Miami Heat Road To The Lottery Thread

Not sure how great our D would be, but how exciting would this team be with Beasley at the 5? Udonis at the 4, Marion the 3, etc.

 

Can we go back in time 10 years and get Zo to play for us this year?

 

He couldnt defend anyone. He Ole'd guys to the basket on many occasions. He's a nice 15 ft jumper kinda guy, but seemed overmatched under the basket at times.

 

and he is the worst rebounding 7 footer in basketball.

 

We dont have Darnell Jackson anymore, so I guess we need to start looking at another big man to come off the bench.

 

We added one in the jackson trade.

 

This is really all I remember about the guy

 

Did we? I thought all we got were 2009 second round picks?

 

I think the Cavs own the rights for Kaun and Jackson. They got Kaun from Seattle.

 

Yea that is what I read.

 

We got back a 2nd rounder for 2009....

We got Beasley and Chalmers out of this draft.

 

Chad Ford's draft grades

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/columns/story?columnist=ford_chad&page=DraftGrades-080627

 

I wonder if we still get an A+ for trading Jackson.

 

But still an overall solid draft. Jackson had some red flags about him, we most likely wont miss him too much.

 

I like the beginning of this offseason, we're already more active than last year. Still, we have some holes we need to address. I dont like our frontcount, theres still too many concerns there. PG, as you mentioned, is still a concern because of lack of experience at the position. If we move Marion and/or Haslem, we better get some players of equal value or at least some promising young prospects. I think moving either would be more of a financial move if anything. And then theres the bench, IMO we had one of the worst in the NBA, we need some spot up shooters who can provide instant offense, and it wouldnt hurt bringing up a defensive specialist or two. Its going to be an interesting offseason for sure.

 

I couldn't disagree more. Haslem fits with this team really well off the bench. His salary is friendly as well.

Marion is the guy that is a definate goner..if not this year...he won't be extended.

 

Man if Tinsley was able to stay healthy throughout his career, he could one of the better point guards. That said, he has character issues and the injury history, I would hope no one has interest in him lol.

What were the red flags on him? I haven't heard anything on him. I know his teammate Dorell Arthur had the whole kidney thing going on.

He's a good offensive player. He needs defensive help.

 

Your all over this lol. You don't miss one beat. That is pretty funny though.

 

is there a link to the conference call? i'd love to see that

 

You guys have Blount. I'm not sure how much he can do for you guys as I haven't seen much of him to be honest. I still think you guys could go after Diop as mentioned previously.

Hey, nothing wrong with that.

 

Diop seems to be the consensus top choice amongst fans on the Heat message boards. I like his energy and think he could be a nice addition to the starting lineup.

 

Brand is old and coming off a major injury now. No thanks.

Go after Boozer or Bosh.

 

FA.

 

Sorry to hear bro, feel free to ask .

 

The Chalmer trade? Well..Riley really had to have naked pictures of McHale with Danny Ainge because that was highway robbery.

We trade 2 of our 3 picks in the 2nd round in 09' and then got one back for Jackson...so our leverage is intact for next season in the second round.

I got these guys as guys we should be looking into as FA's:

Chris Duhon PG
James Jones SF
JAMES POSEY SF
Juan Dixon SG
Mickael Pietrus SF
Matt Barnes PG/SG
Kareem Rush SF/SG
DeSagana Diop C
Jannero Pargo PG
Keyon Dooling PG
Kurt Thomas PF/C

All of those are unrestricted.

These guys we need to explore (longshots):

Emeka Okafor C (Restricted)
Ron Artest SF
Daniel Gibson SG (Restricted)
Josh Smith SF/PF (Restricted)

 

There are talks that the Pistons are interested in acquiring Josh Smith in a sign-and-trade deal with Atlanta.

 

Well he was suspended for taking money from a booster, but I dotn think its really an issue. My problem with Jackson is he was a liability when handling the ball in the paint. I watched a few Kansas games, he was a solid offensive player, but he wasnt much of a scorer overall, more of a third option, and he was also a liability on defense.

 

Really. Why didn't we even extend an offer to him?

 

He's got a sweet gig in Boston. I hated to see him go though.

 

He left because we never extended an offer to him and he got tired of waiting.

We let him go. He didn't leave us.