In another pre-season loss, the Miami Heat fell to the Charlotte Bobcats 102-96. In the loss, LeBron James showed why he was the most heralded free agent of this past offseason. He averaged just over a point a minute this game (33 Points in 29 Minutes), once again putting in a full days stat sheet without putting in a full game; he sat out the forth quarter as his teammates gave up 31 points. So is there a legitmate concern that James teammates will be the downfall of this team? I would not even call it legitamate concern, it is only preseason.
As you read in my last post, the pre-season is just too long and does nothing but sends the sporting media into a frenzy; especially dealing with this star-studded Miami Heat lineup. Lebron's hamstring? A non-issue as he showed in this performance. Wade's custody battle in Chicago? A non-issue. Will Wade play against Boston? I would say yes. Even if he doesn't play in any of the pre-season games. How will it effect the team? Lebron answers that "This is a very new team. It’s not like we implemented one or two guys in the system and we’ve all been rolling. At this point we want to make it as easy as it can be for when Dwyane Wade shows up. Once he gets back everyone wants to be on the same page and it’ll be an easy transition for him, it will be like he never left.”
It does not sound like they are going to have any transition issues when Wade returns. These guys are professionals and they deal with trades, free agent acquisitions all the time so they deal with new players all the time; Miami Thrice also have Olympic experience with one another so that will certainly help the transition. So if you hear otherwise, your just not getting the right info. The Miami Heat will return to the court Thursday against the Atlanta Hawks where I will attempt to blog the game live at 8pm. I say attempt, because its still pre-season for me too.
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