The Heat Are The World Champs?!

by Brett Edwards

By the looks of the Heat's celebration after advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, that's what you would be lead to believe. Everyone running around in Conference Champions t-shirts and hats, players posing with the Eastern Conference Trophy, Riley at center court addressing the fans. As recently as 8-10 years ago there wasn't even any such thing as a Conference Champs trophy! Come on, Miami, you still have one more series to play, let's try to act like it. I remember the Shaq/Kobe Lakers totally blowing off the Conference trophy thing, just kind of taking it and being like, "uh, great, can we focus on getting the real trophy now?" Props to Shaq for refusing to take part in this, (see "quote of the day") knowing that it means nothing if they don't win the whole thing.

Comments

[Joshua]

Conference Trophies are retarded, what's worse Conference banners hanging up in Arenas like Conseco Fieldhouse Pacers Eastern Conference champs, how can you be a champ and than get demolished in the Finals by the real champs?

I thought the Mavs did an okay job of looking ahead to the finals and downplaying the "trophy/western conference champs" bit, but just even mentioning it is really dumb. Like cutting down the nets after you win your region and move on to the final 4. Maybe for a team like George Mason it's okay but not anyone else.

Agreed.

[Dave]

They could sure learn from the NHL. You don't touch the conference trophies, you hardly even look at them. They mean nothing.

[jake]

would you be overly excited if your team finally won, after being 2 minutes away from that same spot the year before IN SPITE of being an injured, limping, bleeding team? imagine having to wait an entire year to get the chance to erase the recurring nightmare. those wounds were still raw for the core of the team. or better yet, imagine having a kidney disorder ending your hopes of ever playing the game again, let alone having the chance to play in the finals. or imagine listening to the media and public tear your team apart for an entire year...doubting your every move on and off the court. would you savor the said trophy ceremony for a few minutes?

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