Miami Heat Thread

[rise]

Bron played well though. Wade played like crap. Hope that changes. Really.

[Sauru]

the odds of me not visiting this forum today were very slim, and now none cause here i am. for no real reason it seems, just to be here see what the vibe is like you know? figured all the miami fans would be super pumped after the unstoppable juggernaut that is the miami heat played their first real game. however....................

[[Q]]

Good thing I traded Miller to Qballer in the fantasy league.

i hate you. wtf is he doing guarding lebron in practice. practice?? we're talkin bout practice....

oh and batum went off in nash's face last night too.

[Axel The Great]

Damn you Sauru, why can't you cease to exist with your emoticon spamming? jk, jk

Qballer, no more Adidas Live Run then if you hate me.

[NovU]

I watched this game from 3rd quarter at the school. Some random girl sitting beside me apparently was a Celtics fan and she was frigging annoying. Woo! Wee! Ohhh! Sauru reminds me of that bitch from yesterday.

[benji]

Kobe Bryant > Comic Sans Cavs > Thugton Celtics > Miami Defeat.

[REMO85]

Name one team that one a championship soley on the back of a single player. Go ahead, I'll wait...

The 1974-75 Golden State Warriors with Rick Barry?

To say Attles Rotation had no say in those playoffs is just foolish. They knocked off a Bullets team that had Wes Unseld(Second only to Barkley for Pocket Forwards) and Elvin Hayes(Don't even get me started on how good Hayes was).

Their Rotation HAD to contribute. Barry only had what...30ppg in the season? They scored around 85-105 ppg as a team, where the hell are the rest of the points? Jamaal Wilkes(GSW) was a really good basketball player, so was Smith. The Warriors won because yes, they had a good star player, but they also had a damn good coach and a good deep swing rotation that wore the Bullets out. Barry only had 26ppg during those playoffs, hell Hayes was Averaging a Double-Double, 25.5/10 Points and Rebounds respectively for the Bullets. Hayes even played in the games longer at like 44mpg.

A lot of people think the Warriors won because they had Barry, but it's not like they won against a crappy team, Bullets were way better than them at the time. Warriors just came out and played some good basketball.

Anyways, back on heat topic.

heat busting 70 this year just isn't going to happen. I suspect a 58-24 or slightly worse season(And thats with the idea that they play as a COMPLETE team *Think Celtics Chemistry*). If they don't play with good solid Chemistry, I don't even expect them to bust 40 wins. They just got to get rid of their egos completely. Thats why Lebron didn't win that one championship, he was playing like it was a regular season game with all his ego and pride attatched and paid the price for it.

I'm no Heat fan, I won't lie about it. Granted I'm not a fan of ANY team, I'm a fan of Basketball itself.

[Sauru]

Kobe Bryant > Comic Sans Cavs > Thugton Celtics > Miami Defeat.

you sir have your order messed up

[[Q]]

Damn you Sauru, why can't you cease to exist with your emoticon spamming? jk, jk

Qballer, no more Adidas Live Run then if you hate me.

well, my consolation prize is that tiago splitter did really well for you last night.

[Murat]

Kobe Bryant > Comic Sans Cavs > Thugton Celtics > Miami Defeat.

Oh, it explains the NBA to me.

Kobe Bryant > Comic Sans Cavs > Thugton Celtics > Miami Defeat.

you sir have your order messed up

Is it the correct one:
Boston > Cleveland > Miami > LA Lakers?

[Andrew]

They simply dominated Orlando yesterday. Funny how after the loss to open the season it's all "Rome wasn't built in a day" talk (even from LeBron himself) and now it's quite a different story; taking the whole "You're only as good as your last game" concept a little too far, perhaps.

[NovU]

So far so good. 3-1 isn't too bad I guess. Should be 6-1 by this week as NOH seems to be the biggest threat this week.

[havasufalls]

Hopefully 7-1 come time we face the celts again next thursday. Hornets and Jazz will be toughest opponents until then. But that thursday TNT matchup versus the celts will hopefully be revenge time.

[NovU]

Spo needs to play Jerry Crackhouse a lot more against the Celts. He plays the way Celtics do and he's prolly the best enforcer the Heat has.

