bksballer89
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I wonder if Ray is going to be back. He has a player option
I wonder if Ray is going to be back. He has a player option
Him and Rashard said they'd both be back. There will be some players leaving though.
The main issue we need to solve is our size. Sign a real Center with a Center like body and move Bosh back to PF....Still baffled how Bosh scored 0 last night.
I can't lie now even though the hated the man on CBS when he kept saying it but I'll trade Bosh for Cousins in a heartbeat.
Outside of signing a real C, we also need to bring back Bird if possible.
Wade also said no surgery is needed....that's a relief.
Our Miami Heat organization is now within a top 6 or 7 of NBA franchises of all time. Great job starting at the top. Arison and then Riley and then Spoles and of course the players. Good talking with you all during the season! Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Ray, Shane, Mike, Andersen, Haslem, Chalmers, and Cole all had big roles during the playoffs. Hats off...this is a team. I don't think you blow up a team with 3 straight title appearances and 2 back to back finals. How they play in the regular season going forward may be different.
In any event, what a ride! Once again, Shane proves he is a winner. Heat's Big 3 now has 2 championships with Shane versus none without! That one was for Paolo.
Yes- Spoles does deserve credit for keeping these guys together. At least one more year with the core!
I think everyone needs to realize that despite any amnesty the Heat will still be sorely over the salary cap. The Heat can amnesty someone like Mike Miller and get a mid-level exception back, but that's it.
The Heat will have two options heading their way in order to repeat:
1. Trade Bosh for some pieces, particularly muscle on the front line.
2. Keep Bosh and hope to find a player like Samuel Dalembert who's expressed interest in joining the Heat.
Other points for this team and series:
- Birdman needs to be resigned, he's the number one FA option this summer. I believe Ray and Rashard will be back.
- I'm not trading Norris Cole. He'll only get better and gives us a quality option for when Chalmers has his head up his own ass.
- I was critical of Bosh last night. But scoring zero points isn't as horrible as it sounds when you only shoot the ball 5 times. He still played effective defense on Duncan in the 2nd half of these close games and affected other aspects of the game. He saw that Wade and Lebron were scorching and he got the hell out of the way.
- This victory definitely helps in keeping Lebron in Miami. Don't know how you leave Miami now to go back to Cleveland where they don't know how to manage a roster. Or the Lakers who seem to be a mess right now.
- Awesome to say that Wade is a 3-time NBA champion.
- So glad that Shane saved us with his contributions off the bench for game 7....better late than never.
Our Miami Heat organization is now within a top 6 or 7 of NBA franchises of all time. Great job starting at the top. Arison and then Riley and then Spoles and of course the players. Good talking with you all during the season! Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Ray, Shane, Mike, Andersen, Haslem, Chalmers, and Cole all had big roles during the playoffs. Hats off...this is a team. I don't think you blow up a team with 3 straight title appearances and 2 back to back finals. How they play in the regular season going forward may be different.
In any event, what a ride! Once again, Shane proves he is a winner. Heat's Big 3 now has 2 championships with Shane versus none without! That one was for Paolo.
Yes- Spoles does deserve credit for keeping these guys together. At least one more year with the core!
Here's the problem I see. I dont know what we could get back for Bosh. His salary is like 20 million then 22 million the final two years of his contract. That's huge. I'm not sure who would be willing to take this on.
other than that... I agree with 100% of everything you said. I think we keep Chris Bosh.
In any event, what a ride! Once again, Shane proves he is a winner. Heat's Big 3 now has 2 championships with Shane versus none without! That one was for Paolo.
He had a fluke of a game and made lucky shots.... We won this title, like our last title, like our first title, without him... He was irrelevant yet again.
How can you say that? He hit 6/8 3's.
Was Miller/Allen/others going to score more than 18 points with those same 8 shots?
How can you say that? He hit 6/8 3's.
Did we win by more than 18?
Was Miller/Allen/others going to score more than 18 points with those same 8 shots?
You get on these tangents, but when you refuse to give no credit when credit is due, it becomes just petty hate.
For a lot of the playoffs he was terrible.
Yesterday he was THE difference maker.
We expected James to go for 30+.
Shane has been solid in key moments in both of last 2 Finals.
Who cares what he or anyone else does in game 23 vs the Bobcats or for the most part any regular season win?
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Shane Battier was how good last night? Without him, Heatland would be a somber place today.