Heat 2012 Off-Season Thread

[Jace]

Oh yeah I was going to bring up a possible poor-man's Ryan Anderson comparison. Definitely nowhere near the shooter, but the combination of 3pt shooting and rebounding could be very valuable.

Ed Downs ‏@eddowns

@mchalmers15 is truly a young athletic strong dude working out @TERFaf . I'm gonna turn him into a lethal weapon with a silencer:-)

Ed Downs ‏@eddowns

@mchalmers15 U did good work @TERFaf ,

This is the guy who worked out the Big 3 last offseason. Rio is putting solid work in this offseason, guys.

And every tweet from LeBron seems to indicate he's somewhere new: NY, Akron...now, I believe, China. Kinda crazy considering he'll be back there very soon. I guess dude just can't rest.

[Dee-Zy]

I think he rebounds better than Anderson (could be wrong though) and he seems more scrappy too.

[Jace]

Good call:

Anderson - 8.6 per36, 13.8% rebound rate (last season, but almost identical to career numbers)

Harrellson - 9.6 / 15.4%

As a reference, UD was 10.6 per36 at 15.7% last year.


And its true LeBron is in Beijing. Dude should just stay there until camp starts. That flight is brutal.

[Wade2Bosh]

2 spots left open right? Wouldnt mind Harrellson fighting for one of those spots. He's a big body with an OK outside game. At this point, there's not much left.

[Jace]

Yup and there's at least some upside there. He's got some Heat characteristics that we could further mold.

His slowness might hurt his chances though.

[Jace]

Derrick Favors is saying he wants more PT this season...

My Al Jefferson pipedream is slowly formulating.

[Jace]

Fashion time!

A small glimpse of the monochromes right here:



So far I like the blacks better. These should be red/yellow, or maybe even yellow/white(or red) to bust our yellow jersey cherry. Oh well.

Also, while I can't confirm this, someone on the RealGM boards claimed they read somewhere else we'll be changing HEAT to MIAMI on the blacks. Reminded me of two games in 2007 for the first year (I believe) of Latina Noche. If you recall we wore these jerseys with the white strip on the side panels replaced by a stream of Latin American flags. I happened to be at both games.





I kind of like it, even though it goes against our history. They should switch the reds to HEAT. I think it would look better there.

And while we're talking unis, NY is making a change (their last set was introduced two years after ours):






Heat are on the clock.

[Dee-Zy]

Knicks' are nice.

[Jace]

Bigger look at the Winter Court monochromes.




Some are really cool. Ours suck. A lot of them seem like a waste of time. I'm indifferent to this.

I like the gray ones and the Blazers a lot. Damn, forget yellow. Ours should be red/gray.

Between these and the throwbacks, I'd imagine there won't be a big game all season where we wear normal unis.

[Wade County]

Im fairly indifferent to the monochromes. A few like you mentioned will look good, but ours looks pretty shit.

I like the jersey update NYK has done, looks smooth.

I would like either a few subtle upgrades on our existing look, or a complete overhaul of the jersey design. I'm up for whatever.

[Jace]

Yeah I'm with you there, I've been saying minor updates, but a total overhaul would be cool too...if done right.

I also think NY made a huge improvement. Black elements on non-black color scheme teams is so 90's. I'm a fan of the silver, as well, even though that might just be a 2010's fad. Not sure how much I like the sleeve borders being incomplete, though.

Wait a minute, am I correct that NY went that entire last set with only one playoff win? I'm ashamed its against us.

[Jace]

Confirmed that the source on the road black change to MIAMI is an Adidas Fall catalog. Apparently it also says the other two will remain the same. It seems they soon-to-be-obsolete blacks have been 30% off all summer, and this is why. Strange to think it's going to be odd seeing HEAT on black jerseys eventually. Or this can be a transition thing, in anticipation of an updated set saying MIAMI on the main road jerseys, like most teams (city name on main roads, team name on alts).

[Jace]

Ira: Harrellson, Andersen emerge as Heat options in middle

With a 2012-13 roster otherwise mostly completed, the Miami Heat continue to deal with their remaining sizeable issue.

Free-agent center Josh Harrellson, traded by the New York Knick to the Houston Rockets earlier this summer and since released, confirmed on his Twitter account a workout with the Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena.

According to a source familiar with the situation, Harrellson is one of several big men the Heat have recently workout out.

Currently, Joel Anthony and Dexter Pittman are the only centers under contact to the Heat, although the Heat are expected to open the season with power forward Chris Bosh as their starting center, possibly with power forward Udonis Haslem as his primary backup at the position, continuing the small-ball approach the team utilized on the way to the 2012 NBA championship.

The Heat also have attracted the interest of free-agent center Chris Andersen, who recently bypassed a lucrative European offer and is believed to be amenable to a Heat offer at the NBA minimum salary, which is all the Heat, operating above the NBA salary cap, have available. Andersen was released earlier this summer by the Denver Nuggets under the league's amnesty provision that eases a team's luxury-tax liability.

On his verified Twitter account, Harrellson first posted "Miami here I come Wednesday! Let's have a good workout" followed by "Miami!!! Ready to impress!"

At 6 feet 10, 275 pounds, Harrellson would become the second-heaviest player on the Heat roster to Pittman. Currently, small forward LeBron James holds that distinction.

Harrellson, whose workout with the Heat was reported by ESPN, averaged 4.4 points and 3.9 rebounds in an average of 14.6 minutes last season as a rookie with the Knicks, shooting 20 of 59 on 3-pointers.

Other remaining free-agent candidates who could meet the Heat's apparent need for size in the middle include Darko Milicic and Andray Blatche.

Blatche, an amnesty cut by the Washington Wizards, said in a recent story in the Syracuse Post-Standard, "My dream destination right now would be back on the court. For real. Just to get back on the court. It's something I love to do. It doesn't matter if it's the Heat or the Spurs or the D-League. Whatever. As long as I’m back on the court playing ball."

The Heat also could fill out their power rotation with players already working with the team. Veteran power forward Juwan Howard was the first Heat player to return to workouts at AmericanAirlines Arena in the wake of the team's championship. Center Mickell Gladness, who began last season with the Heat before closing the season with the Golden State Warriors, played for the Heat's summer-league team in July and recently joined Heat guard Norris Cole and Heat free-agent prospects Terrel Harris and Jarvis Varnado at the NBA's rookie transition program, a mandatory program for NBA newcomers that was not held last summer because of the lockout.

The Heat currently have 13 players under guaranteed contract for the coming season: James, Dwyane Wade, Bosh, Shane Battier, Mario Chalmers, Haslem, Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, Mike Miller, Anthony, James Jones, Cole and Dexter Pittman. Teams can carry a maximum of 20 players during the offseason and training camp, 15 during the regular season.

Heat President Pat Riley recently said he is hopeful of having a full training-camp roster in place by the end of Labor Day weekend, with training camp opening the last week of September.

RETIRE ALREADY JUWAN. ****.

Also, Spo recently said in a radio interview that half the team has already been back on the practice court regularly. Gotta assume Mario is dropping in considering he's working out with Ed Downs down the street.

Funny that NoNo has to go through a rookie symposium AFTER winning an NBA championship. Oh, the lockout.

Amazing if it weren't for Pitt's fatass LeBron would be our heaviest player. The same guy who guarded Rose, in Derrick's words, "easily."

[Jace]

And, think LA getting Dwight hasn't caused Joel to turn up his offseason game? Expect better post D from the Warden with this new training regimen.

[Wade County]

SO MUCH SWAG.

I find those pictures ****ing hilarious