Legacy grows for Miami's Big 3
— -- MIAMI -- The walls in and around the locker rooms are already filled with photos of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with trophies and champagne bottles going back years now.
For this trio, another banner is on order, a fourth one for conference champs alongside the four division title banners, dwarfed by the two title banners already there.
Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, K.C. Jones, Bill Sharman and John Havlicek. Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy. Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.
James, Wade and Bosh.
These are the names on some of the great dynasties of NBA history. The Heat are there, card-carrying members of the club. They'll be alongside these men in the Hall of Fame. When the NBA honors it's top 75 players of all time in 2022, their names will be there. In 10, 15 or 25 years they'll be honored with documentaries. When they are introduced to give speeches or to open exhibits or to be toasted at banquets, the achievement will be cited with applause.
For all that "not two, not three, not four, not five ..." talk that signified their arrival and simultaneously alienated much of the basketball-loving public four years ago, the Heat have planted their flag. They may have been guilty of hubris, but they were also right.
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