Throughout the previous three seasons, there's been more pressure on the Miami Heat than any other team in the NBA. That's no different this season, despite Miami having won back-to-back championships.
And really, a strong case can be made that this is the most important Heat season ever, excluding the 2010-11 season, because of the legacies involved and how dependent the future of this team is on how well this season goes.
So which Miami players does that pressure most fall on? Let's get into it!
LeBron James
Well, duh. James has been perhaps the most scrutinized and picked apart player in NBA history.
While he's no longer the NBA world's punching bag—having won two titles and, in turn, establishing himself as by far the best player in the league—don't think for a second that he's not going to get criticized if the Heat fall short of a title this year.
Detractors would say that two championships in four years wasn't what LeBron promised, that the Big Three era is a failure and LeBron's most at fault.
Also, t ...
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Miami Heat Players Under the Most Pressure in 2013-14
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