With all the noise they made in the summer, the Miami Heat knew they'd be heavily scrutinized this season. Now, four weeks into the season-and their record at just 6-4- the Heat haters are yapping about how much of a disappointment the Heat are. It's been less than a month into the season and everyone's deeming this project a failure already. But that's the problem. It's too soon. How about we wait until June to see who hoists up the Larry O'Brien trophy? How about we wait 2-3 years down the line? Let's give this experiment some time and see how many titles LeBron James and co. bring to South Beach. Then we can talk. In the meanwhile, let's take it game by game, season by season, and see what the Heat are doing now.
As I mentioned earlier, we are now nearing the end of the fourth week of the season. It's still a fairly young season, yet, people are saying the Heat are in trouble. Their record (8-5) has a lot to do with it. With losses to the Celtics (twice), the Hornets, the Jazz, and the Grizzlies, critics are questioning whether or not this Heat team is what we all thought they'd be- a championship contender. Some are even going as far as creating a website to get Head Coach Erik Spoelstra fired.
The Heat won two of the three games they played this week . They defeated the Suns Wednesday night, 123-96, the Bobcats on Friday night, 95-87, and lost to Grizzlies Saturday night, 97-95-thanks to a Rudy Gay buzzer-beater. All-star guard Dwyane Wade sat out Saturday night's game for precautionary measures because of an injured wrist. There's no timetable for his return but we should be seeing D-Wade back on the court soon. Also, reserve forward, Udonis Haslem, injured his foot- believed to be a torn ligament in his left foot- during the Grizzlies' game, and maybe out for several weeks.Veteran forward, Juwan Howard, is expected to step in and fill the void.
On a brighter note, LeBron James was nominated earlier this week for Time's Person of the Year award. James said that he was humbled by the nomination, evening noting that he wouldn't even vote for himself if he had the chance to.
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