Over and over, when the Heat add someone of significant substance, that player matches or exceeds expectations in his opening season. He averaged 38.2 minutes in 70 games in his first Heat season, averaging 23 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks during a time when pace was slower -- today those numbers would be higher. It proved to be his last relatively healthy NBA season (playing 73 games, before a thigh bruise shelved him for some of the first two rounds). LeBron James: 2010-11IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectThink of LeBron's debut Heat season as Game of Thrones. It would all crash and burn later, though not until after another NBA Finals appearance (2023).