(NB: A large portion of this article is dedicated to a vacation story. If you don’t want to read about what a bunch of yobs get up to in the sun, skip between the bold parts).
It’s been nearly three weeks since “The Decision” and LeBron’s decision still confused me.
Why Miami?
It certainly wasn’t the best move [...]

If like me, you witnessed The Decision on ESPN Friday, you’ll wish you had that hour of your life back. But it’s hard to deny it might have been the most important hour in the history of the NBA, as far as future-shaping moments go. Some fans are upset, some excited, some downright confused. So [...]

With the silly season now in full swing, we only thought it fair to share our opinions on what could be the most exciting, entertaining, league-changing off season, ever! Today alone I read that these NBA “reporters” have learnt Lebron and Bosh are definitely going to Chicago. Then I read Lebron and Bosh are definitely [...]

Ant may have got all the sexy first round match-ups out West, but I’ve got the two biggest Finals contenders right here baby. Beasts of the East.
1st Cleveland Cavaliers vs 8th Chicago Bulls
A few weeks ago I was reflecting on Cleveland’s playoff run last season. It was a bittersweet run for me. Bitter, because the [...]

The Atlanta Hawks ended Miami’s season a few days ago, as well as ending the must-see theater that has been the Dwyane Wade Show of 2008-2009. But it also marked the end of an era for the Miami Heat, the final chapter in the story of Alonzo Mourning’s career. His number was retired by Miami [...]

Boston, Cleveland and Miami. The three teams responsible for terminating the Pistons championship hopes in the last three seasons and absolutely gutting their fans. Boston in ’08 in an anti-climaxic Conference Finals, Cleveland in ’07 thanks to a Lebron miracle, and Miami in ’06 on their way to their Wade-lead championship. Go look at the [...]

It’s late October so you know what that means. Every basketball website /blog /magazine /podcast on the planet feels the need to look at every team and try to predict what’s going to happen in 08-09. Here at NBAMate we thought we’d do things a little differently. Rather than look at each team and try [...]

 
UPDATED 4th March 
About a month ago I wrote a blog asking why Dwyane Wade has somehow escaped criticism despite the Miami Heat’s woeful season, and basically telling him to HTFU. He is their star player, their main man, and when shit hits the fan and your team is putting up performances that would make them fair [...]

Well someone decided it would be a good idea to pay Shaquille O’Neal $20 million when I couldn’t sell him for 50 cents. Did they not read my item description? As far as I’m concerned everything I said back in December still stands – except for the bit about Shaq mortgaging the Miami Heat’s future. [...]

I need someone to help me understand something. The Miami Heat are such an incredibly bad team right now, that much has been well documented. They are being spanked by the Celtics as we speak after being down by 30 points in the second quarter. THE SECOND QUARTER! I don’t remember seeing a deficit that [...]