Almost 8.5 seasons since LBJ left and The Culture has produced a .5398 win percentage.
*From Deadspin: ...nobody wants to write off the Heat yet because of the culture and the coach. [I actually do and I have. BUT:] They were 16-12 after 28 games last season, and at 13-15, they’re not far off record-wise. It’s still realistic that guile, Erik Spoelstra, and organizational stability could turn this around and get a top-four seed.
Excellent point by the Deadheads. It is only a three-game difference. Personally, I think this is the "Heat's" cycle. The culture demands so much of the players physically and mentally that they have not been able to put together two successive years of excellence. It's been: great year, off year to recharge, great year, and this would be the off year in that cycle. Their offense from range has been putrid and where on the bench is the Answer? Donut? He's so far down Spo's rotation you have to send a search party to find him. We led the Association in three-point shooting last season. Every one of our bombardiers have regressed: Robinson, the Composer, the Artist, C-Mart. Where's the offensive improvement going to come from with four of our top four snipers having regressed? But, to repeat the Deadheads, they're only three games off last season's Eastern best record.
