual champions. Although his numbers have dropped and his stats are not as great as before, stats do not show leadership and hustle, which is what Bibby has, and which is what will lead the Heat closer and closer to an NBA championship.

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