Miami is #1, did you think it would happen this quickly?

[shaqfan1]

I think the heat are finally hitting expectations. That being the general expectations of people not on realgm. These boards crucified anyone who said the heat would gel together this fast. Funny how people forget their previous stance in order to give miami as little credit as possible.

Exactly. For example:

Is the experiment in Miami failing?

it would certainly appear that way

i think miami should definitely blow it up.

Now that Miami has gone 21-1 over the last 22 games, this poster's stance has changed to:

Heat are mediocre. They're a regular season team. Don't have a chance in hell to beat Boston though.

Now that the Heat are winning, they're just a regular season team. They'll still lose to Boston in the playoffs.

Obvious haters are obvious.

[TheDon008]

Man realgm must be bi-polar.

Half the time its "outside the big three, they have nothing", "the big 3 cant play together, especially in the playoffs", "can't win with spoelstra as head coach" "only 1 ball to go around, it wont work out", "cant win without a defensive big" "no go to post player", etc

and the other half the time its "oh its expected, theyre all amazing players", "these are 3 unselfish top 15 players, of course it'll work", etc

+1

[taii1234]

RealGm just needs to chill and enjoy the season.

[zulu]

I think the heat are finally hitting expectations. That being the general expectations of people not on realgm. These boards crucified anyone who said the heat would gel together this fast. Funny how people forget their previous stance in order to give miami as little credit as possible.

Exactly. For example:

Is the experiment in Miami failing?

it would certainly appear that way

i think miami should definitely blow it up.

Now that Miami has gone 21-1 over the last 22 games, this poster's stance has changed to:

Heat are mediocre. They're a regular season team. Don't have a chance in hell to beat Boston though.

Now that the Heat are winning, they're just a regular season team. They'll still lose to Boston in the playoffs.

Obvious haters are obvious.

if you think that is evidence supporting your point, I dearly hope you are not a judge or a prosecutor. what a tard

[shaqfan1]

if you think that is evidence supporting your point, I dearly hope you are not a judge or a prosecutor. what a tard

?

From "Heat need to blow it up" to "Heat are just a regular season team that will still lose in the playoffs."

Am I missing something?

There were plenty of people with I told you so's when the Heat were struggling earlier in the season. Those are the same exact people saying they're not impressed with the Heat's current run cause they expected it.

[Flash3]

a better question is, after the 9-8 start, would u think just 22 games later they would be #1 in the east.... i certainly didnt

This is where I stand. After the team was struggling to play together, I knew they had the make up to be the #1 team out East, but not as fast as it has happened. I assumed Boston would be #1 and then around the AS break or a little after is when Miami would finally be meshing and be able to take the #1 spot.

[Flash3]

Congrats Miami, you've almost met expectations. Well done and all that.

Wake me when they beat someone good.

First it was, they will never mesh together. This is a mistake.

Then, when the team wasn't playing well and they had a 9-8 record, the naysayers had their ammo and piled on their hatred, and rightfully so.

The team is finally playing well together and is dominating on the defensive side of the ball and at the same time is playing great together and has defeated some of the better teams in the league.

And we have posts as such.....

RealGM in a nutshell.

[shaqfan1]

a better question is, after the 9-8 start, would u think just 22 games later they would be #1 in the east.... i certainly didnt

This is where I stand. After the team was struggling to play together, I knew they had the make up to be the #1 team out East, but not as fast as it has happened. I assumed Boston would be #1 and then around the AS break or a little after is when Miami would finally be meshing and be able to take the #1 spot.

This.

I expected the Heat to improve from 9-8, but I didn't expect the Heat to get into full gear until after the All-Star break. I definitely did not expect them to go on a 21-1 run. That must have been one hell of a team meeting.

[Flash3]

I think the heat are finally hitting expectations. That being the general expectations of people not on realgm. These boards crucified anyone who said the heat would gel together this fast. Funny how people forget their previous stance in order to give miami as little credit as possible.

Exactly. For example:

Is the experiment in Miami failing?

it would certainly appear that way

i think miami should definitely blow it up.

Now that Miami has gone 21-1 over the last 22 games, this poster's stance has changed to:

Heat are mediocre. They're a regular season team. Don't have a chance in hell to beat Boston though.

