"Watch Ya Back Son!" Heat Blast Lakers

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 Sizing him up

I've been saying since the season started, wait until the Heat figure out how to play together as a team. By February they will essentially be unstoppable. Every night you see these guys putting the pieces together and it's been fun to watch. I'm enjoying the development of this team because of all the hate that Lebron has received since the "Decision". They even booed him in Los Angeles yesterday and they didn't have a dog in that fight. What's up with that?

For anyone to hate on this kid for leaving Cleveland is just ridiculous. Have you ever been to Cleveland first of all. I go there on business every now and then and after four or five days, I'm sprinting out of the joint and I grew up in Gary. C'mon Man! Not to mention that he had no help. Everybody wants to play with great players. Historically that's the way it's always been. Why would Lebron want to be a pioneer and gamble with his career because Magic, Bird nor Jordan did it? They had help in case you forgot.

When Magic showed up in L.A. he had James Worthy and Kareem to play with from the word go. Bird had Parrish and Machale within a year. Jordan eventually got Pippen to run with, not to mention some sharp shooters like Craig Hodges and Steve Kerr. They weren't superstars but they were the X-factors on those championship teams. Why would Lebron stay in Cleveland for another day when at the seven year mark the organization wouldn't get him someone to play with?

During the Magic/Boston game yesterday they showed a stat that completely blew me away. They said that this Celtics team is the first team in NBA history to have 4 players with 20k points each. Those are the big 3 plus Shaq now. So who's stacking the deck? Don't give me the excuse that they're old because the Boston Big Three came right in and won a title. People kill me talking about the Heat not playing fair when boys have been doing this for years! I've never liked the NBA but I'm all in now because I don't like haters. Jordan was the best to ever play the game and the Bulls went and got Rodman even after they had already won several titles. Rodman was one of  the best rebounders to ever play in the NBA. Nobody tripped off of that combination.

So I'm glad to see the Heat finding their way. Keep in mind that the X-factor hasn't been playing . Once Mike Miller gets going it's going to be ugly. He gives them a three-point shooter that they don't have right now. See Lebron and D Wade essentially play the same game. So by having Miller on the floor makes teams play honest.

It was great to see the Heat get a signature win last night just to put cats on notice. Lebron showed up on Christmas day, on national TV, in front of all of the Hollywood Celebs and put a triple double on the table. I listened to the media bark that this win means nothing because the Lakers are in disarray. Well, even with that said, it was huge because it was on Christmas Day, in L.A., against Kobe. It doesn't get any bigger than that during the regular season.

 Whoever made that statement is a natural born hater. For those of you that have trouble identifying what a hater looks like. I'll school you real quick. A hater is any person that can't find the good, in the good even when everyone else already knows that it's good.  One last lesson, "If you walk into a room and 50% of the people in that room aren't hating on you. You need to step your game up." What's your opinion?

Jay Graves