It's the in thing this summer.  Everyone is doing it.  It has become Cool to hate the Heat.

3 friends have decided to play together.  They are considered 3 of the top 15 players in the World.  They've gotten some of their friends to come play with them too.  They should be good.  Real good.  And most everyone seems to hate something about it.

Either you hate how good they'll be.  Or you think they'll be good, so you hate on how they'll get along and hope/think they'll self-destruct.

You hate that they each didn't choose to carve their own path.  You hate how they went about the process (Wade and Bosh filming reality shows, and LeBron, well, being a reality show upon himself).  You hate that they won't play each other. 

You hate because your team is going to have to play them.  You hate because your team missed out signing one of them.  Or maybe two.

Maybe you just hate without knowing what you hate, but you see and read a lot of other hate, and it figure it is best to just hate.

Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley, writer in NY, radio talk show host in Chicago, blogger in Detroit, TV personality in LA, Joe Schmoe...all hating that LeBron, Wade, and Bosh ended up together. 

And I hate to say this, but everyone of you haters will be watching.  Everyone of you are eager to see the Miami Heat play.  You may hate them and want to see them fail, but you definitely care. 

LeBron, Wade, and Bosh are living the dream in a lot of ways.  They've cast aside individual glory and extra money for happiness, friendship, location, and winning. 

Why does the rule have to be that you have to be a veteran who has never won a title for it to be cool to seek out a championship contender to play for?  Why can't you desire doing that when you are younger? 

Will history really hate on these guys if they win a title?  Two?  Three?  Four?  Five?  More?  Will we not at that point call them champions?  Will we not call them some of the greats of all-time?

Will we just hate them because they chose to play together instead of falling into, being traded or drafted to play with other great players? 

Do we hate Bird because the Celtics drafted McHale and traded for DJ and Parrish?  Do we hate Kareem because the Lakers drafted Magic and Worthy after trading for him?  Do we hate Jordan because the Bulls traded for Pippen and Rodman?  How bout Pierce after the Celtics traded for KG and Allen? 

Are any of those careers or title diminished because of the great players around them?  Are we only hating because the players MADE THE DECISION and not the teams??!??! 

Well, just keep hating, and unfortunately, because I am not a Heat fan, I think Miami is going to give us a lot of reasons to hate them.  Unless you like winners, then you may just change your mind and love them.