The Wonderfully Absurd Miami Heat Celebration

Here are my thoughts on the Miami Heat Celebration that everyone is talking about:

First, you can see the absurd dance video here and the equally absurd interview video here.

1. I love it. You can't go wrong with this kind of overhype. Either they are going to win and justify it or they're going to lose and everyone else in the NBA and the world is going to love seeing these overhyped asses as they take their butts back home.

2. What is Chris Bosh doing in this mix? You want to talk about overhype. This is like Magic, Bird and Bob McAdoo all playing together and you keep wondering why they keep going on an on about McAdoo. What's he doing up there?

3. Dwayne Wade now clearly seems to be the #1 guy. He is now the most hyped on this team, partly because it's his team. He's always introduced last, etc. They keep calling it Dwayne's House. Can James play second fiddle? They're happy now, but can they really handle it if their egos clash at some point?

4. What happens if this team goes south? How much will they snipe at each other? And what happens if Wade and LeBron go to war at some point? That will be awesome! And everyone will remember this dance and celebration and think, "what happens now?!!"

5. Dwayne Wade saying it's the greatest trio in basketball history is insanity tripled. They haven't played a single game together yet. Here is one of many examples - Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and James Worthy. Really, the Bosh brothers are already better than them?

6. As everyone - except them apparently - can tell, they are acting like they already won the championship, no, seven championships. They haven't won a single game yet. This is the most preemptive celebration of all time!

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Comments

[happysquared]

10:45 PM on 07/11/2010

Give me a break--there is nothing wrong with these guys doing a little trash talking and trying to get their new city excited for things to come. It's hilarious how everyone is disparaging Lebron--yet apparently there was a REASON his decision was so anticipated, and why he even had the opportunity to make it. Hypocrites. People need to get off of Lebron's you know what.

Gonna be fun to see them whup on the Lakers; and I think it will only help the league.

I am really pleased with the class my hometown is showing after they lost their bid for Lebron (Chicago) and I am super pleased that Classless Cleveland lost their bid as well.People are truly finally starting to get why Michael Jordan was so universally admired--he worked hard, was able to dominate and yet remained fairly humble.

[BlueFloyd]

08:36 AM on 07/12/2010

Michael Jordan remained fairly humble????

yeah, ok.

[catbite]

08:01 PM on 07/11/2010

I seriously think they will just fade away.

[Danny1616]

01:16 PM on 07/11/2010

The writer of this article seems to have very minimal understanding of basketball. Firstly anyone could make a case that Chris Bosh is arguably the best big man in the league right with Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol. You are taking a 26 year old player who is already a five time all-star and averaged nearly 25 ppg and 11 rpg. Those statistics alone put him in a near superstar category. You can argue that he hasn't made it past the first round yet but Kevin Garnett only made it past the first round once until he was 32 years old. Secondly the NBA game is a game built around stars. A team will only go as far as their stars will take them. The heat are basically taking the 2nd and 3rd best players in the league who are all going into their primes and adding one of the best power forwards in the league. Not to mention the fact that veterans such as Shaq and Fisher are now showing interest in joining the Heat. The Wade, James, Bosh trio is an offensive nightmare. Lebron in case you havn't noticed is an excellent ball distributer who has a nack for finding open men in cross court. Add that with an explosive finisher in Wade and a big man who can play inside and out and you have a near unstoppable force. You double team any of them you are basically screwed.

[CoJo2]

11:34 PM on 07/11/2010

This is really all that needs to be said about this situation.

[Kilzo]

11:07 AM on 07/11/2010

Damn, I hope they get their ass kick !!!!!

[ennis438]

08:56 AM on 07/11/2010

The only one on this team that is worth anything is Wade, and that is only if he stays healthy the entire 82 game schedule. James is nothing but hype, and will hurt this team, not help it win a championship. Bosh and Wade may have won a championship together, but the addition of LeBron ended this possibility.

[seawolf77]

04:19 AM on 07/11/2010

Bird, Parish, McHale. West, Chamberlain, Baylor. Russel,Cousy, Jones. Frazier, Reed, Bradley. The list goes on. These guys are yahoos. LeBron single handedly destroyed what was a great story for Cleveland, where he was treated like royalty and undeservedly so. How can anyone leave THAT for money when you already have all the money you could ever spend is absurd. I bet if you asked Joe Montana today would he have gone to Kansas City knowing what he knows now and I bet he'd say no.

[pfc1369]

08:40 AM on 07/11/2010

Earl "the Pearl" Monroe with his shake 'n bake moves....and "pistol" Pete Marovitch.

McAdoo was an odd choice for Cenk's analogy.

He wasn't Magic or Bird (who was?) but he was a first-rate player in his day.

[Greg285]

01:04 PM on 07/12/2010

How true you are! McAdoo was a former MVP with the Buffalo Braves (Not the LA Clippers). But Bosh? Please, don't even use his name in the same breath as McAdoo. Bosh is over-rated and all hype! What has he accomplish in his career? Tornto was much better when they had Vince and T-Mac....

[Greg285]

01:06 PM on 07/12/2010

McAdoo was a college All-American at UNC, former MVP with the Buffalo Braves (Now the LA Clippers). Bosh is over-rated and should not be used in the same sentence with McAdoo!

[haval2]

03:11 AM on 07/11/2010

What in sports is not hype? surely salaries and swagga are exaggerations in all sports. time will tell.

[RustNeverSleeps]

02:43 AM on 07/11/2010

Put me in the camp that wants to see them fail. I've never been a big fan of this kind of hype. Being a lifelong Celtic fan, I'm accustomed to seeing a team earn respect by winning a few championships.

[Rich Zubaty the Rude Guy]

09:12 PM on 07/10/2010

Stick with the politics bro. The “John Madden” graphic you did on the Dylan Ratigan show depicting how far right Obama is was a powerful visual.

[mtwilson]

08:07 PM on 07/10/2010

And why is it, exactly, that we're supposed to care?

[Clement Yeung]

08:18 PM on 07/10/2010

This was posted in the sports section, and presumably this is what sports fans care about.

[Guscat]

07:39 AM on 07/11/2010

And why is it, exactly, that you read the post if you do not care?

[nubianlegalmind]

07:32 PM on 07/10/2010

Oh my God Cenk, this article is PERFECTION! I feel exactly the same way. As a member of the Young Turk nation, I couldn't agree more. For Dwayne Wade to say that they're the best trio of all time, is a slap in the face of his alleged hero. Are they better than Jordan/Pippen/Rodman? As you always say OF COURSE...NOT! I can not wait until the season starts now. This is a train wreck just waiting to happen. It's like a horror flick and you know someone has to die. I've never seen someone have a celebration/parade BEFORE the victory. No W's on the books yet, no championship trophy - this is ridiculous!