Miami Heat Road To The Lottery Thread

RILEY is an evil genius.

All praise due to Coach Riles.

 

*sigh* maybe I should take up drinking?

 

Is Chalmers our point guard? And if so, why should I be happy about him versus passing on Mayo or turning down the Grizzlies' trade offer?

 

Because Beasley is a beast..and you got a point guard...not a shooting guard. Mayo can't play PG. never has been a PG and taking a player at his best position and changing it is dumb.

Chalmers is gonna be a nice PG for us. beasley is a beast.

 

All the reports were saying that Mayo/Beasley was a serious debate but when they talked to Pat Riley after the selection, he said that they knew right from the beginning they wanted him. The scout/personnel director sat Riley down in a room and made him watch Beasley.

 

We just took Darnell Jackson F (kansas)

 

Mchale is such a sucker.
Jeez...
quick...offer Chris Quinn for Al Jefferson.

They also reported that at the draft camp..Spoelstra worked him out and fell in love with him. (Chalmers)

 

Sweet...... But now what do we with Haslem? If we trade him, I hope we trade him to a Championship contender.

 

If Chalmers is our point guard, then we did pretty well. Now we need to address center.

 

If he is anything like he was in college...we raped Minnesota.

This kid can flat out shoot and handle. he can also play defense. But his shooting is gonna be huge. he can stroke it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mario+chalmers&search_type=&aq=f

check out his highlight library at youtube.

 

Alright, let's hope he's our guy going forward, then.

What do we do in free agency, if anything?

 

To add to that, he has a knack for hitting the big shot.

 

Yeah he's a tremendous defender. I like him a lot. If he fails for you guys, I hope the Heat go after A.J. Price of Connecticut next year. He's a great talent that put up similar statistics to Derrick Rose.

 

Great,great draft for the heat. I def am able to see us getting a 5th seed or better barring injuries.

 

I am not sure about the poor OJ Mayo comment but he is definitely one of the most ready NBA guys. Probably behind Mayo in that category I would say. The Heat are definitely on to good things in the future. Chalmers, Wade, Marion, Beasley and Diop/Zo (?) or draftee. Pretty good lineup.

 

I'd personally like for us to go small.

Banks/Chalmers
Wade
Marion
Beasley
Haslem

Sounds very intriguing.

 

I would think you guys address it in FA. If not, then you guys stay with what you got unless you can acquire Brand/Boozer in exchange for Marion. Dorell Wright can start at the 3 can't he?

 

nice draft by the heat...stole chalmers

 

That works too. I was going to say how the rebounding would go in the opponents favor but Beasley, Marion and Haslem can all rebound well. That may be a better lineup. The only problem I could see in that lineup is when you face a big man, for instance Shaq. Beasley and Haslem couldn't matchup with him.

 

Blazers stole an even better PG. Nice avy. I'm a big fan of Bayless. He says he can get the job done at the point. Hopefully he proves his critics wrong.

 

Thats where Zo, Blount, Barron come into play off the bench bro.

 

Interesting choice for them. Moute has decent defensive man-to-man skills but has essentially 0 offense outside of putbacks which could be rarer in the pros due to his lack of size. Really thought he needed to stay an extra year because he's as raw as sushi. A reach in my opinion especially when someone like Douglas-Roberts or Ewing Jr. was still around.

 

I think this puts Haslem or Marion on the trading block, most likely Marion.

 

Maybe both?

There have been several teams interested in Marion since Wednesday. I don't know the market for Haslem.

 

Rotoworld.com

 

I would trade Marion for Boozer immediately, then put Beasley at the 3 and Boozer at the 4.

Thing is, I still don't know who's going to play center on this team.

 

We didn't take him.

We got Chalmers and Jackson from Kansas

 

Dorell Wright has seen his best moments as a starter at the 3 spot with little to no offensive responsibility.

However..marion is best suited as a 3 in the NBA and I don;t think he would take to a demotion.

My Projected Lineup looks like this:

Chalmers
Wade
Marion
Beasley
Blount

Haslem
Wright
Cook
ZO

Look for Chris Duhon to get a look at PG. (FA)

 

I personally think Beasley spells the end of Haslem being in a Heat Uni. I think Riles will probably try to get a proven PG for him.

 

Shoot me. Boik can pull the trigger, even.

I'd rather put Haslem at center than deal with Blount for another year.

 

Great great draft.