Who can beat the Heat?

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Who Can Beat The Heat? By: Chris Barongan and Laderrick Mcmanus With all of the recent trades and injuries during the NBA postseason, a few teams now have a better chance to beat the Heat. The preseason is finished and many of the teams showed some star potential, but now that the regular season is underway, will it be enough to beat the reigning champions? Below is a preview of the two teams who have the most potential to win the 2014 NBA championship. The Brooklyn Nets made quite a big move in the postseason. They were able to trade away Kris Humphries and Gerald Wallace for the Celtic veterans, Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Jason Terry. With that trade, the Nets were able to complete their starting lineup and add more depth to their bench. Their lineup now consists of Deron Williams at point, Joe Johnson at shooting guard, Paul Pierce at small forward, Kevin Garnett at power forward, and Brook Lopez at center. This new starting lineup could possibly give the Nets the edge and allow them to take the championships this year. The Oklahoma City Thunder also look like they have a good chance to beat the Heat. Their lineup consists of Russell Westbrook at point, Thabo Sefolosha at shooting, Kevin Durant at small, Serge Ibaka at power forward, and Kendrick Perkins at center. They added more talent during the draft by adding Steve Adams to their bench. In the last game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Adams had 10 points and 15 boards. With Westbrook out with an injury, Reggie Jackson has had more playing time and has now begun to get better form in his game. Kevin Durant also began taking a heavier duty in scoring more points and filling the void Westbrook left. James and Durant will face each other for the first time this season on January 29, 2014. Pierce, Garnett, and Terry are seen here showing off their newest jerseys.

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Who  Can  Beat  The  Heat?  

By:  Chris  Barongan  and  Laderrick  Mcmanus  

With  all  of  the  recent  trades  and  injuries  during  the  NBA  postseason,  a  few  teams  now  have  a  better  chance  to  beat  the  Heat.  The  preseason  is  finished  and  many  of  the  teams  showed  some  star  potential,  but  now  that  the  regular  season  is  underway,  will  it  be  enough  to  beat  the  reigning  champions?  Below  is  a  preview  of  the  two  teams  who  have  the  most  potential  to  win  the  2014  NBA  championship.    

 

  The  Brooklyn  Nets  made  quite  a  big  move  in  the  postseason.  They  were  able  to  trade  away  Kris  Humphries  and  Gerald  Wallace  for  the  Celtic  veterans,  Paul  Pierce,  Kevin  Garnett,  and  Jason  Terry.    

With  that  trade,  the  Nets  were  able  to  complete  their  starting  lineup  and  add  more  depth  to  their  bench.  Their  lineup  now  consists  of  Deron  Williams  at  point,  Joe  Johnson  at  shooting  guard,  Paul  Pierce  at  small  forward,  Kevin  Garnett  at  power  forward,  and  Brook  Lopez  at  center.  This  new  starting  lineup  could  possibly  give  the  Nets  the  edge  and  allow  them  to  take  the  championships  this  year.    

   

  The  Oklahoma  City  Thunder  also  look  like  they  have  a  good  chance  to  beat  the  Heat.  Their  lineup  consists  of  Russell  Westbrook  at  point,  Thabo  Sefolosha  at  shooting,  Kevin  Durant  at  small,  Serge  Ibaka  at  power  forward,  and  Kendrick  Perkins  at  center.  They  added  more  talent  during  the  draft  by  adding  Steve  Adams  to  their  bench.  In  the  last  game  against  the  New  Orleans  Pelicans,  Adams  had  10  points  and  15  boards.  With  Westbrook  out  with  an  injury,  Reggie  Jackson  has  had  more  playing  time  and  has  now  begun  to  get  better  form  in  his  game.  Kevin  Durant  also  began  taking  a  heavier  duty  in  scoring  more  points  and  filling  the  void  Westbrook  left.    

 James  and  Durant  will  face  each  other  for  the  first  time  this  season  on  January  29,  2014.    

Pierce,  Garnett,  and  Terry  are  seen  here  showing  off  their  newest  jerseys.