Chemistry

Say you play on a basketball team.  The team is filled with all your long time friends.  You grew up together and have played together for a long time now.  Everyone knows how each other plays and how they do things on the court, field, or ice.  Your team is obviously going to be pretty hard to beat.  That's because chemistry plays a big part in sports and not many people realize that.

The reason I bring this up is because one of my first blogs was about the Lakers' trade.  That team is pretty much stacked with talent.  It's just like the Heat did a couple years ago.  But now they're off to a slow start this season.  They went win less in the preseason.  They also lost their first two games of the season.  They're starting to pick it up more now but they raised quite a bit of criticism.  That brings me to my point.  I don't care how much talent you put on a team together, that doesn't mean they'll automatically be the best.  It takes time to build a team's chemistry and get used to each others' game play.  Once they get in the swing of things, you watch.  Kobe will get his sixth ring (thanks to Steve Nash mostly).

The NBA is starting to stack their rosters so they can still compete with other teams.  Putting all the all-stars on one lineup isn't always going to help.  Most of them don't like to share the spotlight.  I'd take the 2004 Pistons roster over the Heat and Lakers' now.  They had chemistry like no other team ever has and could take both teams to town!  The way they played together was amazing.  That's hard to come by in the league these days.

2004 Pistons Starting Lineup