[Andrew]

Executive: Eddy Curry May Interest Heat

One NBA executive thinks the Heat could show interest in center Eddy Curry if he's let go by the Knicks at midseason, according to Alan Hahn of Newsday.

"One NBA exec thinks Heat will quickly sign Curry if/when he's waived in March. His playoff drought (504 games) could end b4 Knicks does," Hahn wrote on his Twitter page.

They don't exactly need him so it'd be a surprising move if they did snap him up should he be waived, but I guess if nothing else he's another six fouls at the centre spot.

[Cleveland wins]

Why didn't the heat sign or try to sign Kyle Korver? Especially since James Jones has been struggeling more times than scoring from what i've seen. Yes he scored 20 points off the bench the other night, but it would be nice to have a third small forward who can be Lebron's backup in Kyle Korver.


And plus if the heat had signed Korver, Korver could be the backup shooting gaurd after Wade, imagine having two sharpshooters like Kyle Korver and James Jones on the floor of the bench at the same time, that could almost easily be 10 points off the bench from both players. Maybe 5 from Jones and 10 from Korver, they should have gotten Korver instead of Richardson, just a thought.

[benji]

You're aware that they signed Mike Miller to do all those things but he injured his hand in LeBron's jersey, right?

[rise]

Executive: Eddy Curry May Interest Heat

One NBA executive thinks the Heat could show interest in center Eddy Curry if he's let go by the Knicks at midseason, according to Alan Hahn of Newsday.

"One NBA exec thinks Heat will quickly sign Curry if/when he's waived in March. His playoff drought (504 games) could end b4 Knicks does," Hahn wrote on his Twitter page.

They don't exactly need him so it'd be a surprising move if they did snap him up should he be waived, but I guess if nothing else he's another six fouls at the centre spot.

If they wanted a center, Dampier would have been that guy. At least Dampier can play a little.

Is it the correct one:
Boston > Cleveland > Miami > LA Lakers?

Nope, it's Cleveland>Miami>Boston>Wolves>Lakers.

[Martti.]

Why didn't the heat sign or try to sign Kyle Korver? Especially since James Jones has been struggeling more times than scoring from what i've seen. Yes he scored 20 points off the bench the other night, but it would be nice to have a third small forward who can be Lebron's backup in Kyle Korver.


And plus if the heat had signed Korver, Korver could be the backup shooting gaurd after Wade, imagine having two sharpshooters like Kyle Korver and James Jones on the floor of the bench at the same time, that could almost easily be 10 points off the bench from both players. Maybe 5 from Jones and 10 from Korver, they should have gotten Korver instead of Richardson, just a thought.

And do you also know they didn't get Richardson?
About Jones's struggles - 10.2 ppg, 52% 3PT shooter in the first 4 games. Couldn't really need more from him.

[NovU]

70 wins are out of question as predicted. Seems like this roster will take some time to live up to an expectation if not never. Surprised at Bosh's ineffectiveness at the boards as well.

Right now, each superstar is deferring to each other like Wade did with Shaq in the beginning. Untill the Heat figures out whose team this will be, this kinda loss won't be too surprising.

[shadowgrin]

Emeka Okafor just raped the Heat frontline. Heat will be regretting they didn't sign The Damp.

[winer]

They need some versatile and skilled pg like Goran Dragic. He will fit perfectly for the big 3 since he's just a stringer in Phx.

[George7]

You're aware that they signed Mike Miller to do all those things but he injured his hand in LeBron's jersey, right?

LeBron is a moving disaster!!

[rise]

They need some versatile and skilled pg like Goran Dragic. He will fit perfectly for the big 3 since he's just a stringer in Phx.

Phoenix will never give up Dragic and I hope they don't, as a Phoenix fan. Dragic has enough potential to be a very decent starter once Steve Nash is retired/50-years-old. Possibly an all-star, he's outright explosive (see what he did to the Spurs in ONE QUARTER in the playoffs). If I was in charge of the Suns, I wouldn't trade Dragic for anybody less than Monta Ellis caliber. Dragic is a viable starter for most teams anyway, and he's getting better playing under Steve Nash.

[Martti.]

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archi ... n_dampier/

C'mon Miami.