If you think of how much they have changed as players and how far they have come…

Well, I got my wish! The Miami Heat squashed the New Jersey Nets. They went on to finish off the Detroit Pistons in true Heat fashion and are now facing the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Neither team has ever won a championship, nor have they ever advanced to the NBA Finals.

As you can imagine there are all kinds of records being made on both sides and that makes it hard to decide which team should win. I’m from Florida so on the one hand I have a connection to the Heat but I am an Orlando Magic fan above all. On the other hand I have great admiration for what Avery Johnson has done with the Dallas Mavericks and who doesn’t love Dirk Nowitzki?

Somehow I am leaning toward cheering on Josh Howard, Jason Terry and Jerry Stackhouse as they fight the battle of their careers against my team’s cross-state rival I think they deserve it so I hope they get it.