They were one of the most polarizing big 3's ever assembled, but just how good were they actually? Follow Nonstop Instagram: / nonstop TikTok: / nonstop Twitter: / nonstop Imagery supplied by Getty Images
@@deonteanderson4614 so in 1st round interview Kobe said he wants to 3peat? But they got swept and tired? Idk about that bro. Dallas is Better and they destroy the OKC too. That Mavs team is underrated.
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.
He took the blunt end of the criticism for good reason. Bosh was a solid NBA player on a really bad team for years, Kind like a Kevin love. When Bosh was paired with actual super stars he struggled to be more than just a role player.
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.
8 years is a long time, man. For reference, Andrew Wiggins and Jabari Parker were seen as “The Future” around that time. Since then, Jabari’s Parkers knees have exploded and taken him out of the league while Wiggins had to reinvent himself.
The league is just lucky Wade and James didn’t team up after the 08 Olympics instead of 2010, otherwise that’s at least 3 more championships on the table on top of the two they got
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.
@@Rookie_Mode2023 maybe for others but here in our town the old folks seeing MJ bulls in heat jersey and they are excited to watch Heat games during that era. Very enjoyable almost every game
I’m an Mavs fan. I don’t necessarily like Lebron or the heat or Wade. But the 2011-2014 Heatles made the NBA the most exciting that it has ever been. That is the NBA best era.
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.
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.
@@justthisguy1948 not really taking into account the 2 losses were preventable, Dirk literally beat 3 Top 10 Players of All Time in 1 Postseason run, and swept Kobe’s back to back team. But the spurs one of the worst things that could’ve happened… Bosh and Wade’s decline started. If Wade and Bosh performed like it was 2011/2012 then it would’ve been light out. Wasn’t a failure honestly, Wade and Bosh’s contending days were gone, and Lebron’s definitely weren’t
@@yuhhtempo to only win 2 championships with that squad is a failure and don’t blame Wade and bosh for the last years loss when the first years was lebrons fault
The massive underdog Bulls gave it their best. LeBron blocked D-Rose to secure the series in 5. But the Bulls should have won Game 5 to extend the series to 6, James and Wade said no and they took over the game.
Sometimes it's easy to forget how versatile a defender LeBron was because almost no one could stay in front of Rose and LeBron basically locked him up that series when he was on him. LeBron was also incredibly clutch that series, he crapped the bed against Dallas then was clutch the next two years, it was an amazing run.
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.
Also throw in the fact that Spoelstra was actually a good coach before James and Bosh came in 2011. He took a really horrid Heat team roster to the playoffs in his first two seasons since he replaced Pat Riley after the 2008 season.
That's cause LeBron can be a baby sometimes. When things don't go right he points fingers. I hate that about him, I'm definitely a fan and no one is perfect but that's a trait I don't like about him
@@Kosher93 If it was just LeBron, would've been the same story on the Cavs. An on court leader can only take a team so far, takes an entire franchise to do their jobs and show up to win. And coaching is a huuge part of that more than people would like to admit. Also, I hate to b one of those guys, but for example. Bron dominated that game 6 versus the Spurs, but if it weren't for Bosh and Ray, well... u know what would've happened.
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.
Yep winning in that first rd vs portland is what prepared the Mavs for the rest of the playoffs and finals.If im not mistaken mavs were the underdogs due to past failures
@@brandonbates9259 Bingo! People forgot that the Mavericks for the past three seasons before is a Top 3 or 4 Western Conference team in the regular season and had never made it back to the Finals since 2006 due to early Playoff exits. And who will not forget about that 67-15 Dallas Mavericks being bounced by the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the 2007 Playoffs who happened to be Dirk Nowitzki's MVP Season?
idk why but for me wade>james , and I can’t even try to name James even close not to goat but even great as a player , ye great scorer but not a game changer as a same wade , and not even close not only to Kobe , we’re many another game changing guys , that had much more impact in their teams , how you can see last years , lakers game out of James looks better at my point , I could even say much better , cause ego of this guy grown faster than rings on fingers , imagine this guy don’t have a lot of possession cause now not so fast , but asks big throw percent with huge misses , I mean hes not even close to AI in game impact he had about 40 perc possession , but in their games his points was needed , in lakers with james it’s about ego out of results , and davis not only looks but plays much worse with him time to time , hope James leave lakers his teammates better out of him
I never forget how they mocked Dirk for being sick and how he humbled them by taking the ring. That was definitely a learning experience for them to grow up. The next season, they were all about business.
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.
