'13 All things Heat thread

[Dee-Zy]

Haha, I thought about your idea when I got a push notif from ESPN about it.

[Wade County]

What we need to do is this:

- Sign Oden to cheap, multiyear deal with low amounts of guarantees.
- Kidnap Phoenix's medical staff and use their voodoo magic on him.
- Profit

[BlackNRed]

Agree with the Oden thing, not really anything to lose there.

[Wade2Bosh]

Nope. We ran a fat camp for Eddy Curry. Might as well work as a rehab center for Oden.

[Smithian]

How clutch would Arnett Moultrie be right now? A young big who rebounds very well while also competing defensively.

[Jace]

Heat interested in Cook, not Oden.

Greg Oden may be interested in playing for the Miami Heat.
According to Brian Windhorst and Marc Stein of ESPN.com, the feeling was apparently mutual.
A day later, Oden's agent Mike Conley Sr. is now telling Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald that the Miami Heat "never asked about Greg." But they did show interest in former Heat player Daequan Cook before he ended up signing with the Chicago Bulls after being recently released by the Houston Rockets.
"They have never made a single call about him," Conley said. "It's strange this story [comes out] because I spoke to them this week about Daequan Cook before he signed with Chicago. They never asked about Greg."

Weird that the report apparently came out of nowhere. Weirder that we were interested in Cook, who would eat Ray's minutes.

[doctordrizzay]

another wing? That's Exactly what we needed! right on!

[Wade2Bosh]

2 insiders, who are usually pretty spot on with their info, were both wrong? hmmm

Either they want to keep the talks private or the agent leaked the news to garner more interest in his client.

[Wade2Bosh]

A photographer snapped a pic of Lebron from his 1st NBA game in Sacramento, then the same guy snapped this shot from our last game there. Pretty freaking cool

[Jace]

Saw on twitter earlier LBJ had retweeted it. Badass. That Heat uni looks os much better.

Originally Posted by Wade2Bosh

2 insiders, who are usually pretty spot on with their info, were both wrong? hmmm

Either they want to keep the talks private or the agent leaked the news to garner more interest in his client.

Don't see why he'd deny it later, then. My first thought was it was leaked to promote him, but then why would the agent deny it?

[Jace]

I think it's time to graduate this thread to "'13..."

@christomasson A big man is available that #Heat could pursue. #Nuggets center Timofey Mozgov is on the trading block.

An intriguing big man has emerged on the trading block that the Miami Heat could go after.
League sources said the Denver Nuggets are looking to deal center Timofey Mozgov, who has been unable to get much playing time on a deep team and has an expiring contract. Mozgov is aware he could be moved by the Feb. 21 trade deadline.

“It think it’s logical, you can see that, trading me,’’ Mozgov said in an interview with FOX Sports Florida. “I’m in my contract year. So if they can get something for me… I don’t think it would be a surprise for me (to be traded).’’

Miami is looking for a big man. It remains to be seen if the Heat could come up with an offer to entice the Nuggets for the 7-foot-1 Mozgov, making $2.79 million.

The Heat don’t have a lot of assets that they would trade. They have young point guard Norris Cole, who makes $1.11 million and would be hard to give up. The Nuggets are set at point guard with Ty Lawson and Andre Miller, but multi-team deals are always possible.

The Heat also could dangle a first-round draft pick they are due from Philadelphia that is lottery protected. It would go to Miami as soon as next June if the 76ers don’t make the playoffs.

“I heard Miami is trying to find a big guy,’’ Mozgov said when asked about the Heat, who have had rebounding problems all season. “We’ll see. I don’t know (what might happen).’’

Mozgov, 26, is averaging just 2.7 points and 3.0 rebounds over 10.0 minutes. He averaged 5.4 points and 4.1 rebounds last season over 15.6 minutes.

“I feel bad for him because he’s good enough to be on an NBA court,’’ said Nuggets coach George Karl. “But I got four (post players) and I don’t think if we divided it by four, that is the smart thing to do.’’

The Nuggets rely on centers Kosta Koufos and JaVale McGee and power forward Kenneth Faried. That leaves little time for Mozgov.

“It’s not easy,’’ said Mozgov, who played well in the Olympics last summer for his native Russia while winning a bronze medal. “Last season, I played… But I still work hard in practice.’’

Moved from uninterested to indifferent on this one. I've viewed him as another in the line of the Dampiers, Turiafs, and Magloires, but at least he's young. Might even be a better option than former Heat fan hopefuls Fesenko and Darko.

[doctordrizzay]

Originally Posted by Jace

I think it's time to graduate this thread to "'13..."





Moved from uninterested to indifferent on this one. I've viewed him as another in the line of the Dampiers, Turiafs, and Magloires, but at least he's young. Might even be a better option than former Heat fan hopefuls Fesenko and Darko.

He is 7-1 though. play's 10 min a game and is 26. That's Omar Asik esqe. Not saying that he could be an Omar but he could be an Omar.

[Jace]

Gonna need more evidence than height, age, and playing time to buy into that.

[Wade2Bosh]

Bigs who cant move their feet to play our style of D, look awkward and out of place in our system.

[Adam]

Is Spoo a good coach if he ends up with one championship in three years? I sure wish Riley had not given away all those draft picks, wasted others, and decided not to sign a center in what will soon be a decade.