Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 at 9:00 am  |  213 responses

LeBron James Re-names Miami the ‘Heatles’

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

There have been a lot of great nicknames throughout the history of the NBA. The one that LeBron James revealed to the world last night will unfortunately not be making the cut.

In fact, it’s one of the worst ever.

James and the barnstorming Heat crushed the Bobcats in Charlotte, and following yet another win on the road, LBJ unveiled what his teammates have taken to calling their impressive roadshow.

From the Miami Herald:

The Heat is referring to itself as the “Heatles” — as in the Beatles — these days because of the large crowds it receives on the road, said James. “I see we sell out 99.1 percent on the road, so we call ourselves the Heatles off the Beatles, so every time we take our show on the road we bring a great crowd,” James said.

The obvious question: So who’s Paul McCartney and who’s John Lennon? “I knew that was going to be a question,” James said. “We’re just the Heatles, man.”

I just want to know who will step up and become Yoko Ono for this group.

Apparently, this love of Beatles-inspired nicknames is nothing new for LeBron and friends: in Cleveland, they used to call themselves the “Cleatles” back in the day.

Do with that information what you will.

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  • http://slamonline.com Caboose

    Ain’t nothing wrong with U2, at least they make real music. Can we all agree that the Pop artists of today (Bieber, Cyrus, Swift) are not even close to the true Rock bands (Beatles, Who, Stones, Dylan, Zepplin, etc) or even the older pop rock bands (Boston, Foreigner, Journey, Queen, REO Speedwagon)?

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Agreed, but way different styles of music, Caboose.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    BTW not all indie bands are Beatles knock-offs, doyouwantmore.. Only a few, actually.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    I’ve never really been into U2, but out of curiosity, how many of their songs have you actually heard, Tarzan? Or do you only dislike U2 because of their commercial popularity?

  • Jackie Moon

    Pixies.

  • http://sjfklfsl.com Jukai

    Back in the day, U2 actually sung about stuff that people didn’t want to hear on the radio. Nowadays, they’ve pretty much sold out though. It’s cool, Bono needs his money.

  • Justin

    U2 was great back in the Joshua Tree days but in the past 10 years I haven’t been as big of a fan. There is no doubt, however, that they are one of the greatest bands of all time. Anyone who doesn’t think so is kidding themselves. Caboose, you can’t really compare pop stars to rock bands though. Like Teddy said, it’s a totally different thing. Why not compare Eminem to the Rolling Stones? (I’ll take Eminem by the way. lol)

  • http://slamonline.com TheTruth

    Man forget all you guys Glassjaw is the greatest band ever!

  • readin at work

    i can’t say i know the beatles. I grew up in the backstreet boys era!

  • Hambone

    how about hoverated,big headed, hassholes?

  • Mike from Spain

    I think Lebron should name his team after some more muscular band, something like a funk rock or metal outfit… I don’t know that many so it’s your call. I just don’t think the analogy with a British pop band characterized by catchy tunes first and psychedelic stuff later reflects what the Heat are.

  • http://slamonline.com Caboose

    Sorry, I didn’t mean to compare them. I was just saying that the pop music of 30 years ago is superior to the pop of today.

  • Nino

    Wade as Paul, LeBron as John, Bosh as George, and Miller as Ringo? At least that’s how this shirt has them … http://www.spreadshirt.com/-C3380A6470411

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