NBA: Review of the 2010-2011 season/ NBA Lockout

Is it fate? When the "Big Three" were formed last year, everyone thought "What's the point of watching, this is basketball's best uniting to kick butt!" And after a surprising terrible start, they started to get hot and for the rest of the season they went either on a super hot streak or on an embarrassing cold streak. After several lead changes in the Eastern Conference, the play-off teams were established and all teams were ready to play. I'll go out and say it. I was a Heat fan all the way. From "Flash" and "Shaque" leading the team all the way to this year's James and Wade... I was supporting them all the way. I, like others, thought that not only would acquiring James and Bosh change the the future of the Miami Heat, but that it would change the whole season and future of the NBA. Sure they were hated everywhere from Cleveland to Toronto and the majority of other North American cities, sure they had plenty of work to be done, the Heat overall had a great season... up until the the NBA Finals, but I'll get to that later. In the meantime, it was spectacular how well the rest of the NBA responded the the "Big Three". Despite the fact that Toronto and Cleveland had one of the worst seasons in both of their franchises histories, other teams were ready to prove that the Heat were overrated. They did prove this. From Dallas, to L.A., to Chicago, the NBA showed their fans that they had a reason to watch the games.

The Play-offs came and things got interesting. After long rivalries and great series ended, the finals was perhaps the most interesting it could have been. Dallas vs. Miami. The Heat struggled all regular season against the Dallas Mavericks but were ready to prove to them that the money that they spent was money well spent. They didn't prove that. They lost without even taking it to the last game, Nowitzki got his long awaited title and the Raptors and Cavaliers got the last laugh.

Turns out that, that stellar season that the Heat were supposed to have, didn't go as planned. As a fan, I was so frustrated with the outcome of the season and said to myself "I don't wanna' wait until next year!" It looks like I'm going to have to wait even longer.

During the summer, there were claims that there was going to be an NBA lockout. After it was declared that there would be a Lockout, players decided that they would sign one-year contracts with teams around the world. China was most of the players first option. They made it clear, however that they were not willing to sign many contracts for a year which is understandable considering that it would require several roster changes for this to happen. To tell you the truth, I am definitively no genius when it comes to this lockout because there's just to many things to cover that can happen. Who knows if an agreement can be made soon enough or if it's going to be handled completely unprofessionally.If there is one thing we know about sports. anything is possible. (Except for Lebron showing up for the fourth quarter.)

So now that you have read all this, what do you think? Is it fate that the year that the biggest deal in history, the deal that was supposed to be a positive for the Heat, turned into a "Do or Die" moment. Maybe this was the year they were supposed to win. I can't tell you that. That's, like I said before, impossible to know. Most people might say "Nah it was their first year together, they need to build chemistry." I though that until the lockout happened. Either way, like my father likes to say... We'll see.

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