Miami Heat's primary mission should be defeating the Boston Celtics

Heat picked to be champions this upcoming season. Pfft. Too pre-mature. And I think the notion is caused by the success of the earlier formed big three, the Boston Big Three. But contrary to popular impression that the Heat will go all the way to the finals I stand as opposition. One big obstacle stands in the way and they're "green-ing" to get their hands dirty.

Boston have been overlooked in the discussion of potential NBA finalist because of the LeBron show that overshadowed the whole off-season (even casting it's big shadow in the Finals series). But let us not be fooled, the guys in green maybe old news but they're standing tall. This off-season they shored up their artillery by adding old dogs O'Neals. They present the biggest problem for the Heat as well as the Lakers because they got height and they got might. The O'Neals maybe old but they're not as feathery as Chris Bosh or Lamar Odom, they will use their bodies to their advantage, physical and that's what Boston is even was. Add Kendrick Perkin's to the equation later in the season and you got potent post defenders. Shaq is the only individual left who can play Dwight Howard one-on-one, Bynum even in old age. Jermaine is still useful down the block scorer. Trivia: Have you noticed how the last 3 finals have been dictated by length of players? Boston had better height advantage in 2008, Magic was overwhelmed by the Lakers in 2009, 2010 was the same after Kendrick Perkins went down.

Looking at the entire Celtics roster is like looking at an entire collection of anique superstars, Garnett, Allen, Pierce, The O'Neals. Add to that the motley crüe they assembled this last 3 years where they were present in two finals and getting at least one championship in those appearances. They play hard ball and seemed focused on what they're doing, and the heart Garnett's eternal fire to get to the championship never seemed so vagrant as when he played his best game of the recently concluded finals in Game 7 itself. They maybe old but they are still the bad dogs... the yardstick of the East.