When the NBA released its 2012-13 GM survey Monday it appeared that the overall favorite to win the NBA Finals the Miami Heat were all but invincible.
Though the team are the favorites by many, the word "invincible" doesn't quite describe the team according to Heat shooting guard Dwayne Wade.
Chris Tomasson of Fox Sports reported that Wade, in an interview with Fox Sports Florida, offered specifics to where they Heat have their weaknesses.
One look at their roster and it's obvious to where Wade was going.
"Yeah, we have weaknesses," said Wade in the interview. "We're not the biggest team in the league. It's a glaring weakness.
"As well as it's a weakness, it's a strength. And so we got a weakness. We're not going to come out and we're not going to say this big guy is going to get 14 rebounds a game. We have to rebound collectively as a team. So, obviously, that's a weakness for us. But it's also a strength for us because at the other end of the floor, when the ball gets off the rim, we're able to use our speed."
Wade went on to voice his opinions on the challenges the Heat will face with teams who have legitimate centers, like Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard, though he won't be an issue to the Heat until say a possible NBA Finals showdown. In the East, however, Wade mentioned just two threats he's taken notice too.
"It's not too many teams," Wade said of those with a quality traditional center. "Obviously, Philadelphia with Andrew Bynum, he's a big guy. He's one of the best centers in the league. You got the Brooklyn Nets with (Brook) Lopez, one of the best centers in the league.
"There's a few, but it's not that many teams that have big guys. But when you point out a weakness (of the Heat), we have playmakers, we have shooters, we have guys who can take over games. We have everything you need in a sense, but you don't have the ultimate team. Everybody somewhere doesn't have something."
You got to respect Wade's honesty on the matter, but regardless of what the team's weakness is, they are a team that still manages to adapt well.
The last Heat center was Zydrunas Ilgauskas when the Heat loss the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks in 2010-2011. Since then they haven't had a 7-footer in the paint, but still managed to being one of the most dominating teams in the league.
With the addition of 10-time All-Star sharp-shooter Ray Allen and two-time All-Star Rashard Lewis to command the floor from beyond the three-point line, the Heat are posed to succeed even without a massive force in the paint if they continue to stick to the formula and "rebound collectively" as Wade said.
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