I'm so glad we didn't give Posey that extra year on his contract right now. But really, I don't have much respect for Chris Paul. Very dirty/thuggish player that hides behind his persona.

What's up with Shaq banging Arenas's fiance?

Did you read the emails? It was pretty funny. I'm going to start telling girls I want to fill dat up.

Beasley/Heat Watch:

Beasley goes for 15 last night against the Wiz but needs 19 shots to get there. Still seems to be struggling to find his place on the team. But his attitude has been really good.

Wade drops 41, though, and the Heat move to 6-1. I know they will regress to the mean eventually but it is nice to have a hot start. Chalmers looks like he made a jump over the offseason which is fantastic.

Vegas is loving the Heat right now... thankfully, ive thought they are underrated still this year.... have won me a few units

I don't know about you guys, but I cannot wait for the Cavs Wizards game, Wednesday on ESPN.

Steve Kerr said he would trade his career for Steve Nash's career.

Steve Nash: two-time MVP, great individual stats, some postseason success, but no championships.

Steve Kerr: key role player, five rings including famous series winning shot off a pass from MJ.

Which career would you take? I would probably lean towards Nash if it wasn't for that one shot, but I still think it's close.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...ronMiami-091112


Please, oh please, please......make it so.

Marc Stein talked about this scenario as well.

Heard it from someone plugged into the Team USA scene this week. From a prominent player agent. From an Eastern Conference team official, too.

Move Miami up your list.

That's the advice I'm getting more and more. No doctorate required to understand the thinking, either: Miami's combination of Dwyane Wade, Pat Riley, sufficient cap space to sign one max player and the bonus attraction of South Beach adds up to an offer LeBron might not be able to refuse.

Did we mention D-Wade?

The long-held assumption around the league called for Riley -- forever married to the idea that you win nothing without a dominant big man -- to try to sign Bosh away from Toronto to partner with D-Wade, helped along by the fact that Bosh and Wade are both represented by Chicago-based agent Henry Thomas. Yet one source close to the situation told ESPN.com on Thursday night that the theory is outdated. The source is further convinced that Bosh isn't even looking at Miami and that Riley is definitely dreaming of a Wade-and-LeBron combo.

Michael Beasley might be the only other NBA-worthy starter besides Wade on the Heat's roster come July -- and Beasley obviously still has plenty to prove -- but surely James will be tempted. Think about it.

Let's not overstate the chance to work with Riley or the South Beach factor but instead focus solely on the opportunity to hook up with his fellow 2003 draftee and form what might be the most dynamic perimeter tag team of all-time. At worst? LeBron and Wade could sure put a modern/scary/spectacular spin on the Jordan-and-Scottie Pippen concept.

I'm starting to get the vibe that the Cavs know it, too.


I also heard that Wade stays at Lebron's house when they go to Cleveland, so it seems like these guys are real friends, not just basketball friends.

If that were to happen, how many games do the Heat get on national television? 50?

Assuming that D Wade stays in Miami there is no question that the Heat are the most attractive of the teams that will have cap space to sign a max free agent.

I'm going to comment about Bosh in the Raptors thread since there has been a bunch of talk over there about it.

If the cap shrinks this offseason (as most predict it will), then the Heat will be the ONLY team that can sign two max guys. Obviously, the priority is Wade....but with that situation they should at least be able to get one other big time guy. Lebron seems like a stretch but Bosh or Joe Johnson make sense (though I know Riley would rather get a big guy). I know Miami has looked at Boozer a lot but he is too oft injured for my tastes.

Man between this and the 6-1 start I am feeling good about the Heat.

Yeah, the Heat lost to the Cavs last night but I still feel great about it because of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ozv9JN4ooc

Suck it, sideshow Brazilian.

That was awesome.

Also awesome.

better dunk last night...

dwade over little orphan annie, or this shannon brown throw down

http://www.slamonline.com/online/media/sla...rown-lifts-off/

D-Wade, ainec.

He makes Varejao fall down and somersault feet over head into the basket support. Even Lebron says it might be a top 10 all time dunk.

Definitely.

Dunks over someone are always better than breakaway dunks.

You want to improve the slam dunk contest? Make it a combo dunk/block contest. Get the best shot-blockers in the game to stand under the basket and just have guys try to dunk over them. I'd rather see that then most of the nonsense that's been going on lately.

You can always count on the Clippers being the Clippers.

