'13 All things Heat thread

[Jace]

No, Charlotte. When Gordon hit a 3 to put them up 7, the play-by-play guy exploded into a paroxysm of "YES!...YES!...YES!" Much more like a fan than a professional commentator.

But yeah, the PDX guys are two I had in mind while posting that. Didn't discover them until this season.

[Wade County]

I too have been keeping an eye on that Philly pick, Jace. Mitchell will likely be a Top 10 pick though i'd say, but his abilities certaintly are intruiging.

Roberson is interesting. I think we really need a guy with a huge motor, like a Faried/Marion type hustle guy. As CB is really our Center, i'd like us to look for a backup 3/4 with athleticism, range, defensive ability and potential. Knowing us though, we like our rookies seasoned. We'll probably trade the pick though for a serviceable big.

This Michael Carter-Williams kid looks intruiging. 6'5" PG but slim as a rake. I think his lack of a jumper though looks a bit concerning, particularly playing with Lebron.

[Jace]

That's why I like Roberson. The high motor, defensive versatility/tenacity, and monster rebounding are something we could really use in a backup dual-forward. Seems like a better all-around version of what I hoped for from Dozier.

[Wade County]

Definitely. Lets see what our resident Heat scout Smithi has to say though

I like the sound of Roberson though, and looks likely he'd be available at our pick too.

[Jace]

Yeah. As we see every year, though, so much will change between now and the end of the college season. Then, even more will change when workouts and deeper looks into the film and stats begin. Guys now in the top 10 could wind up as (near) 2nd-rounders (PJIII), while guys not even slated to be drafted could wind up near the lotto. One season, and subsequent advanced scouting, can change so much.

[Jace]

Gerald Wallace fined $5,000 for this flop against LeBron. Seems warranted. It's pretty bad.



No idea why they dated it 12/21/2012...Aflopalypse?

[Jace]

@DwyaneWade Great workout again today with my trainer eddowns1 @proterf #NoDaysoff

@DwyaneWade Coming off of knee surgery you have to work harder just to get back to where you were b4. If you wanna be be

Wish it were Grover, but at least he's still working/rehabbing hard.

[Wade2Bosh]

Lebron named EC player of the Month. Shocker.

[Wade County]

That was a super egregious flop by Wallace.

Despite us berating Wade at times, his last 5:

24.6 ppg
3.6 rpg
4.6 apg
1.4 spg
0.4 bpg
1.6 tpg
34.4 mpg
9.4/18.4 fg = 51.1%
0.2/0.8 3fg = 25.0%
5.6/7.2 ft = 77.8%

Liking that the turnovers are down and the shooting efficiency is up. Hopefully the more he rehabs the better he'll be.

[Wade County]

Whoah, just saw Varnado's stats in Sioux Falls.

15.7 points
9.3 rebounds
1.3 assists
5.7 BLOCKS

Dude showing way more than Pitt ever has. Swapsies?

[Jace]

I'd be down. I gave him shit after Summer League, but he was clearly playing hurt.

[Wade County]

Dat Jarvis. Bring it on.

Probably doesn't offer the offense, but gee we need some defensive help, and he's an elite shotblocker.

Then again, so is Joel.

[Wade County]

Isaiah Thomas is currently the 3rd string PG in Sacramento....i'd be interested.

Not sure what it would take though.

[Smithian]

The Heat may have partied a little too hard the night before losing to the Wizards.
According to a series of photos posted on Reddit, several members of the Heat were spotted at a nightclub just hours before their 105-101 loss to Washington on Tuesday night.

“A friend put these pics up of Heat players at the club late last night…probably why they they looked out of it in their loss to the Wizards," Reddit user riz_lemon posted.



The photos clearly show Miami stars Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Ray Allen along with several other people. The trio of Allen, James and Wade combined for 61 points on 25-of-55 shooting. James added 11 assists and 13 rebounds to record his first triple-double of the season.

Outside of the Big Three, which includes Chris Bosh (26 points), Miami received zero points from starters Rashard Lewis and Mario Chalmers.

The win was only Washington’s second of the season, but the Wizards have now won three straight against Miami.

This shit pisses me off. Lazy ****ers go and get beat down by the SUCKY WIZARDS but can go party?

You pieces of shit are paid to win ball games, not do that.

Shit like this makes so much sense.

LeBron James was a pussy in Cleveland who didn't win until he had help and should have lost last year to the Pacers but Haslem and his pair of testacles turned the series around. How about instead of partying and making commercials you practice on your jumper and actually play in the post like a 6'8, 250 power house?

Dwyane Wade used to give a damn but hasn't been a good citizen since the end of the 2008-2009 season. Go back to nailing Star Jones you washed up piece of feces. Geez. Go to Chicago. LeBron is a wuss and I still prefer him to you.

And Ray Allen... Ray Allen. Go home to your weird mother and retire you old, no defense piece of shit.

Shocked Mario Chalmer's sucky self wasn't with them. He was probably outside smoking ganja with some of Michael Beasley's Washington DC bros.

Sad thing is this isn't uncommon.

[Wade2Bosh]

Wow

And Mario and UD are the 2 sitting next to Wade in the pic.