Was the Miami Heat trio of LeBron, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh a dynasty?

The Miami Heat won two championships in four NBA Finals appearances from 2011 to 2014.

Despite the impressive run, some question whether it is a dynasty. FS1’s Nick Wright addressed the issue on a recent episode of First Things First. He felt that the Heat team of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh has not done enough.

The topic came up when Wright was asked if the Celtics could become a dynasty.

“They’re obviously going to be a one-hit team rather than a dynasty,” Wright said of the Celtics. “The LeBron Heat were not a dynasty. They clearly were not.”

The Heat lost to the Dallas Mavericks in their first appearance before winning consecutive titles against the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs, ending their run with a loss to the Spurs in 2014.

Two titles in four years was an accomplishment, but not for a team with much higher expectations. The Heat had three of the top 10 players on one roster.

Wright said there are only four dynasties in NBA history. Bill Russell led the Celtics to 11 titles in 13 seasons in the 1950s and 1960s. Then Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar dominated the 1980s with the Los Angeles Lakers before the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan dominated in the 1990s.

He described the latter as the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant Lakers of the early 2000s.

“There are four dynasties in NBA history that there is no argument against,” Wright said. “And then there are two or three that we can argue against. Russell’s Celtics, a clear dynasty, 11 in 13 years, eight in a row. Magic and Kareem’s Lakers, five rings in a decade, nine Finals appearances. Jordan’s Bulls, six in eight years. Shaq and Kobe’s Lakers, three rings in a row. Those are the four dynasties that there is no argument against.”

Shandel Richardson is the editor of Inside The Heat. He can be reached at [email protected]