Miami Heat Eyes Carmelo Anthony To Join LeBron In South Beach? Fans Are Excited, But This Is Not The Right Move For Miami!

The Miami Heat are reportedly eyeing Carmelo Anthony for their team. The idea of making the Big Three a Fearsome Four makes great drama, and the bandwagon can't get more excited. But is it really the move that Miami should make?

ESPN's panel of experts are already on the case. Some of the burning questions on the news that seemed bigger than the Finals were tackled.

Initial impressions when they heard about the news that Miami might pursue adding Carmelo Anthony:

Ethan Sherwood Strauss, ESPN.com: "I'm intrigued, but with some reservations. The Heat are already doing well on offense -- their main problems are on the other side of the ball. They would probably be more potent offensively with Anthony, but his presence wouldn't address what ails them right now: lack of good point guard play and lack of a rim protector."

Tom Haberstroh, ESPN.com: "I'll believe it when I see it. Not that I don't think they're targeting him. It's Carmelo Anthony, after all. But color me a skeptic. The massive pay cuts sound all well and good now, but walking the walk is a different story when eight-figure amounts are on the line."

They're not exactly jumping up and about. While stranger things have happened in the NBA, there's a lot of groundbreaking rumors that eventually goes unfulfilled.

But if they did pull it off, will that be the best roster in the history of the NBA?

David Thorpe, ESPN Insider: "Not unless they add more firepower to their bench. And it's not like all three of their top scorers will top 25 points a game or anything like that. Melo still needs a lot of growth before he can significantly help the playoff version of the Heat."

Based on your observations, will it really happen?

Amin Elhassan ESPN Insider: "As much as I love a great story and a healthy dose of optimism, I'm going to say this has a 5 percent chance of happening. There are just too many moving parts, from the Big Four all opting out to take massive discounts, to Udonis Haslem opting out of his last big check of his career, to having to maneuver enough leftover cash to fill out the roster. It would take heavy sacrifices from roughly seven to nine players to make this happen."

It's a great story, and it will have millions of fans hanging until the season starts either to watch them win or wish they'd lose. But this is by no means a certainty. Even the Big Three is not certain to remain in Miami. Also, the holes in Miami at the point guard and center position would not be addressed by Carmelo, and that will leave them with almost zero cap flexibility.

If the Big Three would take a pay cut, it should be for someone who would address their deficiencies. 

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