Now that the Heat are winning, they're just a regular season team. They'll still lose to Boston in the playoffs.

Obvious haters are obvious.

if you think that is evidence supporting your point, I dearly hope you are not a judge or a prosecutor. what a tard

Sr, you obviously don't know how RGM tends to work when they don't want/like something. This is a perfect example. What's your issue?

[STA 13]

I think it's pretty obvious that Wade's early season injury problems put a huge damper on their start. The team looked really out of sync and Wade and Bosh really underperformed. They've been playing far better over the past two month and can only imagine it will continue into the future.
I'm sure they're praying Haslem comes back in the regular season though, because Juwan Howard and Joel Anthony getting 15 minutes per game each is a disaster in the playoffs

[Judo Krugar]

What I want to know is where are all the Heat fans in southwest Florida? I've met one guy who wasn't a bandwagon type, otherwise I really don't ever hear anything about the Heat. I honestly think for the period of time i've lived down here i've met two Heat fans?

[FinNasty]

why are heat fans trying to use reverse psychology and act like 75% of the fans on here didn't join on/1-2 days after the decision? and to answer the OPs ?, since everyone was practically HANDING them the title even before their opening night blowout loss, it isn't that much of a surprise that a team with 3 franchise players is #1, no

Opening night blowout loss???

Werent they down 3 with a couple of minutes left? And only lost by single digits?

[Flash3]

What I want to know is where are all the Heat fans in southwest Florida? I've met one guy who wasn't a bandwagon type, otherwise I really don't ever hear anything about the Heat. I honestly think for the period of time i've lived down here i've met two Heat fans?

If you're in SW FL I am assuming you're close to the Southwest Ranches neighborhood, no? There are probably all on their farms.


(Joke)

[Celts17Pride]

Honestly, Big deal!

The Cavs did this the last 2 years and look where they ended up. The Heat still haven't proved that they can beat Boston. I guess we wait for the next Mia/Bos game.

[Blackmun]

Well, since they "had already won", that was a natural consequence of things, I guess.

What I want to know is where are all the Heat fans in southwest Florida? I've met one guy who wasn't a bandwagon type, otherwise I really don't ever hear anything about the Heat. I honestly think for the period of time i've lived down here i've met two Heat fans?

No such thing as a Heat fan - just Dolphins fans looking for air condition.

[fishfuego.]

What I want to know is where are all the Heat fans in southwest Florida? I've met one guy who wasn't a bandwagon type, otherwise I really don't ever hear anything about the Heat. I honestly think for the period of time i've lived down here i've met two Heat fans?

Am I missing something?

Is this the thread with a title "Miami is #1, did you think it would happen this quickly?", or did I accidentally clicked on the " teh miami heat fans r teh svcks" thread?

[Flash3]

Honestly, Big deal!

The Cavs did this the last 2 years and look where they ended up. The Heat still haven't proved that they can beat Boston. I guess we wait for the next Mia/Bos game.

This Heat team, which is much different that we've seen from the 1st month in a half (where they ran into Boston) while trying to learn to play with one another has yet to play Boston. So we'll see what happens. And, Boston more than likely will not be a @ full strength when they meet next, so what difference will it make (in the grand scheme of things) if they do go out and beat Boston?

The Heat beat LA, and you had outcries of how "they beat an overrated LA team" or "the beat a struggling LA team." -- It doesn't matter what happens in the regular season, because teams have proved that you can lose a series in the regular season to an opponent and still defeat them in the post season where game planning, matchups, coaching adjustments etc all occur. (i.e. Dallas/Miami; Miami lost the series to Dallas in 06, but defeated them in 6 games in the Finals that post-season).

[Silverballer]

more like about damn time

[beasknees]

Miami doesn't fill their seats. What a joke.

Just to end this myth: Miami is 5th in attendance in home games, and number one overall in attendance when including road crowds.

http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance

[BoozerRoNo]

When the refs allow both Wade and Lebron to be the 2nd and 3rd leading the NBA in FREE SHOT attempts lol they are unstoppable.

I feel though that Miami is not going to win it all unless both Boston and Lakers are not healthy.