How Good Were The Miami Heat Big 3 Actually?

They were one of the most polarizing big 3's ever assembled, but just how good were they actually?

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[tjdecena]

Big respect to Chris Bosh. He took the blunt end of the criticism whenever the Heat had struggles. He adjusted well to the third option and stepped up when Bron or Wade is out. He made one hell of a play against the Spurs in the closing seconds of game 6. The O rebound, the assist to ray and the block on a dangerous Danny Green to steal game 6.

[rqvenzed]

People forget that the 2011 Mavs swept Kobe and the Lakers.

That team is insanely underrated.

[CommonSenseless]

Man, the Heatles were something else. While I absolutely hated them throughout my college years back in the day, it was truly something special to witness. Having such a villainous team just made everything that much more intense. It’s crazy how much the league changed since they broke up after 2014. The league is almost unrecognizable despite it being only 8 years since then.

[scruffdg]

That 4 year run was just so dominant especially that 2012-2013 team when they had that 27 game win streak and went 66-16

[Jay.knox]

Miami heat big 3 is what started my love for basketball.

[thatguywesmaranan]

that wade-james fastbreak was the most exciting and scariest i've ever seen...

[kiLLinEmSoFTly]

4 Finals in a row?
Pretty good run, hard fought battles but some really good luck.
Their 11-12 and 12-13 seasons were incredible.
That Ray Allen 3 PT Shot was one of the most amazing in NBA History.

[ramboluib]

The most memorable thing for me about the Heatles era was an interview with DWade when he said that during that time when they enter the building there are teams who are really intimidated by them he can clearly feel
it way before the start of the game. It's like the young teams are afraid to play them. Especially during that 27 game run.

[claytonphillips]

Even though his career isn't over LeBron James had the most fun of his career with Miami

[julianthesmooshyhusky]

As a bulls fan I remember that ecf all too well. I had never seen Drose afraid to drive to the rack until they started putting LeBron on him

[mindofzay]

One of the most interesting things to me is how they initially viewed and treated Spoelstra. Erik Spoelstra went from being disrespected and disregarded as a pushover coach who's never played in the NBA. To one of the most respected coaches of this era and easily one of the greatest coaches of today's era. Also, many people use 2020 playoffs with an asterisk. But think about it. Only the toughest players, coaches, and staff were able to pull through the 2020 bubble. It really required people to sacrifice comfort and routine, and therefor the mentally strongest teams, not the most talented teams are who made it. And Coach Spoel was able to take a maybe at best second round or ECF team if they're lucky and bring them to the finals. And of course him having Jimmy Butler is a huge W as well. All I'm saying is this man isn't talked about as much for how great of a coach he is.

[Jarekthegamingdragon]

If you're talking about the 2011 mavs, you have to mention their series with portland. Aside from the heat, that was their toughest series all playoffs. It even gave us Brandon Roy's last signature game.

[AlwaysSosa]

Actually, its pretty difficult for brand new teammates to have the type of chemistry the 2011 Heat had and reach the NBA Finals in their first year together. Thats unheard of. Plus an excellent coaching staff starting with Erik Spoelstra which is Pat Rileys hand picked guy.

[freeflowme]

Man, I miss the heat big 3… such a fun style of play to watch… such great playoff rivalries

[ronmangoba]

Coach Erik is still with the Heat as the head coach until now and went to the Finals 5x with the 2-3 record and his last finals appearance, he faced LeBron and the Lakers in 2020

Speaking of Bron, he's the only member of the Heat big 3 still active and won 2 more after with Cleveland and the Lakers seperately.

Honestly at that time I was hoping for a Final showdown between the Heat and Lakers during those 4 years but it didn't happen.

[DarrynPeterson]

If you could make for " How Great was James Worthy Actually" Would be Nice.

[whitemambaxe]

“Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7”
-Lebro— I mean Tom Brady

[Chris-lkug]

0:20 absolutely Crazy. He *EASILY* could’ve stayed in Miami and still contended. Wade and Bosh weren’t the same but that team had more potential than Cleveland (at least at the start of the season). He took the tougher road by going back home to try and win a Cleveland championship.

[calmakisushi]

admit it or not, this big 3 was iconic

[jj]

The 2013 would reek havoc in todays nba especially their small ball lineup