Up by 21 on the Raptors in the first half and lose by 15.

as per the steve nash vs steve kerr question

rings mean nothing if you are the 8th best player on the team - you really think Charles Barkley would rather have been Luke Walton?

a more interesting comparison would be say Michael Redd vs Robert Horry - where Redd is the better player but Horry has a ton of rings and big shots

pacers beat the celtics for their 4th straight win last night. wooo even with many many injuries

grizzlies waive iverson

Man AI's fall was swift. But AI, more than most guards, relied almost completely on his physical gifts, his speed, quickness, explosiveness. He was never a great shooter, and he's so small that he can't evolve his game like a bigger guard like MJ or Kobe can, into a physical post up game. Basically, once his speed and physical advantage eroded, he was done. It makes me sad, at his peak he was as exciting of a player to watch as I've ever seen. That 2000-01 playoff run was as impressive of a feat as I've ever seen in sports, his team was wretched, and he carried them on his small back.

I know he's crazy but i wish the cavs would have picked up stephan jackson

looks like the knicks are frontrunners for AI early on

is isaiah still running that team - they should resign marbury too

Is Jamal Crawford still on that team?

Definitely should get AI, Crawford, Marbury and see if maybe Larry Hughes is available, then work a trade for Ben Gordon... The world might implode.

lol at this, but I think Crawford is playing for Atlanta.

The Knicks First Rd pick belongs to Utah and is no longer lottery protected. They traded it to Phoenix in 2004 when they acquired Marbury and Phoenix flipped it to Utah in 2005.

The stench of Thomas is going to linger in New York for a long time.

UNC is getting pushed around by Syracuse. Yikes.

Clippers>Denver
Warriors>Portland


huh>what?

CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE


Underrated Cuse team. Suffocating zone defense. They have a chance to be really special

Beasley watch:

Beasley is playing better and better but Wade is slumping and Miami is predictably coming back to Earth. Still, it was nice to see Beasley slap up back to back 20 point games.

I saw the Heat - Raptor game last night on TV.

Beasley doesn't seem to have a defensvie position. He's too small to really be a big and not a great perimeter defender for a small forward.

Somebody has to score on The Heat other than Wade and I guess Beasley will be it.

Tough to see him ever being a top flight player.

Not a lot of depth on The Heat at the best of times but without Haslem and Richardson like they were last night they are in a lot of trouble.

Will be very interesting since they are going to have to basically gut their roster to have the cap space to sign another max free agent to go along with Wade this off season.

yeah that was a good game. If the Raps always shoot like that from 3, they are going to be a tough out in the playoffs.

Miami is playing for 2010. They have the ability to put together a monster squad this offseason. I think Wade will re-sign and Riley will get it done. Riley always seems to get it done.

One thing the Raptors can do is score. They just have to figure out how to do the other things like rebound and stop the other team from scoring.

I'm not so convinced that Miami is going to have that monster team even with another max free agent along with Wade. They have to renounce all their own free agents to get the cap space and because they will be under the cap they won't have a mid level exemption. They're going to have to fill the roster out with veteran's minimum contracts.

This off season is going to be so much fun though as I love all the trading and free agent stuff.

Does it make me a bad person that I would like a rabid badger to rip Joey Crawford's weasely face off of his bald head ?

nate robinson forgot what team he was on and shot at the wrong basket

good thing he's like 35% from the field this year.

the shot went in but he didnt beat the shot clock

i'm like dude - you're shooting a three on an inbounds play and there is no one playing defense - do you think you woke up in a fast break?

no one's ever accused nate of being a cerebral player.

NO. It makes you a good person.

Refs who think they are part of the show need to be made examples of.....and Joey Crawford is the worst of the worst when it comes to that shit. The guy is notorious for calling things tight on the HOME team to piss off the crowd because.....he thinks he is part of the show (and basks in the boos.)

I am sure it comes from him being part of officiating royalty (his dad was a very famous ref). Basically, to me, the parallels between Joe Buck and Joey Crawford are striking. No talent ass hats named Joseph trading off their fathers and thinking they are much more important than they are.

/rant.

+74,000

Isn't he the one with the personal vendetta against the Spurs?

yeah, specifically Tim Duncan.

I think it was last year that he threw Duncan out of the game for laughing with a teamate on the bench.

Michael Redd or Tracy McGrady?

Who do you want post-all star break given what you know right now?

Redd

I suppose there aren't too many good stories from microfracture surgeries. I got asked that question and didn't know. Tmac was a pretty fantastic player...seeing Amare's recovery makes me think modern medicine gives hope.

and when I make the comparison I don't mean who will be a bigger impact on team. Easiest way would be to measure it from a Fantasy perspective (and I greatly respect ur skilz in that dept). You still take Redd?

Well, I mean if you could tell me that they are both 100 percent healthy and will stay that way all season, I'd take TMac.. but I think TMac is done. He's played 12 seasons in the nba, and gets injured alot... I would be very nervous if I had a significant amount of my cap space tied up in TMac, I'll put it that way.

Beasley watch:

Beasley had a game winning dunk (that was not goaltending) as Miami snuck past Orlando 99-98.

I saw that, sick play.. as was vince's shot to take the lead. Hell of a game.