It's truly amazing to me. Lebron and Bosh were FREE AGENTS when they decided to choose a different place of employment.
We all seem to forget that it was their right to choose wherever they wanted to go!!! Yet this general sports neanderthal attitude remains about staying with one team forever. Those days are far long gone for most athletes.
If you want to….you can. But you have a right to work wherever you feel will give you the best chance at success not only for you, but what you feel is best for your family in regards to socially, economically and geography.
I grew up watching basketball in the 80's and as great as the Lakers and Celtics were…..they still lost…plenty. It's hard to win titles. Very hard. Yet people think the Heat were supposed to win it every year? They went to 4 straight Finals and won 2. Incredible stuff. And their work is still not done. Anyone who took the "not one, not two, not three literally are fools. Never been to a pep rally? That's all that was. Seriously. Yet in this 24/7 news cycle with tweets, blogs and ESPN sports porn everything is hyperbole to the extreme. It's really awful.
Shaq ran to LA…yet no one talks about that. Did he stick it out with Orlando?
Melo forced his way out of Denver….no talked about it. And he is about to leave again. LOL.
All the great teams had big 2 or big 3's. They still have to play 82 games, and win 4 playoff series. No one handed anything to any NBA Finals winner. All of it was earned with hard work and dedication.
Hate the Heat all you want..as a life long Heat fan (1988) am I enjoying it. It means we are winning titles.