Players that you thought would be......

[Heats_Finest]

Let's talk about past Miami players that you thought might be amazing. Now I've been a diehard HEAT fan since about 2008, I was a HEAT fan since 2004, or when Dwyane Wade was on the cover of NBA live, but never REALLY followed NBA until I moved schools which was in 2008, and I got hooked on basketball like I am now.

But who are players of the HEAT, young or old, that you thought would turn into an out and out star, or just a pretty good role player that never performed?

I'm just looking through some of Miami's rosters pre season, and I wanted to see what happened with Dorrell Wright, and I've looked at his bio and have seen that in the summer league the year he was drafted, he busted out with a 30 and 5 game. I also remember when I did a little reading back then that a lot of people thought that with Wade he was going to turn into a really nice player. Since then he has, but when he was with Miami he didn't really amount to anything.

Is there any past HEAT players that you thought looked a million bucks, but turned into a dime? Easy answer looks like Beasley, but try and go beyond that.

[FlashKing]

I was really excited when we drafted Tim James from the U. He was a spectacular player in college. He had a game similar to Kevin Durant. Thought for sure he was gonna be all-star caliber but injuries and zero playing time pretty much axed that belief.

This is the only video I could find on youtube:

[ricochet]

I was really excited when we drafted Tim James from the U. He was a spectacular player in college. He had a game similar to Kevin Durant. Thought for sure he was gonna be all-star caliber but injuries and zero playing time pretty much axed that belief.

This is the only video I could find on youtube:

Damn..

that's exactly what popped up in my mind too

[Dpreston]

Harold Miner - by far the biggest disapointement in Heat history. Probably more due to unrealistic expectations early than anything, as he never really showed us more than the ability to win dunk contests. But man, what a blast that first year was.

Steve Smith - drafted #5 and thought to have the potential to have Magic-type game...big and lanky with great court vision. Showed flashes of brilliance but too inconsistant and injury prone, and a streaky outside shooter. Loved watching him play and an all around great guy and leader, but just never got there in his time in MIami.

Eddie Jones - more or less put up his career averages during his time here, so was not a dissapointment in that respect, but probably the most anti-clutch player in Heat history. You could always count on Eddie to clank his FT's in any close game in the 4Q.

Supercool Beas.

[Slot Machine]

Beasley is a pretty obvious one.

I thought Marion would be a great complement here.

[This IsMy House]

Michael Beasley.

[MiaFLSurf]

Eddie Jones - the king of choke artists.

[GameTime_3]

Eddie Jones...Everyone thought he would be a star. The dude was the least clutch player I've ever seen play.

Brian Grant....I still have GRANT in my top 5 HEAT players of all time. But when we signed him, I thought we found ourselves a 22-10 player and that wasn't the case.

Ricky Davis...When we traded for him everyone thought the 20 point average would translate..It didn't.

[This IsMy House]

[quote="GameTime_3"]Eddie Jones...Everyone thought he would be a star. The dude was the least clutch player I've ever seen play.

Brian Grant....I still have GRANT in my top 5 HEAT players of all time. But when we signed him, I thought we found ourselves a 22-10 player and that wasn't the case.

Ricky Davis...When we traded for him everyone thought the 20 point average would translate..It didn't.[/quote]

Wow I forgot about that scrub, what a let down.

[Heats_Finest]

Beasley is a pretty obvious one.

I thought Marion would be a great complement here.

Marion still was pretty good here, I remember always looking at the box score and seeing him have 14, 16, 13 rebounds and it seemed pretty consistent.

[shanedude]

Beasley broke my heart. I rooted for him so hard.

[GameTime_3]

Beasley broke my heart. I rooted for him so hard.

I'm still a Beasley fan...I got a few items signed by Beas and I won't get rid of them because I feel the guy will turn the corner...hahahahahahaha

[Heats_Finest]

Beasley broke my heart. I rooted for him so hard.

I'm still a Beasley fan...I got a few items signed by Beas and I won't get rid of them because I feel the guy will turn the corner...hahahahahahaha

Time to drop the blunt man. Haha just kidding, but I think he's just about done. Rumours are that he's about to lose his starting spot in Phoenix, if he goes back into that sixth man role, it's over for him. Was hoping for a OJ Mayo type revival when he signed for Phoenix, but he just doesn't know what defense or smart shots are.

[Pimpwerx]

Eddie Jones. Brought here to be a franchise-defining player, and ended up being quite a disappointment.

Jamal Mashburn. See Eddie Jones.

Harold Minor. The nickname "Baby Jordan" disappeared completely from the league since this bum was drafted. I don't think anyone here called him that for more than a month. PEACE.

[AAAAA1]

Skip to my lou