Season in review and whats next

[Paolo305613]

Lets start this thread with this ASK Ira

Was Erik Spoelstra's NBA Finals approach exposed as flawed? - Sun Sentinel

Another Ask Ira where clowns attempt to blame Spo for everything and give the players a pass. As LBJ said, he didnt do nearly enough. He got hot in the first quarter and disappeared the rest of the way. It is an absolute sad joke for people to make excuses that he was worn out and shouldve gotten rest - Those same people saying that would have been complaining about Spo removing him from the game if he did... The problem wasnt that LBJ didnt get a break - The problem was he got complacent, as usual. He ONLY, YES ONLY - played 41 minutes of a finals elimination game - That is not nearly enough from your best player - He quit. He didnt do nearly enough. He deserves all the blame and criticism.

Of course his apologist will give him a pass for it, and they already have - postgame LBJ said that he will take making it to 4 finals and winning 2 -- That is 50%, it is no surprise that LBJ is complacent with a half-assed accomplishment. That is as mediocre as they come and yet people are praising him for it? It is no wonder this team ended up being mediocre - they preach it and accept it.

The two divas and Chris Bosh may come back - especially the two divas because divas are all about the money and they would surely not walk away from the money they will can get in Miami. But the Heat need to re-work Diva Wade’s contract to a more team-friendly contract - He doesnt deserve the kind of money he is getting - At this point in his career, he should be willing to play for the veteran minimum - And he needs to accept coming off the bench from this point forward if he wants to keep playing for the Heat. He doesnt deserve to be a starter if he is going to bitch out of three quarters of the season, lack aggression when he plays and not give the effort required. So, Diva Wade needs to accept less money and a lesser role or just retire.

Chris Bosh has to work on his game again and go back inside - There is no way he will make himself useful to this team unless he goes back inside. I understand his desire to want to stretch the defense, but that just wont work if you dont make your presence felt inside first.


As for the Greg Oden and Michael Beasley experiment - For people to say it was a a failure is just awful. These guys never really got a real chance. How can they call these guys failures when they got less playing time than the biggest scrub to ever put on a Heat uniform( scrub battier) Beas had a bigger impact on the game last night than scrub battier. Oden and Beas and every other role player on this team should want out of the team after getting the treatment they got over scrub battier... There is no way such a useless player gets so much minutes over such capable players... That only happens on the Heat - where scrubs are over-valued.

Greg Oden and Beas need to be brought back. As for Birdman, it might be time for him to retire as well or take an even lesser role with the team. His energy hurt him far too many times. He needs to work on that if he wants back on the team.

Mario Chalmers and Norries Cole need to work on their defensive discipline and learn how to play defense without fouling - the reason why the Heat were so high on them coming in is because of the defensive intensity they bring to the position but they just dont have the consistent discipline to do it offensively - If they can fix that, they will be very capable PG’s in this league and will fit in just right with what this team wants to do offensively.

Hopefully UD, JJ, Ray and Rashard give it one more shot - with scrub battier retiring, it should increase our chances highly to have a better season and end result next season.

Toney Douglas, Justin Hamilton and James Ennis need to continue to develop in the off-season to continue to be given roster consideration - They have the potential of being important pieces for our future.

Riles and the Heat F.O. will need to value this upcoming draft more than ever - Sadly, we dont have enough to make trades and acquire more picks and such so we have to make the best out of our draft pick - There are some very capable players within our reach where we are picking - it is a matter of the Heat doing their homework and valuing the pick.

Scrub Battier is in elite company among Heat players and NBA players - he will go down alongside Chris Quinn and be among the worst players to ever put on a Heat uniform... No other guys have ever been more useless to the organization.

As I said many times before , this was exactly the way scrub battier deserved to be sent off into retirement. This is how any scrub deserves to go - Being eliminated 4-1 from the finals in embarassing fashion.

This season and playoffs was further proof that he had absolutely NOTHING to do with the Heat winning the previous two titles - He was just along for the ride - He made ZERO contributions to it. He hurt us in so many ways with his presence on the court. Glad he will be gone - Glad he will go down a loser this season - He earned it. He can now retire and go into broadcasting at the level of basketball where he was last relevant(college basketball) he was a scrub as a pro.

At the end of the day, this season was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL FAILURE for the Heat - Not only was this season a failure but so far, this big 3 era has been a failure - But, with scrub battier now gone maybe they can get it together again and make good on their word.

