The Three Am-EGOS

Can you picture it??? A sandy beach background, Dwyane Wade sitting on a big horse with his first lap dog Chris Bosh sitting on a small burro on one side and his latest sidekick on another small burro on the other side; all three wearing sombreros with flip flops on their feet to further symbolize how none of them will be able to sell another pair of basketball shoes outside of South Beach (that's what HE called it, so I'm done saying Miami - ok, now I'm done). They're all smiling for different reasons...Wade because he just added two more guys to his peeps, Bosh because he's just along for the ride and is just happy to be back in the US, and LeBron...well, because he's too stupid to know any better. The final touch has their new nickname...The Three Am-EGOS across the bottom! Would MGM have a problem with that name?

I'm looking forward to the first same-team fist fight between Bosh and LeBron when Bosh only gets up 5 shots in a game while LeBron and Wade are chucking it up there 25 times each trying to outdo each other. Does Bosh really think he's going to average 24 ppg with those two guys distributing the ball? Won't it be fun when Carlos Boozer beats out Bosh to even make the All-Star team this year? All the fair weather South Beach fans can't get internet service on the beach and won't bother to vote while TRUE basketball fans in Chicago and NY stuff the ballot box to send Boozer and Amare to the big game; of course LeBron will still get there too.

How did Chris Bosh get lumped in with these other two as a superstar anyway? Boy, he must have a much better marketing department than LeBron, huh? Ya, he can score, but he has made only two trips to the playoffs in his 7-year career and his team only won 3 of 11 playoff games losing both 1st round series. Ya, he puts up some sexy numbers - 20.2/9.4 for his career, but is he that much better than Carlos Boozer - 17.2/10.2? Boozer has been to the playoffs the last 4 straight years playing in 44 playoff games and actually winning 4 series in a much more competitive Western Conference.

I read that Riley signed his second player for the 2010-11 season (last I heard, The Three Am-EGOS have yet to finalize their deals...hey, there's still hope Cleveland!)...the oft-injured although talented Mike Miller. Miller only played in 54 games last year for the Wizards, but then again, the Wizards barely played that many as a team anyway. Is Shaq going to fill (and I do mean FILL) the role at center for this team because Bosh isn't going to do it? “The thing I said when I came into free agency is I'm going to be a forward,” Bosh said. “I'm going to play my natural position.” Would Shaq stoop that low in trying to even things up with Kobe (Kobe now has 5 rings while Shaq has 4)? I'm not sure where we'd squeeze him in for my t-shirt idea so I say he can't go there.

Did anyone EVER think Kobe would be considered the hero? Certainly not me! Yet, there he is...the only superstar who not only didn't sell out to avoid the challenge; he pushed out another superstar insuring he'd be THE MAN. What has he done since? Just win back-to-back NBA championships and make 3 consecutive trips to the Finals; that's all. Now THAT is an alpha male!