Miami Heat Road To The Lottery Thread

PERFECT comparison. Posey is a tough hard defender that puts it all on the line. IF on your team you love him, if on your opponent you hate him...

 

Interesting. Nice read. Just got one question, why Kosta Koufous?

 

He seems undersized at weight, he weighs in at 265. He would ideally put on weight but would it affect his abilities? I wonder how he would fit in Miami's plans? If they plan on running a "Run-n-Gun" offense, he could fit in. But if they run a slowed down offense, I wonder how he would fit. Would they spread the floor?

Hopefully KiNG can elaborate on this.

 

Remember, Wade's leaving in 2010 as a free agent. The Knicks will sign him as part of their 2010 plan, don't you know?

I think we need to take Rose more than we need to find the perfect fit. A Wade-centric team will inherently be closer to Phoenix's style than what we've seen with Shaq.

 

Not interested in a guy that needs that much schooling without some standout physical ability.

My guy as I have been saying for months is DeAndre Jordan. I have never...NEVER..EVER seen a more athletic 7 footer that weighed 265.

This guy beats his team to the front court...grabs a rebound...throws it out to the three point line and then is involved in the 4 on 3 break.

We don;t have the ammo to trade into the top 10 to take him...and he is not worth a top 5 pick either.

 

Not even if we traded next year's first-rounder?

 

That's the guy I was going to ask about if they moved to the 13th spot, I couldn't remember his name. I was going to say Dermarr lol.

 

Nope.

Maybe a Haslem trade..and I wouldn;t do it.

DeAndre Jordan is a spectacular athlete and I have made it obvious that I am intrigued by the guy...but he has NO BASKETBALL SKILLS whatsoever and he is the consumate boom or bust candidate.

He is just a great athlete that can turn into a Shawn Kemp...His upside is huge.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN2RoJD3dx8

a good DeAndre Jordan video

 

Look at him run the court.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhHvpjK8R0&feature=related

You just can't teach this.

 

Clone of Tyson Chandler?

 

Good comparison.

Although Tyson Chandler is on the high end of his comparables along with Shawn Kemp and Andrew Bynum.

 

Early Kemp I hope.

 

Oh god, I hope so too lol. Damn I just remembered how Kemp went from a skinny, athletic player to a blow up doll.

 

Koufos does not seem like a great fit for the Heat. I suppose they could do worse, but any team that has Shawn Marion and Dwyane Wade should be looking to run, run, run. That's not Koufos, who's been compared with Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Now, Big Z has had a fine NBA career, and there's nothing wrong with having a guy like that at center, but if you want to be a fast-breaking team, you'd better have a big man that can run the floor. Like this guy...

A lot of those late lottery picks are going to be available. Portland, for instance, is unlikely to have anyone available at 13 who can help them. They'll be looking to deal the pick. Milwaukee might be looking to trade down, since they'll be looking for a small forward, and #8 is too high to take one. A three way trade to get the #8 pick, send the #13 to the Bucks and send some future considerations to the Blazers might be appealing for everyone. You could probably get Jordan there.

If the Heat traded down from #2 to #3 (assuming Rose goes #1), they could probably pick up quite a bit of ammunition for any such deal.

 

Yeah..but the thought of passing up a 20 and 10 PF makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

 

Well, if I was running the Heat, I'd sit tight and happily pick Beasley unless someone absolutely blew me away with a trade offer. (Actually, if I was running the Heat, I'd trade Dwyane Wade to Detroit for a bag of chips and a six pack of beer, but that's besides the point.) However, it seems that they want Rose badly and if they don't get him, will seriously entertain a trade offer so they can pick Mayo. That's not what I'd do, but if they're going to do it, they might as well do it right.

Or hell, they could swap spots with Minnesota, get Randy Foye (who would also be a fine fit next to Wade), and then parlay the 3rd pick into more stuff.

 

It's not just their fans that believe that crap, it's the new coach and management!

 

The delusions are now infesting the Knick front office and bench.

 

I just read that too.

Really, if the dude doesn't want to play there, it could certainly affect what happens. Yeah, he's from Chicago. But so is Wade. And the prospect of playing with him and a young coach is undeniable.

Miami would be looking at arguably the league's top backcourt. Those two and Marion could certainly allow us to return to our pre-Shaq, up-tempo game.

 

Dwayne Wade's finger prints are all over this.

Welcome to Miami Mr. Rose.

 

I think at this point nothing is known. Everything is speculation. Should be fun to watch. Either way my two fav teams have the first two picks. Should I will be happy either way.

 

Beasley praised Rose too...
Link

I think both players are just trying to be humble.

 

Or neither of them wants to play for Chicago.

 

Has Beasley grown up since high school?

http://www.miamiherald.com/1261/story/552881.html

 

I cant believe they didnt learn from the first time they had Doug Collins.

 

Yeah, and I'll win the lotto tomorrow.

 

Ugh. I think Derrick Rose just locked up the #1 pick in the draft, unless John Paxson has grown fond of the "Best of Larry Johnson" DVD.

Well, I don't know whether Wade or LeBron would necessarily jump to the Knicks in 2010, but I do know that the Knicks will try, and surely D'Antoni will be part of that.

Someone pointed out (and I forgot who, so don't ask me for a link) that the growing presence of Jay-Z in the Nets ownership is making the Heat and Cavs plenty nervous, since the Nets will have enough cap room if they don't screw it up, and Wade and LeBron were completely enthralled by the dude.

 

Nice little paragraph about beasley and ford from chad ford

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft...umnist=ford_chad&page=Orlandostockwatch080531

 

OJ Mayo also

 

Bird Rule. Wade is a Heater for life. This is all wishful thinking. Who the hell wants to go to Brooklyn anyway.