What is your opinion of the miami heat season so far,its players and the future?  

The Miami Heat has been inconsistent so far. With the exception of Dwyane Wade, there is no other bright spot for the Heat this season. Though Jermaine O'Neal and Michael Beasley are playing and contributing well, they still need a lot more to survive the East and against Eastern Conference giants Orlando, Cleveland, and Boston. With a good roster, I'm optimistic that the Heat can go far in the playoffs. Wade is a very extraordinary player who can carry the whole Miami team in his back as long as he's got the right teammates with him.

There are some rumors that Wade might not sign with the Heat this offseason and that is a big threat for Miami. However, such rumors are pretty normal because of the hype that the very star-studded 2010 free agency cast have. Nevertheless, Miami should do everything to keep Wade and bring in some better players. Chris Bosh is a good pick for next season but they have to unload some to free up some salary cap space. Carlos Boozer and Amare Stoudemire are decent picks too but I'm skeptical about Stoudemire on Miami because he needs somebody like Steve Nash to feed him constantly to utilize him fully. A big man is perfect for Miami to compensate for Wade and fill in for the aging and fragile O'Neal.

Not unless Miami makes a trade before the February trade deadline, I'm not optimistic about them making it past the first round. They badly need more tools to survive the playoffs.

First of all, I would agree with you, the Miami Heat - my favourite NBA team, is very inconsistent this season. Jermaine Oneal being one of the worst, another key player is Michael Beasley. Another big factor to their inconsistency is Mario Chalmers, he was a great PG for the Heat last year, doing very well defensively, but he's still young and seems to apparently crashed into the sophomore year wall. He is not performing as well as last year. The bench is another issue for the Heat, players like Dorell Wright, Daequan Cook, Quentin Richardson (starter) are also in and out of form. The only constant is Dwyane Wade, still putting up big numbers, but he needs help, quick.

Jermaine Oneal has been a dissadpointment for the Heat, he was brought here for inside presence, more rebounding, more defence. But he doesn't even average 8 rebounds a game, that's worse than Gerald Wallace, a Small Forward. Another thing is his offence, he's not getting a lot of points in the paint, and sometimes he just isn't scoring enough.

Beasley, he's still learning and improving, so we can't really blame him. But he still needs to improve on consistency, and scoring more efficiently. Hope he improves and plays well

Role players really need to step up, 2 time 3-pt champ Daequan Cook is not scoring at all, with some rare 20 pt performances. Q Rich is on fire for the last 2/3 games, making at least 4 3s for those games and scoring in double digits, lets cross out fingers and hope that he keeps scoring like this.

Another factor that can help the Miami Heat to improve would be the summer free agent market, if they can keep Dwyane Wade, and then get Chris Bosh or Amare, that will boost their chances of winning a Champ, also...get rid of O'Neal please!