Maybe next season Diva Wade and Diva James will value the regular season more - And maybe they will do more of what is necessary to help the team win. Maybe next season Diva Wade will put the team ahead of himself and be willing to accept a lesser role if he is too butt hurt to play and start an entire season. Maybe CB will bring his game back inside.

We shall see. One thing is for certain, with scrub battier gone, the future for the Heat is surely bright.

 

[Paolo305613]

Mike Greenberg aka Greeny of Mike and Mike is among the many clowns of ESPN he just tweeted out “ If I am LBJ, I would think long and hard about opting out - this team has gone as far as its going to go” I kind of agree with him on that - Diva Wade refuses to get better - CB wont get better if he keeps shooting from outside.

 

[Paolo305613]

Yahoo Sports reporting that Chris Andersen will opt out and test free agency.He wont get too much elsewhere - And the Heat shouldnt give him more than the veteran minimum. He might be done.

 

[Andresrenee]

A healthy Andersen will get more than the minimum for a contending team needing an 8th or 9th player. I think his deep thigh bruise limited him. He still has a couple of years left. He will be missed. Now to answer the rants of a lunatic:

1. Lebron is awesome and the best player in the game. Without him, we lose in 4 and don't even make it out of the second round. So stop the non sense.

2. Wade was off this year, and the maintenance program cost us team chemistry and lost Spoles respect, but Wade still deserves his. He will get 40 million over the next two years. He made 3 million in 2006. Call it an averaging out. You better hope he does us a favor, opts out and gives us a little break to bring down the hit some.

3. Jones and UD are a step slow and nothing special at this stage. Again, hope UD does a favor but I doubt it. Jones for the minimum would work.

4. Give Beasley and Oden more time at a discount if they accept but they did not deliver. Yes BEASLEY scores but no D and boneheaded plays like the five seconds are his trade mark and anti-Heat.

5. The only Failure this year was you as a so called fan. Only someone very bitter with their own existence, complains about the last 4 years. Great ride.

Finally, the Big 3 are 2-0 in NBA finals where Shane Battier was in the starting line up and 0-2 when he was not in the line up. Coincidence? Everyone else can be the judge. Thank you Shane for 3 great years and for being a class act even though some clowns in our fan base criticize, the real fan knows the truth.

 

[Paolo305613]

He is 35 and banged up - Not sure he has more than a year left - Even with him having been out of the league for a couple of years prior to joining the Heat - He is still up there in age and has taken a beating the last two seasons. He needs a lesser role - He can be very effective then.

Wade was off this year, and the maintenance program cost us team chemistry and lost Spoles respect, but Wade still deserves his.

Interesting that NOW that the team fell short of their ultimate goal - as I knew they would. Of course, an apologist/excuse maker like yourself couldnt do it without blaming Spo. If this so called maitenance program cost us chemistry - The only person to blame for it is the Diva himself. While from the inside you hear them say that it was a mutual agreement between them and Diva - I am sure Spo and the coaching staff wasnt really planning on having Wade miss so many games - He did because he wanted to. The missing of games should have never occured to begin with - Sadly it did because Wade is a pussy - but it should have stopped at the second half of the season.... But again, Wade is a pussy. No reason for Wade to have lost respect for Spo, it is Spo when he was an assistant that made Wade into the player he is/or was before he became a pussy.

He needs to take less money and a lesser role.

Finally, the Big 3 are 2-0 in NBA finals where Shane Battier was in the starting line up and 0-2 when he was not in the line up. Coincidence? Everyone else can be the judge. Thank you Shane for 3 great years and for being a class act even though some clowns in our fan base criticize, the real fan knows the truth.

You say the above statement - yet accuse me of being bitter with my own existence. That is far from the truth. Only someone bitter with their own existnence - which is clearly you, who has to try to bring up an irrelevant stat to support the biggest waste of life since tim teblow, in scrub battier to support their claim.

The Heat won their previous titles despite scrub battier making bone-headed plays to try to lose games - and lost this season because the proof is in the pudding that he just played too much.

With scrub battier finally gone - The Heat can now go back to being 15 strong and go on a real championship run and start the real dynasty they are capable of. This coming season, we will be able to put together the team Riles really dreamed of to accomplish this that we couldnt put together because we had a waste of life like scrub battier taking up money and a roster spot.

 

[Paolo305613]

Not to be critical of CB but after the game he said he was “relived” our two year run was over because it was a “grind”. That is a bit discouraging going forward especially from CB, the only one out of the big 3 who consistently gave it everything he had despite some struggles at times. They half-assed all through the season and they called it a “ grind”. imagine what they would think of the season if they actually tried from start to finish... the end of the world?