Miami Heat Fan Thread :: 2009-10

[The_Young_Gun]

He'd start. Chalmers has clearly shown his spot in this league is a backup PG who can play up-tempo offense and hit the 3 ball.

Also plays better in a wade-less environment..

 

[ESS 93]

Playing the Blazers tommorrow in Portland.
I am not overly confident, but if Wade, Beasley, Chalmers and everyone has a good day out we could get our 10th win on the board.

I can see a possible win, but a loss away is more likely in my eyes.

GO THE HEAT!!!

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Heat beat Blazers.. Beasley 27 points.. break out game?!

Beasley played very patiently more than usual, really showed maturity in this game. Coach Spo was obviously over the moon, especially wit Q Rich's performance as well..

I think this should go down as greatest trade ever... (Q Rich for Blount)

 

[Rocco_S]

Rumors Andre Miller is up for trade, if so, I'd hope we're making a big push to get him. However, as has been our problem for ages, I can't see much on our roster that would get them excited (Cook perhaps). They do need a replacement for Trav Outlaw.

We really need Toronto to make the playoffs, if they do we get their 1st rd draft pick as part of the JO/Marion trade, but they're being massive pussy's atm.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Tyrus Thomas anyone?

Can play the 3 and bring a big presence on both Offense and Defense..

 

[Rocco_S]

Heat 2-0 with both wins blowout since Arroyo has started. Wright in good form. All of a sudden our bench looks pretty good with Haslem, Chalmers and Wright.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

I was surprised Arroyo started again yesterday.. I saw a quote by Spoelstra that this was strictly only a one time thing, because Chalmers had missed a shoot around the other day he would be punnished...

Doesn't matter anyway, Arroyos' kickin ass and Chalmers is probably doin better off the bench without wade having to handle the ball.. Chalmers body language still seems pretty scummy though, seemed to be still unhappy after hitting a big 3 yesterday.

Also According to Pat Riley, the heat will have the biggest load of cap space for the next FA season, if we choose not to make a trade before the Feb deadline.. Pat said don't rule out a trade if something we cant refuse comes along.

Also Dorell is a FA at the end of the season, so yeh that sucks.. Imagine having this guy for 6 years and then all of a sudden comes good at his end of contract season, specially in a year where not much cap space will be used to waste on him by the heat.

 

[Altum Volantes]

I think we're headed for another 41 to 46 win season, first round fodder.

If they have the cap space they should move heaven and earth to get someone big, Wade's best years are going to waste and he will look elsewhere if the Heat can't get a better than average squad around him.

 

[Rocco_S]

Great article about Beasley

There was a time, and it wasn’t long ago, where Michael Beasley would blow through $20,000 in a night, awaken and want to do it again. Spend fast, drive fast, party fast.

He was an NBA millionaire, living like repercussions need not apply, trusting almost everybody, listening to almost nobody.

And then, he insists, two people changed his ways without saying a word.

The Miami Heat forward says he decided to try escaping his destructive patterns because of his children—Mikaiya, his 7-month-old daughter, and Pierce, his 4-month-old son.

He said this fall that one more strike against him would have led to a suspension through the NBA substance-abuse policy, which means he already had two strikes. His parents both made headlines for things they posted on Twitter, the social networking site that Beasley used to get himself in trouble through his words and a link to the now-infamous tattoo photo that some thought captured a bag of marijuana on a nearby table.

He found his role with the Heat, becoming a full-time starter at forward. He became a father twice by two women. He didn’t remain romantically involved with either woman, but works with both to raise his children in what he hopes is the right way. That is especially important to him because his father wasn’t always around. He got stronger, physically and mentally.

Amid all the off-the-court changes that went into Beasley’s reinvention, his work ethic on the floor may be better than ever.

Throughout high school, AAU basketball, even his one year at Kansas State, there weren’t many people who could guard the left-handed Beasley. In the NBA, the 6-foot-10 native of Frederick, Md., started finally playing with people better than him, a new and humbling experience.

So he got busy. He could not play defense the way an NBA player should when Miami chose him No. 2 in the 2008 draft, not even close, and he didn’t seem necessarily bothered by that when his pro career began. Now, when he gets beat or blows a defensive assignment, Beasley gets demonstrably upset with himself and bears down even harder at both ends of the floor.

 

[Rocco_S]

I think we're headed for another 41 to 46 win season, first round fodder.

If they have the cap space they should move heaven and earth to get someone big, Wade's best years are going to waste and he will look elsewhere if the Heat can't get a better than average squad around him.

I find myself constantly thinking about this, but whether we make a move before the end of this season or not, we're not going to win anything this season. It's clear Riley has plans for the summer, we had every opportunity to get Boozer (I guess we still might get him) but we didn't.

I think we have only a few players that have any trade currency;

1. Jermaine O'Neal - his big salary is perfect for a team not currently a player in next year's FA to become one, but his monster salary makes him hard for both parties to match salaries so it would have to be a team willing to take on more salary.

2. Michael Beasley - however I'd hope we'd now consider him untradeable.

3. - Deaquan Cook - currency going down with every match he plays. Stone cold atm.

