The 2-0 Miami Heat have set the NBA on fire with a dangerously effective, new-look offense that emphasizes athleticism and de-emphasizes LeBron and Wade and Bosh standing around expecting to win. As undeniably great as they are, they keep doing things to make us hate them … most notably their 2011-12 intro hype video, wherein Hype Williams has apparently taken his talents to South Beach to film the team posing like d-bags in the best Express For Men has to offer.
It doesn’t do a lot to help the “Hollywood Heat” nickname, but it goes a long way to making Juwan Howard look like a 70-year old sailor, if that was part of the plan. It also makes me feel a little sorry for the guys who get crammed together at the end, like Mickell Gladness. More like Mickell Sadness. They should just have a fast-scrolling list of the non-Big 3 roster with AND ALSO at the top fly by so LeBron can flex his sweatermuscles and wear vintage sunglasses more.
Anyway, for extra fun, compare and contrast this with the undisputed king of music video intros:
From NORTH … Caaaaarolina > scarves
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And now, starting at forward, from Duke University and my frat house closet… SHANE BATTIER!!!
The only thing I didn’t hate about that video was the Heat dancers.
I just hate them so much…
It’s all awful, but one of the worst things is that it reminded me that Eddy Curry is probably going to get a ring this year.
Does “Cole” go by one name?
As a Knicks fan, how I loathed the Jordan-era Bulls. But man oh man, that classic entrance to this day still gives me chills. As good as any even in pro wrestling.
You can tell they’re ready to play some ball because they’re totally not dressed for it.
B- effort compared to last year’s amazing d-bag performance
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As much as I hated the Heat last year, I still have to give them respect for playing the unfortunately instrumental version of C-Murder’s “Down 4 My N****z” during the pregame intro to game 6 of the Finals.
It makes me sad to see D Wade turn into such a D Bag, smh.
I wish they’d cut it so as to keep the part where ye says Something wrong–i hold my head. MJ gone. That nigga dead.