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What would happen if Beasley comes off the bench?
Lineup choice: Column A or Column B
At least Erik Spoelstra was candid Monday, even if it does screw around with your fantasy draft. He isn't revealing his starting lineup until the day of Wednesday's season opener.While that means two more days of speculation, you can't really argue with the reasoning. "It's not that I'm tryi...
http://www.scoresreport.com/2009/08/14/wade-plans-to-stay-put/
No point in a point guard right now
Pat Riley was incredibly quick, through a Heat spokesman, to shoot down speculation about anything pending, or even brewing, with free-agent point guard Jamaal Tinsley. Why? Foremost, because this is the second week of August and Riley long has ...
JeffHart,
Utah will trade Boozer simply because the team it has at the moment will be forced to pay a steep luxury tax. If they were to get rid of Boozer before the season's end (before start or trade deadline) they could minimize this tax. By trading Haslem and Wright AND the $4.5M trade exception, Utah ends up saving about $5M in luxury tax. Its not about making the team better by trading an expiring contract for another, its about saving cap space like what the Grizzlies did with Pau Gasol.
Heat at 13, but is it finished?
Guaranteed Contract No. 13 was put into place Wednesday, with the signing of Jamaal Magloire. What makes the 13th contract so significant is that is the total Heat President Pat Riley said the team may carry this season, due to its position against the dol...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=txheatpursuingodom&prov=st&type=lgns
The deal is 5 years, $35M. Its funny to read on Lakers' blogs how they are all like "No way the Heat can offer Odom anything but the mid-level exception. I would be happy with a sign and trade involving Beasley" LOL idiots in LA
Separating Heat reality from the chatter
Based on the buzz emanating from AmericanAirlines Arena in the wake of Pat Riley's sessions with season-ticket holders, a few thoughts on the swirl of issues surrounding the team. Sometime soon, not that either side is in a rush, expect s...
Its pretty obvious the deal has been made with Odom. It will be announced tomorrow. Why the HELL else would Riley hold a "closed session" with season ticket holders Thursday evening? Obviously the media will get a hold of this leak and he knew it would. The only way it would make sense is if the deal was going to be made tonight. If you couple that with D-wade's twitter around 930pm saying "GOOD NEWS...stay tuned," anyone with half a brain can put two and two together. It looks like we have Odom now. Odom's got that experience of coming off the bench so we can switch up or have Beasley play minutes at SF while Odom and Oneal clog the paint in some rotations. I think the starting lineup, assuming there will be no Boozer, will be this:
Chalmers
Wade
Beasley
Odom
O'neal
Key Reserves: Cook, Jones, Magloire
OR
Chalmers
Wade
Jones
Beasley
O'neal
Key Reserves: Odom, Cook, Magloire
It would be tough to be paying a player like Odom $8M a year and come off the bench, but he basically did that all year for LAL so I dont think his pride will be that affected because he can say F off I'm a champion.
The stuff of championships? Or a team for the aged?
With so many moving parts, it is a heck of a stretch to assume that the Heat can have it all and have it now. But, for a moment, consider the longshot possibilities, that Lamar Odom remains in such a snit with the Lakers that he takes a two-thirds pay c...
"In his Thursday speech to season-ticket holders, Riley said the team could acquire Odom, Boozer or both and still put itself in position to be a major player in 2010 free agency. The Heat made it clear to those present that Riley's comments to season-ticket holders were in an "off the record" setting."
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Apparently brain-dead people cant read.
The stuff of championships? Or a team for the aged?
With so many moving parts, it is a heck of a stretch to assume that the Heat can have it all and have it now. But, for a moment, consider the longshot possibilities, that Lamar Odom remains in such a snit with the Lakers that he takes a two-thirds pay c...
Miami can offer Odom $2M less than LAL per year and it would result in the same income in Odom's pocket due to state income tax. So a deal like 5 years $40M would work for him. With Jermaine Oneal and Boozer coming off the books, Miami can sign Wade and Bosh to max deals and still keep Odom and Beasley. The plan is simply genius. We compete for a top 4 in 2009 AND the future.
The stuff of championships? Or a team for the aged?
With so many moving parts, it is a heck of a stretch to assume that the Heat can have it all and have it now. But, for a moment, consider the longshot possibilities, that Lamar Odom remains in such a snit with the Lakers that he takes a two-thirds pay c...
Hey Dom,
Look at Trevor Ariza's stats and ask the Lakers if "hustle" plays are important to win a championship. Idiot
There are no temporary solutions
Among the responses in my interview this week with Dwyane Wade, one, in particular, resonated. When I asked about possibly buying time this season with players on one-year contracts, he replied, "I'm looking for us to be in a position where we put guys around me tha...
Why is it that when the economy was bad with Bush and the unemployment rate was 5.5% everyone hated him, but when the unemployment rate is 9.5% with Obama, he gets a free pass?
How to save '09-10: The Kirilenko, Redd plan
Yes, many, if not all, of this summer's prime free agents are gone, not that the Heat, with its limited salary-cap funds, had much of a chance. But contrary to the prevailing pessimism, that doesn't mean there no longer are the means to make a big splash this su...
Hey Rhino...Adrian Gonzalez had worse HR numbers in the minor leagues than Maybin and now has 22.
Florida Marlins: What to do with Cameron Maybin?
Rhino, this one is in your wheelhouse. What should theMarlins do with Cameron Maybin? He went 3 for 4 Tuesday for Triple-A New Orleans, raising his batting average to .331 since his demotion. Over his last 10 games, Maybin is hitting at a .417 clip. The on-base percentage is .422. His .883 on-ba...
I'm buying into the building from within doctrine. Think about it: all of you idiots were bitching all last offseason about how we were going to be a lottery team and we have no talent. We ended up winning about 15 games more than projected. I see this team as 50 win potential because of JO's knees, Beasley+Charmers+Cook development, and Moon/Dorrell's athleticism. The fact that we relied a bunch on 2 rookies last year can only mean growth for those two positions. Beasley will easily put up 20/9, allowing D-Wade to focus on closing 4th Quarters. We are at worst a #5 seed and at best a #3.
Free agency: Building from within
While the Heat is not expected to make a splash, or at least an immediate splash, in free agency, coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday he believes his team already is ahead of the curve when it comes to injecting talent. "We're a little bit unique from other...
To all you bratwurst lickers of Jameer Nelson and hating the selection of Wright over him:
Shutup. The Heat didnt need a point guard at the time as badly as a backup small forward. Riley just traded for Shaq and they did not want to develop a rookie point guard. We already had Rafer and Damon Jones on the roster. Not to mention, Chalmers had a much better rookie season than Jameers.
Nelson: games- 79 3-pt%: 31 FT%- 68 STL- 1 AST- 3 REB- 2.5
Chalmers: games-82 3pt%- 37 FT%- 77 STL- 2 AST- 5 REB- 2.8
done and done
NBA Finals prediction: Lakers in 6
Why? Our Top 10 list: Because Orlando's 3-point shooters will have at least two games that will make the Magic unbeatable. Because the Lakers made it this far last year and history proves you sometimes have to knock on the door before...
ROAR ROAR ROAR start beasley and we will win! yap yap yap I have no brain I am still an infant with an anterior fontanelle and there is a depression there because I am malnourished and stupid.
Heat in six? I meant seven
It wasn't the "homer" pick then, it isn’t now. It just comes down to the question posited in this space yesterday. Which means more in a Game 7: Having h...
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