4. - James Jones/Dorrel Wright - Dorrel is finally showing something but is out of contract at seasons end and it's hard to see how he will stay on if we're chasing 2 max players. James Jones is a proven specialist player but somehow can't see significant minutes.

None of those 4 points suggests we'd get anything decent in return (except Beasley).

I agree that we're first round fodder and Wade is wasting away at the moment but until he commits, we'd be stupid to trade just because of Dwyane Wade. I'm not convinced Wade will stay next year and consider it the likely option he moves (I probably would if I were him). I think the best case, realistic scenario for us at '10FA to be Wade re-signing and Bosh signing with us. I think we really need to LeBron to be a NYK, and Amar'e to sign with Chicago. Although even if this does happen, i'm not sure we'd win a championship, I reckon we'd still be a C short (you couldn't play Beasley & Bosh at the 4 & 5, meaning Beasley would have to play the 3, and I fancy that ship might have sailed.)

What I'm most worried about is Wade leaving and us not getting one of Bosh/Amar'e or LeBro and having to sign a bloke like Joe Johnson to a max contract. We might get seriously burnt by Riley who'll most likely be retired this time next year.

So I guess in summary, we have no trade value and no cap space. It's going to be a very interesting post season for us.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

All I want for Christmas is Dwyane Wade and Lebron James!

 

[Rocco_S]

Spo has to go. It's clear he's not ready. Riley has to take over, we're a nothing team and going nowhere.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

I don't get how we keep Beasley our second best scorer to only 20-25 minutes a game.. All we have to do is get the ball in his hands and we're pretty much certain for a score.

Jermaine has been playing shit on offence, and hasn't brought much to defense when playing guys taller than him, he's defends the weak side well but struggles with larger bodies..

What else, Q-Rich is too fat to play... Wade gets scored on too much..

I have no effing clue why chalmers is still on the bench when we need that defensive pressure he brings, something we need at all times.. Nothing wrong with Arroyo but, I just think it'd be better if he was a 6th man type player..

To shake things up a bit I reaken we should put beasley back to the 3, bring Haslem into the 4 and send Q-Rich to the bench to bring both inside and outside offence to the team.. Our bench has pretty much no inside offence at all ATM.

 

[Rocco_S]

I reckon we trade Haslem so there's no one to take minutes of Beasley.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

The only reason Haslem gets Beasley's minutes is because spo doesn't trust Beasley's defensive side.. Haslem is too prestiges to our team anyway in many aspects..

The only guys up for trade would be Q-Rich and Oneal.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Problem = O'Neal

If we can smash our arch rival without O'neal, then the signs are obvious..

 

[Rocco_S]

We just trade Chris Quinn to the Nets. We dealt Quinn, a 2nd round pick (2012) and cash for a 2010 2nd round pick (protected so we will never get the pick). Obviously a pre-curser for a later trade.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Nets waived Rafer Alston, and the strong word around town is that we'll pick him up after he clears waivers..

I also saw somewhere that Wizards are possibly trading Caron Butler, and possible destinations include Chicago and the Heat.

 

[aaronm46]

Welcome Rafer, hopefully fits in well

 

[The_Young_Gun]

5 years later since last wearing a heat gearnsey and Rafer brings another win to the heat... Surprisingly beating the suns.

Wade dominant!!... Beasley dominated inside and actually played out most the game.. Haslem = 4th quarter clutch... Wright played like a guard, getting niggly steals, and easy fast break jams!... Q-Rich was quite... Oneal did alright...

Our Inside defence was a bit of a worry though, lazy one minute, then agressive the next :s ... on a good note Alston adjusted very well to our defence ...

All in all, solid win...

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Worst loss for the season 65-104 to the bobcats..

We've seemed now to have made a label for ourselves as the most hot and cold team in the NBA..

Bosh and Amar'e look to be on the tradign block now.. I hope the heat could at least consider getting either one before the deadline.. It'll certainly give us a little assurance that wade will want to stay then.

 

[Rocco_S]

Heats season finished today with a disappointing 4-1 loss to Boston. I really hope Wade hasn't played his last game for us. However I can't see Beasley not getting traded, which will no doubt please Wade.

O'Neal, Haslem and Wright are also out of contract. I'd be really confident O'Neal wont hand around, but will be hard to keep both Haslem and Wright, unless they accept close to the minimum (assuming we sign a 2nd max FA). If Wade leaves, we're f**ked. There'd be no point in signing Bosh, if Wade leaves.

Such a big off-season for us, major players in FA, and 3 draft picks (18, 41, 42 from memory).

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Wade's last comment after the game was:

"The Heat Front Office have A LOT of work to do!!"

Fingers crossed Wade stays with the heat.. At the moment I'd be happy with at least a David Lee to work with... Plus a Brendan Haywood and we'd have a decent contending team..

But..... A Bosh/Amare/James is what the heat should be hunting furiously for!!!!

 

[nigelicious]

God I hope Wade stays. Fingers crossed...

 

[LB#16]

God I hope Wade stays. Fingers crossed...

All we can do now is wait and hope he makes the right decision and stays.
Nerve-racking that's for sure!