Miami Heat Parade The O’Brien Trophy Through South Beach

“People from the outside, they criticized this team. They didn’t support this team. They counted this team out,” Spoelstra said. “But they never realized how close this group was as a team.

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It also looks like there were very few no-shows. Here’s a picture from inside the stadium by Surya Fernandez, SB Nation’s Heat blogger.

This, of course, only shows the Heat fans inside the stadium. Many, many more joined the Heat as they rode on the streets to get to the stadium.

Pitbull is expected to be the lead celebrity in the building, but he likely won’t be alone. This is Miami, after all. In addition, with Pitbull in the arena, the chances of members of the Heat dancing have increased. Pat Riley, for example, got down after the Heat won the 2006 championship. It remains to be seen if he will again.

Other notes:

That was David J. Roth using his imagination before the NBA Finals began... Now the NBA Finals are over and the Heat won and today we have the championship parade and... Maybe somebody’s going to crash a private plane full of models into John Galliano’s pool?

While Kanye and D-Wade dance on stage to “Take On Me”?

For those who aren’t in Miami and won’t be able to catch it in person, yet still want to watch players pointing their cell phones at crowds of people while the people in the crowds point their cell phones at the players, the parade will be streamed live on ESPN3 and, one can only assume, the Watch ESPN app.

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The Miami Herald reports that the parade festivities will begin at 9 a.m. ET on Monday. The victory parade itself will begin at 11 a.m. ET. Following the parade, the team will go into the American Airlines arena at 12:30 p.m. ET for an additional celebration.

The exact parade route and further details have not yet been released, but you can bet that there will be plenty of Heat fans coming out to show their love for the team.