Love him or hate him you gotta respect his composure when he's back to Cleveland for the first time after joining South Beach. Ben Simmon and many young players probably wouldn't survive that kind of hostile environment. Game really won't be the same after he retire
Facts, Lebron is really once in a generation type of player/athlete/ personality kind of guy. No one has come close to the level of domination/composure/ intellect etc as Lebron. That’s why he gets so much hate, because he’s so unrelatable. People hate what they can have
@@Ril014 Well lebron really is a great player. But the hate started when he left cleveland. Add to the hatred also is his arrogance not 1 not 2 not 3. He also become a flopper and almost whines to the refs. Also his LeGm style backtracks at him but I can't blame him because of his experience in his past careers. I just hope the big 3 stayed longer in miami because that is my favorite team of all time.
@@Ril014 i definitely agree with you. Im thinking if lebron gonna retired the nba will be boring cos most of players just shooting 3s and had 2 moves only on the sleeves. You will not see someone like him again giving you highlights every game.
heat were definitely a dynasty. 2 rings out of 4 back to back finals appearances is impressive. they could’ve done better but they had a lot of pressure on them
@@slanderman3296ym my guy. I honestly don’t think there’s another team in nba history with more pressure than this team. Idk if there’s many (if any) teams in all of sports history with more pressure than this Heat team. It was a circus of criticism and heroics. Legendary playoff runs. Stunningly exciting playoff basketball. Legacies on the line. Names were solidified in history books during this time. Dirk doesn’t get the love he deserves if not being associated with beating this team. Specifically this run makes Dirk have a case for like top 25 all time. Ray Allen is the most clutch 3 point shooter of all time STILL bc of that shot. If not for that shot Curry takes that title for most clutch EASILY. At least now it’s still a debate. When Wade and Bron lost Bosh to injury and drop 70 on Indy it was a statement to the entire league. That team almost broke the Showtime Lakers record for winning streaks. There’s so much history and so many narratives connected to them. So many Hall of fame guys in that Heat Spurs rivalry. So many mvp caliber players etching their names in the books all time. The only thing we didn’t get to see was Kobe and Lebron/Wade meet in the finals. Tbh it prob works out in Kobe’s favor that this didn’t happen 😅
It sucks that the Big Three Heat collapsed in the Finals a season before the Warriors dynasty started. Wouldve have been nice to see the Heat at their peak vs the Warriors in the 2015 Finals
Can you do "How good was Walter Payton?" Best running back ever. Didn't have any Pro Bowl offensive lineman and still had the record for the most rushing yards.
Man i still remember this big three era as yesterday, if only they didnt broke up in 2014 but hey imagine the fight between the big three & the splash brothers in 2015/2016, i think that would be one of the best matches we could had seen
Houston and Miami were my default teams. Wade became one of my favs. Then I was hyped when they got Shaq even if it was short lived. When James came to the team, it was just unreal. I was pretty shocked. I was losing interest in keeping up with sports but that Big 2 was interesting to witness. The Love/hate from the fans made it electrifying.
Can someone explain to me why Chris "The Birdman" Andersen wasn't mentioned in this video? As I recall, after he gotten signed in a two-year deal, they created that historic streak and made their post presence challenging. Yes, we understand that Ray Allen's two-year deal was worth it, but the same can be said about Chris. Period.
He was so key against the pacers in the playoff I remember, they used to struggle against them cuz of size, they had a bunch of scrubs at center almost every season till they got him. They even tried Greg oden!!!
I was in San Antonio in 2014 when they won the game w/ no air conditioning. walking around downtown seeing all the Spurs flags n shit the next day was really cool.
Melo was the one who they want to complete the trio but he signed an extension to the Nuggets in 2009. Melo said that they already talk of teamming up together in 2010 when they reach free agency before he signed with the Nuggets.
nowitzki is so underrated, he’s unguardable 1 on 1 at his peak, it wasn’t surprising they beat that heat, but it was surprising how lbj respond considering he single handedly carried the cavs all those years deep in the playoffs
Norwitzki was already in decline by 2011. It's just that Lebron declined even steeper in finals for whatever reasons to drag the whole Heats team down.
@@TellenJones not sure about the decline since it was his 2nd best playoff scoring of his career, he surely changed his game to the post more, and lbj looks like he doesn’t want to take the throne away from wade and took a step back letting wade run his team!
James: 2x MVP, 4x All Star Wade: 4x All Star Bosh: 4x All Star Not to mention the great roster construction that meshed the big 3 with the criminally underrated point guard Mario Chalmers, the phenomenal post defender and leader Udonis Haslem, and an ever-changing yet great group of bench veterans in Mike Miller (2010-13), Zydrunas Ilgauskas (2010-11), Shane Battier (2011-14), Norris Cole (2011-14), Ray Allen (2012-14), Chris Andersen (2012-14), and Rashard Lewis (2012-14). I started watching the NBA just a bit too late for these guys, as I didn't know the Heat and their players until 2014, and they were already crumbling at that point. If it wasn't for D-Wade having old man knees, they may have won it again in 2014.
