Heat apologists are hilarious. Since the Heat formed the big 3 the game plan has been, "everyone else on the team, get out of the way and let us get our numbers." And so when Bosh goes down they expect the Heat to play team ball like the Spurs? lol.
This is what happens when you have two superstars where their role on the team is, "do whatever you want to get your numbers." Bosh is the only one out of the big 3 that has a defined role on the team. Its been years and both Lebron and Wade are stuck in the pre-Phil Jackson era Jordan in how they play.
Jordan was putting up 30, 8, 8 at times and defending all over the court like Lebron. Then Phil Jackson came in and made him realize that you can't build a team if the rest of the team isn't made accountable, isn't called on to do something that contributes to the winning. It why Pippen and Grant went from being Varejo and Mo Williams to being who they are; Pippen and Grant. People forget how Pippen and Grant used to get bitched up by the Pistons while Jordan was putting up numbers that would make Lebron wet, the bulls were still losing. Then the bulls gambled and brought in an unknown guy in Phil, and he turned the organization on its head. He challenged everyone on the team. He gave Pippen more responsibility than any other coach would have. He took the ball out of Jordan's hand and challenged him to play within a team structure. He gave Pippen the job of running the offense when people in chicago hated him and wanted him gone. He made Grant into the tough, hard nosed, double-double beast. He made them into a 3 peat team.
People, especially heat fans and Lebron apologists, like to pretend that the bulls were alway good. That Pippen and Grant were always great players known for toughness. That Paxson was always known for his clutch shooting. That Cartwright wasn't a knicks cast off who lost his job and role to a young phenom named Ewing and a hard nosed Oakley. They like to pretend that the bulls weren't a team that people thought was soft. That they only had one player that most people said was selfish, and more concerned about flash and stats than winning titles. Most people only remember the end product of the bulls, not that they were a loser franchise that was Clippers level bad.
Lebron needs to accept a role on the team and stick to it. So does Wade. Instead of hogging the ball and trying to do everything, and in doing so not allowing the team to blossom into something good. They take responsibility away from the guys they play with and now they expect those same guys to do more on the drop of a hat? That's not going to happen. And this is why Lebron will never win. He makes the team suck on his tit, but when things are hard he wants to pull it away and make them grow up over night. At least when Jordan was going ham he did a better job of it and was always determined to win, no matter who he played or how hard things got. When things get hard Lebron wilts and starts being his team to do things they didn't have to do during the regular season.
The idea that players step up when their team needs them is bullshit. The guys that appear to be stepping up are just doing the roles that they have been prepared to do. Grant wasn't stepping up for the bulls he was doing the role he was trained for. Horry didn't step up for the Rockets, Lakers or Spurs, he performed the role he was prepared for. Danny Green isn't stepping up, draining 3's, playing defense and running offensive sets because he stepping up, its because Pop has been training him to do this since the spurs got him. And the funny thing is Green was one of those "scrubs" Lebron had to "endure" in Cleveland. I bet Lebron would kill to have him now.
Lebron will never win as long as he's Lebron "The Chosen Once," "King" James.
