Early Heat Returns

Continuing the theme of premature evaluation around here, Bill Simmons wrote an entire column evaluating two games--two!--and seeing where the Miami Heat is.

As usual, however, Simmons had an insight that bears repeating:

So there's hope for LeBron to snap out of this. Still, when you've been showered with affection for 10 years, and then it turns on a dime, how can it not affect you? Especially if you didn't see it coming. LeBron, Wade and Bosh thought, "This will be great! Three buddies playing together and winning titles! We've been talking about this for years! And we get to live in South Beach!" Mike Miller thought, "This will be great! I get to shoot 3s and win titles!" Udonis Haslem thought, "This will be great! I'll take a little less money to stay home and play with my boy Wade!" Juwan Howard, Jamaal Magloire and Zydrunas Ilgauskas thought, "Sure, we'd love to come along for the ride! This sounds like a blast!"
At no point did anyone think, "My God, people are going to HAAAAAAAATE us."