The NBA is run by superstars, and the Heat has the ultimate superstar of them all.

Reigning four-time MVP small foward LeBron James is the best player in the league today. James and the Heat will be raising the Larry O’Brien trophy for the third straight year because James will lead the way again.

Critics are against the Heat repeating as champions again because the team has hit the point of exhaustion. The last two years, the Heat are the only team to play until June and that has tired them out as each season progressed.

The three to four months tacked on from the regular season will tire any team around in the league.

Due to this exhaustion, Miami took a dip in every defensive statistical category, a focus in the previous two title runs.

In addition, the Heat did not have a regular season to remember. It was a season of resting Dwyane Wade and sitting him out at the end of a back-to-back set of games.

As Durant dominated the headlines for breaking scoring records, James was a mere second in comparison. The praise for Durant will result in the media handing the MVP this season to him, not James.

But having said all that, the Heat still has James.

The Heat are second in the NBA in offensive efficiency and first in effective field goal percentage. The Heat get the shots that they need when the game is in its crucial moments and they equal out importance to their three point shooting game as well as their inside post play.

This team is also first in  shooting percentage. Thus, making more shots than other teams in the league, whether it is from the free-throw line, a 3-point shot, or inside the paint.

This team is historically efficient, but that is not what the team leans on when that ball goes up in the air for tip off because a bad game could swing away a journey to the title.

When the opposing team draws up their game plan in a huge square white board, you will see the Lebron James’ name written on there. The 6-foot-8, 260-pound player will be a force to be reckoned with in this year’s playoffs.

For that reason, we will all witness the ultimate superstar, James, capture his third ring guiding the Heat towards the title.