That fact that the NBA world is ok with this but mad at the KD warriors will forever be crazy to me... I think the big 3 heat beats the Warriors in a 7 game series... They had shooters too
Brown joined Miami when I was in Grade 12, then first 3/4 of my college years. Dude went back to Cavs then won another chip just when I was graduating. Bron had his best yr during my college yr. I just remember I was rooting for pacers to take down heat but no. Lol
2010-2014 Heat was far from unsuccessful but they definitely underachieved. You can’t lose that 2011 finals, that way that loss in 2014 doesn’t look as bad because it would have been their first loss in the finals, as well winning 3 championships straight. It also makes LeBron’s move back to Cleveland even more reasonable
@@lukepiemaker They were a very good team but they’re not a dynasty. That combination of players is supposed to win 3+ rings. 2-4 isn’t terrible but it’s not as successful as people thought they would be.
@@chancelinder Winning 2 out of 4 years is not success for you? I mean other teams just winning one is just a dream from them. Other teams can't even make it to the finals and has been in the league for x number of years. That Heat run was undoubtedly a success. You maybe talking about the Celtics forming a big 3 and just getting 2 finals appearance and 1 ring. That's is under achieving.
@@maxillebastille9079 they only stayed together for 4 years . And bosh literally retired year after 💀. Dwade wasn’t relevant he was washed by then due to injured . The whole idea of super team is not really having well supported squad with depth . U have 3 all stars that dude all the heavy lifiting .
seeing all these teams that have tried to build super teams, it makes there 4 year run that much more impressive, kyrie Durant and harden would’ve loved 2 out of 4
This Heat team was very entertaining to watch especially in the 2012 playoffs after losing in the finals the year before (I was glad Dallas won it in 2011, Dirk deserved a ring) and needing to overcome a 3-2 deficit against rivals Boston in the ECF in 2012. They took care of OKC and then split 2 NBA finals meetings with San Antonio in 2013 and 2014, were lucky to win it in 2013 thanks to Ray Allen's crazy clutch 3 pointer. LeBron James may have been the leading scorer but Chris Bosh was probably the most important player on this Heat team. He did some amazing things when it mattered, offensive rebound to the mentioned Ray Allen 3 pointer and the game saving block on Danny Green. Bosh also made some great game winners, especially the one in San Antonio during the regular season.
@@_MM03 to be fair lebron was going off all post season but for some reason choked in the finals with zero points in the 4th quarter was just unacceptable.
@@josephj1973 nah. She’s a great wife and watches football with me but I can barely watch basketball anymore either. I love the game but 3’s every 17 seconds isn’t exciting like watching lebron, wade and bosh light them up without having to shoot many 3s at all.
@@RaidenNexus97 hell yeah. The 2014 Spurs were motivated to get revenge and they also knew it was their last chance to bring home the trophy with the Big Three: Duncan, Ginobili and Parker. The 2014 finals were also exhilarating.
Huge warriors fan here but this era of lebron was my favorite. The big 3 here is by far my favorite. The chemistry was amazing. And I can’t lie here, this heat team would dominate ANY team today. Even my healthy, prime warriors
Sorry to burst your bubble but the warriors would own the heat, heat almost lost to the 2013 spurs, which the warriors is exactly like but better with 3 pt shooting.
@@kuhieyei3855 bucks and warriors are way too good to be "dominated" by a team like the heat. If they actually played it might be close but no domination
@@andrewbomkamp3708 yeah exactly what i said, the warriors are basically the 2014 spurs with miles better talent. No way the heat that is a rebound away and saved by the exact type of player the warriors best player has from losing in 2013 would dominate warriors lmao
@@kuhieyei3855 Heat beat the Warriors in 2019 when Dwade was old and had no good players besides Bam, Heat also beat the Warriors in their prime, and The 2012 Heat never went against the 2016 warriors roster so no one knows if the 2016 warriors would of won🤷🏽♂️
@@sergiocano7652 yr after bron left we got hungry Hassan Whiteside. Just imagine. Big 3 was out there with Joel Anthony and bird man. Imagine hungry whiteside
@KingstarXfb precisely! Wade was falling off and Bosh having health problems. That team really did deserve probably 4. However, if that happened that's another thing the haters take from Bron. He can't win....even when he wins
People say lebron is soft but more like his teammates are soft during his career. Wade old legs, bosh disease and AD/kyrie glass man. He dont have a proper superstar to ball hard the whole season.
The worst about this Heat team, is how much flopping Lebron started doing and how many questionable calls favored them to pass the Celtics and win something.
He probably would have stayed if he had won 14. I remember being devastated as a kid who was a Miami Heat fan from overseas that the year I move to Miami Lebron decided to leave.
