THE HEAT, C'S, and THE LAKESHOW showing teams early that if you are going to the playoffs .....you will have to stop thru here.

The 2010-2011 NBA SEASON just kicked off this week with a full slate of heavyweights and contenders to the LAKERS THRONE. The HEAT, CELTS, and LAKERS are showing early on that everything will be coming thru them in the 2011 NBA Playoffs.

The HEAT are doing it with the 3 headed monster known as MIAMI THRICE in WADE, BOSH, and JAMES.

The GREEN TEAM are doing it with elite veterans in the BIG SHAMROCK (SHAQ), BIG TICKET, SUGAR RAY, THE TRUTH, JERMAINE O, and THE MAESTRO in all this DOUBLE R RAJON RONDO.

The LAKESHOW you would think didn't get better in the offseason but they did. Same Guys up front in L.O., The SPANIARD, BLACK MAMBA, D FISH, RON RON, and a scary bench that to the BLUEDUDE is the Best in the league in Free Agent Pick-ups MATT BARNES and STEVE BLAKE, along with holdovers in SHANNON "just got engaged to MONICA the R&B Singer" BROWN, LUKE WALTON, DEREK CHARACTER, and SASHA "JUST proposed to tennis star MARIA SHARAPOVA"VUJACIC. These guys will be a tough out and are my favorites for a three-peat beacuse of three things: The ZEN MASTER PHIL JACKSON, still the ultimate closer in The BLACK MAMBA, and the new and improved bench.

Lets take a closer look at the other two in MIAMI and BOSTON:

MIAMI is doing on the defensive end and now they knew that coming in its just the fans and NBA Observers wanted to know what they were going to lay their hats on. KING JAMES AND FLASH (D WADE) remind me of the scheme the BULLS used to use, with HIS AIRNESS MICHAEL JEFFREY JORDAN and MR. PIP 33 SCOTTIE PIPPEN, getting out in the passing lanes and using their superior athleticism to turn defense into easy transition points. They destroyed the SIXERS and MAGIC with solely using this type of scheme. And on Offene they are a work in progress but I was reading on CRAIGSLIST.ORG the heat had listed, "IF YOU CAN KNOCK DOWN OPEN SHOTS ON A CONSISTENT BASIS PLEASE APPLY", Joking of course. But playing with JAMES and WADE they create so many defensive mismatches that the shooters on the wings and BIGS in the mid-range get open look after open look.

Now I see what OLD RILES (HEAT PREZ PAT RILEY, KENTUCKY WILDCAT Himself) was doing when he was putting the current roster together after acquiring KING JAMES and CB1. He added shooters in JAMES JONES, EDDIE HOUSE, and MIKE MILLER, and kept mainstay holdover and mid-range shooting BIG in "UD" UDONIS HASLEM. By December the HEAT will be a RUNAWAY TRAIN every night and when scouting them its simple," YOU BETTER HOPE SOMEBODY IS MISSING SHOTS BECAUSE IN TRANSITION THEY WILL NOT LOSE".

BOSTON: The C's are relying on getting through the season with a stock pile of BIGS and the scoring and playmaking of THE TRUTH, SUGAR RAY, and RAJON RONDO. Coach Doc RIvers only real problem is on back to backs when the depth in the front court, which is a little older than most teams they will be facing, will be hit or miss with now injury-prone BIGS in SHAQ, JERMAINE O'NEAL, and sometimes the BIG TICKET, who actually this week looks as healthy as he has been since the GREEN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Season. When playing the C's you must know where RAY ALLEN is at all times, Keep PAUL PIERCE out of a zone and in easy transition baskets, and hope to contain the engine and brains that make the CELTS go in RAJON RONDO.

The Louisville, Kentucky native, by way of OAK HILL ACADEMY in Virginia and UK in Lexington has surprised everyone in the league with his play but probably DOC, GM AINGE, and his teammates. With the enate ability to get a triple-double on almost any night, RONDO is the orchestartor of the GREEN TEAM and SO HE GOES the CELTS GO.

Just last night check out this stat line line vs MAGIC PG JAMEER NELSON 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 24 assisits , that;s right 24 helpers and the BLUEDUDE has a new nickname for RONDO, "FRONT OF THE HOUSE SERVER" or move over TONI KUKOC " THE WAITER". The man is off the charts and arguably is the best and slickest defender at the PG spot in the association.

There you have it three station stops on ypur way to the LARRY O'BRIEN Trophy in STAPLES CENTER and THE LAKESHOW, AMERICAN AIRLINE CENTER in MIAMI now called the STAPLES CENTER in the EAST and the MIAMI HEAT, and THE NEW GARDEN TD BANKNORTH GARDENS and the GREEN TEAM.

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