[Stardust]

^ Ballers, for the last two years, the Heat was the team to beat - if anything, you should have referred to that from 2 years ago when the Heat came up short. They were the team to beat (not the Mavs) again last year, and it worked out. No one selected the Mavs at the beginning of this past season!

There is no doubt that it will be the Manifest Destiny of the Heat again this year, everyone has said it, and even the big deals of the Lakers has not changed those opinions. There is no guarantee that they win, but they ARE the proclaimed "team to beat"! Is there anyone that doubts that? The Lakers and the Thunder will have something to say about it, but there is no denying that the Heat are the team to beat this coming season.