Remember when LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to go play in Miami? That final season in Cleveland, James was surrounded by Anthony Parker, Mo Williams, Antawn Jamison and an already aged and well-seasoned Shaquille O'Neal.
Everybody knew why James could not win a championship in Cleveland. It was because he had no supporting players. Who else would score if it was not LeBron?
That postseason he went on to average 29.1 points, nine rebounds and seven assists per game.
Nevertheless he lost in 2010, similar to the results in 2009, 2008, 2007 in the Finals and 2006.
Last season was dreadful as he only averaged 23 points a game and saw his Miami Heat lose in six games to the Dallas Mavericks.
In the first two games of the Conference Finals, the Heat were looking good. Suddenly, James seems to be playing with the old Cleveland Cavaliers as everybody in the Heat depends on LeBron to carry the load.
So far in the NBA playoffs, James is back to his old ways. He has not gone ballistic like he did in 2009 when he averaged 35.9 a game and dropped 40 or more on the Orlando Magic three times in six games.
He has averaged 29.9 points in the 2012 playoffs, with almost nine rebounds and close to six assists a night. Against the Boston Celtics, he has averaged just over 32 points, nine rebounds and just fewer than five assists a game.
Those numbers are fairly close to his dominant days in Cleveland. Unfortunately, nobody else in the Heat is stepping up.
He was supposed to team up with "Flash," Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to become the ultimate "Big Three. Chris Bosh has proven to be slightly overrated as he has become an average player with the Heat.
Wade has slowed his production when the Heat have needed it the most. Without Bosh in the lineup, Wade has not been as effective.
In both losses, Wade has shot a combined 16-42 from the floor and only scored 38 points.
Aside from Mario Chalmers and Udonis Haslem, the Heat barely have a legitimate supporting cast.
Shane Battier is a defensive specialist, Joel Anthony is strictly a body in the paint that has to clean up the glass and Mike Miller is too inconsistent to be counted on.
Let's face reality, if the Heat make it out of the Eastern Conference Finals, they are still bound to lose against the West.
The San Antonio Spurs are too organized of a team on the half-court. Tim Duncan can control the paint while Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili can do both, shoot from the outside and penetrate defenders.
The Oklahoma City Thunder have too many weapons as they are a very balanced team. Kevin Durant is simply a scoring machine, Serge Ibaka is a maniac on the blocks and Thabo Sefolosha and Nick Collison are doing a great job as role players.
Russell Westbrook is still too immature of a player to be considered dominant, but when he can make things happen for Oklahoma City.
It looks like LeBron James will have to wait another year without a ring as the Miami Heat have failed to surround him with the appropriate players and coach, cannot leave Erik Spoelstra out of this mess.