I think it must be carefully looked over – the Heat’s climb back into the playoffs this season. In fact, the Heat have had such a huge success this year that it is easy to overlook this and take it for granted.

Not for Dwyane Wade, “This is a big accomplishment.”

If there is one thing you want your star player to have, it’s perspective.

A year ago Miami was bumbling through a franchise worst 15-67 season – the likes of which the city hadn’t seen since its inception. The futility was so bad players basically shut it down before the season was over. Was that fair? No. Did it help the Heat get an extra lottery ball or two? Sure.

The question still remains, was the team really that bad? No, it wasn’t to be fair. That is probably why this season’s success could easily be overlooked, too. But let’s also be fair in the other direction – this team has two rookies and a 2nd year player it is relying on heavily for contributions (Mario Chalmers, Michael Beasley and Daequan Cook). It is also throwing out there a brand new young coach with no previous experience higher than an assistant. The team’s most important player, too, was coming off a major injury and questions abound about whether or not Wade would ever be Wade again (then the Olympics happened).

So, there was a lot that could have gone wrong this season. Let’s face it, there was expectation but nothing daunting like the 2004–2006 seasons.

And here the Heat are – a young team with a strong young core of players being lead by arguably the league’s top player and MVP looking to make a splash in the postseason. This should be lauded and Dwyane Wade’s message of not overlooking this accomplishment is crucial. It means that this team – to a man – is hungry.