Heat 2012 Off-Season Thread

[Jace]

USA Men's 8pm vs. Brazil

HEAT Summer League 8:30pm vs. LAL

I'm going to switch over to the Summer League game, mostly because I know the USA game will be replayed in its entirety on NBATV later tonight.

Though of course I can have one on the TV and one on the PC.

[Jace]

Eurohoops.net ‏@Eurohoopsnet
Euroleague champ Joey Dorsey will fly tomorrow to Miami for a workout with @MiamiHEAT

Jordan Diddy ‏@ESPNMemphis
Dont be surprised if the Miami Heat sign Joey Dorsey..You heard it here first

Perhaps this will be the summer of the Jordan reporters? My name's Jordan, maybe I should hop into the field.

Chalmers, Dozier, Dorsey...clearly we're trying to build an all-2008 NCAA championship game lineup. Where you at, CDR?

I remember seeing Dorsey sitting in the stands near me at a game during the XX season, shortly after they lost the title. It was a game against the Grizzlies, so I assumed it was the Memphis connection. Obviously that was 4 years ago so it means nothing, but I totally forgot about that until now.

Wouldn't be much more than a training camp invite, at least initially, I'd think.

[Wade County]

Dorsey is a wide body. Not a lot of talent, but he's a space eater.

[Jace]

So short though. 6-6.25 barefoot. 7-2 wingspan though.

[UD40]

Dorsey is a brick house, as well as a former teammate of Dozier.

[Wade2Bosh]

Dorsey is a tank. Makes Lebron look like he needs to go back to the weight room. Rugged, pretty good rebounder, not much offensive game.

Think the final 2 spots will go to 2 big bodies.

[Wade2Bosh]

Jason Quick ‏@jwquick
Miami assistant David Fizdale said he met with Blazers GM Neil Olshey on Sunday and took his name out of consideration for the job.

Fizdale: "Head coaching will always be there for me. I still have a lot to learn from Coach Riley, Coach Spo(elstra), Coach Rothstein ..."

Fizdale said he wanted to pull out of running for the Blazers' job "out of consideration for Neil" Olshey, whom he has a long relationship

..

[Jace]

[Wade County]

haha CQuinns looks terrified of that fish.

[Jace]

Someone should claim ownership of that, pretty sure I got it from this board.

[Jace]

Heat’s “Let It Fly” team busy this summer
by Ethan J. Skolnick

If you follow Heat players on Twitter, watched the parade or saw the ESPYs, you probably heard or read these three words plenty of times:

“Let It Fly.”

That’s part of the acronym for Let It Fly Energy drink.

And while Mike Miller is the face of it — which is why he’s mixing those words into every quote — he’s recruited three of his Heat teammates as partners, Shane Battier, Udonis Haslem and James Jones.

“We’re the Let it Fly team,” Jones said.

They’ve all been plenty visible since the start of the offseason. Miller is finally back in South Florida, where he will now decide whether to have back surgery — but, first, he’s appearing at a “Let It Fly” camp in Hialeah on Tuesday. Haslem made an appearance at a camp at Cooper City High last Thursday. Battier will be putting for charity at the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe starting Thursday.

This week, James Jones — who is not retiring but is happy that all the talk about it “reminded people I’m alive” — is hosting two camps each day. The one in the morning is partnership with the Department of Children and Families, directed at foster kids, giving them tours of the FIU campus, taking them to the Davie Ranch to ride horses (where they’ll meet Burnie), and then doing team-building on a ropes course. At night, he’s hosting a shooting camp at Belen Jesuit.

Those camps are closed, but he still has space available for the Dibia Athletic Development Elite Skills Basketball Camp, which will be held July 23 to 27 at Ransom Everglades school in Miami. Jones runs the camp along with former University of Miami teammate Brandon Okpalobi. Click here for more information.

After the Heat added Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen to the roster, who will win the shooting contests in practice?

“Me,” Jones said. “I win them all. Of course.”

Looks like all of our 6-8 guys except LeBron are involved now.

[Smithian]

Dorsey would be an interesting pickup. He's a bowling bowl who is physical and can rebound. Could do worse for an end of the bench guy who wouldn't play all that often.

[Jace]

@ Impact Basketball in Vegas

[Wade County]

Keep practicing that corner 3, Shard.

[Jace]

Regarding Fiz, I know Smithi isn't a fan, but I always like what I hear/see out of him, and can definitely see him given a head coaching opportunity down the line with the youth movement there. Definitely respect him not jumping at the first chance, but he's in a great spot right now. I think he was an underrated hire to fill Erik's rookie cabinet.