The trio of Wade, James and Bosh sounds exciting to anybody who loves basketball.

But for those who love the X and O's of basketball, I'm sure they love this trio for different reasons.

How to make a trio of superstars, whose talents are similar, play effective basketball???
This is the question that X and O lovers get to be excited with this trio. It's an intriguing situation indeed.

There have been trio's in the past that have excelled on the court, most recently being the Boston Celtics with Pierce, Garnett and Allen.
There was of course Magic, Kareem and James Worthy, MJ, Pippen and Rodman and perhaps Reed, Frazier and Bradley. The list can go on and on.

However the big difference here is that all of these trios had different skill sets to offer. Different assets to add to the puzzle. Different from the 3 slashers that the Heat have to offer.
Pierce is the roamer, Allen the shooter and Garnett the hub in the high and sometimes low post.
Magic the conductor, Kareem the post, and Worthy the slasher.
The Chicago Bulls trio is unique in the way that all 3 could play numerous roles. Remember, Rodman was a good passer and had a high basketball IQ in many ways that didn't always show up on the stat sheet.

Now let's consider the Heat. The big 3 consume the 2-4 positions and all 3 are best when they have the ball in their hands and are facing the basket. All can hit the outside shot but are streaky. All 3 are extremely athletic.

How to incorporate that into a half court offense is a huge huge puzzle that Eric Spoelstra has to solve and this is where it get's interesting.
3 slashers means that they need to spread the court. Meaning they need good shooters.
3 slashers mean everything will tend to happen above the high post if they don't be careful.
3 slashers mean they need to learn to move into spots to improve shot opportunities when somebody drives to the basket.
They need to be good at FT's
Be active on the offensive boards with so much driving in the lane.
3 slashers also means that you may not necessarily need a PG when things are going you're way, but things will start to turn bad when there is no settling down into a rhythm on offense. Yes, it's dilemma.

Here are some of my offers to the team.

Play the Princeton offense.
Since everything is going to be run above the high post anyway, play to the players strengths. Bosh and even maybe LeBron or Wade could be at the high post. When a backdoor cut doesn't evolve, they are a dribble and some air time away from a layup. In other words, they are closer to the basket to begin with, a clear advantage for all 3. Obviously they will need capable shooters to support and spread the court for this to be successful. Passing from the high post is also an issue.

Play the triangle offense.
This will mean they will need a post player. Ilgauskas maybe the man. The triangle offense resolves the PG dilemma I mentioned earlier. The MJ Bulls and the Kobe Lakers won without a bona fide PG. This can be the Heat's case as well. Wade and James can play post and power they're opponents to the hoop along with Ilgauskas. Bosh can play the pinch post where he can go 1on1 more freely and shoot the mid range J.

In either case they need more shooters on the floor. I clearly think they play better when James Jones is in the lineup. Wade, Jones, James, Bosh and Ilgauskas would be the preferred lineup in the latter case. If Miller returns, perhaps they can put James in the post instead of Ilgauskas.

However both these offenses do have their weakness. One weakness they share is that due to the nature of the offense, the tempo does tend to get slow downed a little bit. Plays take a little longer to evolve than popular NBA plays and both require a lot of reading the defense and moving without the ball, art that takes time to master. A combination with the pick and roll and some quick hitters seems like the right balance but the necessity of a post player especially in the triangle is a heavy burden for the injury prone Ilgauskas.

Which leads us to the most easiest solution to solve this mystery. Simply play better defense! Create steals and fast break opportunities and unleash the stalwarts into the running lanes. I even think that applying pressure from near half court could be interesting or playing an attacking style of zone defense. Imagine a 3-2 zone with LeBron at the middle of the zone up top with Wade and Jones on the wings and Haslem and Bosh covering ground underneath? LeBron could get a lot of blocks hovering around in the middle. However, this will definitely mess up Pat Riley's hairstyle and the roster seems too thin to go on for an entire season with such a style. Remember this team is a few fouls away from being great to mediocre. Perhaps more reason to go zone... but in either case, they need someone to be their Pippen, their Rodman, even Jordan who prided himself playing hard on D. I don't sense that from the trio...

As of today, the Miami Heat are 8and 5 and just gotten beat by a Rudy Gay buzzer beater.
They currently got schooled twice by the Celtics and getting the team healthy is an issue that will haunt them later as they continue to lose precious time on being on the floor together and gelling as a team.
How this team will evolve offensively as the season goes on will be a interesting topic for all NBA strategists.
Let's see what happens.