I'm really looking forward to watching the Heat play. Yeah, LeBron was a total dick in how he handled his departure, but whatever. I'm not a Cleveland fan. Why should I care?
LeBron is the most fun player in basketball to watch. His combination of size, speed and skill is just so amazing. I'll probably catch several Heat games this year just to see how the experiment plays out.
The interesting thing to me is in seeing how this plays out in the long-term. Of the big three, it seems to me that Wade is the one who fits least. I see this team winning a championship or two, them underperforming for a season, and Wade gets shipped out for some very nice pieces that fit better. Which will be ironic, given that it was originally "his team."
Anyway, I don't see how as a Blazer fan I should really resent the Heat. The Lakers deprived my guys of a championship. Shaq got away with countless fouls on his way to three rings. I hate that team. What have the Heat, or LeBron/Wade/Bosh, ever really done to earn my hatred?
Bosh/Wade/James decided to work together to be far better than any one could be on their own. That level of cooperation isn't terribly common in America, so I guess it's easy to vilify. But the NBA is a team game, and they clearly are going into this to try to create the most utterly dominant team ever. I don't know that they'll succeed, but I don't dislike them for trying.