I want to hear from other people what you think of the HEAT for this season. Yes they got Beasley that was good.

Spoelstra? Opinions?

What about Chalmers?

What about the rest of the team and will they gel?

How do they match up right now with the rest of the division?

When are the Heat going to get it together? Oh yeh 11-50….rough season….really rough. Champions to laughing stock inside 2 years.

It looks UGLY! Its the 2nd quarter and the score is 42-21 Denver. The Heat are getting run all over the court and they can’t get back on defense at all. Zo had some pretty sweet blocks already and there have been some rather shitty calls or I should say no calls for some Heat players, but really the Heat just can’t run with these teams.

Riley has Jason Williams, Cook, Shaq, Ricky Davis, and Bang Bang Blount. This lineup can at least run with the Nugs. Not saying they can stop them, but at least there are two or three back on D. Its 7:38 in the 2nd now and they are getting their asses handed to them.

BBL Miami Heat….oye vay.

From Shaq: “If teams are going to double, we’ve got to kick it out and guys have to step up and make ‘em pay,” he said. “If they’re not going to double, then I’ve got to make ‘em pay.

“And I haven’t been making ‘em pay. But I will. It’s payday.”

Shaq has definitely been slacking or at least appearing to slack. I don’t know if its the system that they are using or what, but Shaq has not been dominating AT ALL.

If Shaq gels the rest of the team will as well. He really is the keystone.

With all this talk I want to see Shaq pound the Rockets and Yao. I want to see alot of ball rotation and inside dominance. Dominance on 3. DOMINANCE!

The Sonics, although a crappy team overall, beat the Heat badly. I didn’t post on the Knicks game, but that was the best I’ve seen the Heat look and then they just roll up go home for the Sonics. Maybe the team expected more out of D Wade so they mentally were unprepared. I don’t know.

I’m liking this team a whole lot better than last years lineup. This team has potential if they can get it together. We finally have some athletic big men and more potent ball handlers this time around. I like the agressiveness we get with Alexander Johnson. Even though they now have more athletes on the team they still can’t run the court. Their defense needs serious work.
Shaq is just a giant log at this point. I’m wondering if we are ever going to see glimpses of old diesel ever again. Whats with all the finesse stuff? Just start flexing some muscle on the boards already. He must be hurt or in pain, because all we ever see are outside hooks and one handed lobs.

Even though we lost to the Spurs last night, I thought the team played better than any other game so far this year. So we are down 0-4. Did anyone expect anything better with this mish mosh?

Ricky Davis and Smush are showing signs of some good ball playing. Well mostly Ricky. Smush can handle the ball though.

Shaq had his best game of the season. Finally got to see an alley oop all over the back of Spurs center Fabricio Oberto.

Terrible ball control with too many turnovers as compared to the NETs game. Shot % was initially high in the first half, but started to sink as the game went on. Hopefully, we get our crap together for Denver.

There is a rumor that Heat management is looking to bring Keeyon Dooling back. Orlando management was quick to squash the rumor, but I have a feeling because Orlando has too much talent at PG that they might deal after all. I personally would love to get Keeyon back in Miami. I always liked him and he is a really talented player with the right team.

The other possibility is Eddie House. The journeyman (well became a journeyman after the Heat let him go), has become a really solid player with other teams specifically the Suns. I would like to see Eddie House back as well, but would prefer KD.

The NBA schedule is out and we face Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on December 25th. Get your white hot gear ready because its in on our home court.

Source

Heat guard Dwyane Wade signed a three-year contract extension with a player option for a fourth year on Wednesday, the first day veterans could officially sign contracts.

Wade opted for the deal, worth about $60 million for the three years, instead of a maximum extension of five years and about $80 million. Wade and agent Henry Thomas said the decision on a three-year contract was made independently of Wade’s 2003 draft classmates, Cleveland’s LeBron James and Denver’s Carmelo Anthony, who reportedly also agreed to similar deals.

“I am very excited,” Wade said on a conference call. “When everyone looks at it and breaks it down, it was a great business move.”

Wade, who will make $3.8 million next season under the contract he signed as a rookie, now is signed with the Heat through at least the 2009-10 season. The exact value of the extension won’t be known until the salary cap for the 2007-08 season is calculated next summer.

–Now we see if Zo is coming back.

Source: Sun Sentinel