Miami Heat Need to Address PG, Center Void to Ensure Championship Aspirations

I don't care that the Miami Heat have LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the same team.

I don't care that they were two games short of winning a championship last year.

I even don't care that we added Shane Battier.

Last year, the Miami Heat's Achilles heel was its bench. By a mile.

By the way, by "bench" I mean every roster spot on the team that isn't occupied by Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh.

Now, magically, we expect that the addition of one free agent at a position that is filled by one of our big three is going to put us over the top?

Really?

Let's call a spade a spade, people. This bench sucks almost as much as last year's did.

We still have an undersized center who is a liability on offense (Joel Anthony) and his backup is Eddy "The Blob" Curry, who hasn't been relevant in, I don't know, ever.

Oh, and let's check out the point guard position.

Hey, never mind about that. I forgot we had TWO second-round point guards who are both unproven ball distributors.

After that, let's see. We have, of the geriatric All-Star team, none other than Juwon Howard. Then, there is Mike Miller, who was injured all season long and is coming into this season injured.

We also have James Jones, the three-point specialist, who interestingly wasn't seen since the second round of last year's playoffs.

Last, but not least, we have Udonis Haslem and Shane Battier, otherwise known as REAL BENCH PLAYERS.

Look, the hidden secret around the league is that Miami still has major flaws that makes them beatable.

And I don't know about you all, but I'd just as rather be spared all the stupid chatter about Miami's big three being the scapegoat for any problems the team endures, when the reality is that their little nine suck.

Not to mention, with this season being condensed, there is absolutely no way any championship contender can hope to survive without a deep bench to help sustain intangibles like injuries, fatigue, etc...

Now, I'm reasonable, and I understand that some of the guys out in the free-agent market may be out of Miami's price range.

But here's a thought. When 90 percent of your bench sucks, and you bring 100 percent of them all back, that may not be so helpful.

Meanwhile, when you look up north, one of the Heat's biggest Eastern Conference rivals just added David West and Brandon Bass.

Mark my words, fellow Heat fans. If the best the Heat can do to our bench is add Shane Battier and the hopeless Eddy Curry, then we all need to seriously rethink how good the team's chances are.

And just like last season, the Heat's biggest battle is going to be against themselves.

Not in that Phil Jackson, mind-over-matter kind of way, mind you.

But whether or not Miami's big three is good enough to make up for the rest of its supporting cast.

As of right now, I can't say I'm confident.

And neither should you.