It's not fair (or accurate) for me to say I despise him as a person. He clearly does a lot of charitable work and does seem to be a pretty good guy, and deserves praise for those things. What I do despise is the way he chose to create a superteam in order to chase a title, and I truly feel that the NBA is going to be a FAR worse league in a few years because of it. If and when the All-Star Heat win a title, I imagine we'll start seeing other superstars collude to form other superteams in the big markets in order to also have a shot to compete for titles. The smaller market teams will essentially just become minor league squads for the elite players to cut their teeth in as they wait for their first contract to run out and then join one of the super teams in LA, NY, Miami or Chicago. Personally I think the league is a better place when the superstars are spread out somewhat evenly amongst several teams as opposed to all grouped together on 4-5 teams.
I realize that the Heat aren't the first team who have ever had multiple great players in one city, but it is the first time we've seen 3 guys colluding in full view of the public to join forces in free agency. If the Heat prove that a team with 3 superstars surrounded by essentially scrubs is a winning formula, sadly, I'm afraid this sort of team will become commonplace rather than a one time experiment.
