16 Months?

OAKTREE NYK1 · Post #21 » by **OAKTREE NYK1** » Fri Feb 8, 2008 3:05 am

The draft coming up is loaded with big men. Riley prefers a veteran PG to run the show.

HIF · Post #22 » by **HIF** » Fri Feb 8, 2008 10:44 am

JO just say "no"

Brand - is he not yet classed as old and injury prone :-)

CB4MiamiHeat · Post #23 » by **CB4MiamiHeat** » Fri Feb 8, 2008 3:49 pm

we need a ballhadler that can shoot...and we have a lot of expirings that Memphis likes.

Mike Miller to Miami makes too much sense.

MiamiHeatFan2004 · Post #24 » by **MiamiHeatFan2004** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:42 am

Jermaine is too injury prone, same as Shaq in that department the last couple years.

But, he is 6 years younger than Shaq. So he should be able to recover since he is only 29 right now.

Jermaine can still run alot better than Shaq can, he has a jumper, makes free throws and is a better defender and more athletic.

Its not a big upgrade Jermaine over Shaq, they are about equal except Jermaine is younger.

But if we can have Wade, Marion and Jermaine

That is better than Wade and Shaq

SmushedPennies · Post #25 » by **SmushedPennies** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:47 am

OAKTREE NYK1 wrote:The draft coming up is loaded with big men. Riley prefers a veteran PG to run the show.

Loaded with big men we don't want. I will pass on Jordan (for now), Hibbert, and Thabeet (in the lottery).

HeatSince88 · Post #26 » by **HeatSince88** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:07 pm

MiamiHeatFan2004 wrote:But if we can have Wade, Marion and Jermaine ... That is better than Wade and Shaq

I get it: we can trade expirings for a stud now that Marion is here.

But when Shaq was here, trading those same expirings for a stud was not possible .... somehow.

Man, that Shaq guy really weighed us down. :nonono:

HIF · Post #27 » by **HIF** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:12 pm

difference is Marion won't get any worse next year or the year after, whereas Shaq...

He has a chance THIS year to win the title.

HeatSince88 · Post #28 » by **HeatSince88** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:24 pm

HIF wrote:difference is Marion won't get any worse next year or the year after, whereas Shaq...

He has a chance THIS year to win the title.

Oh, I'm with you there. I love having Marion compared to having Shaq. That wasn't my point.

Point was, you can't say the choice is having just "Wade & Shaq" or "Wade, Marion, Jermaine." If you can trade JWill and Ricky for an impact player with Marion here, you could do the same deal with Shaq here.

So the comparions should be ...

- Wade / Jermaine / Shaq versus

- Wade / Jermaine / Marion

People are acting like we can only trade JWill/Ricky for an impact player now that Marion is here. JWill and Ricky are the same guys and contracts they were a week ago when Shaq was still here.

HeatSince88 · Post #29 » by **HeatSince88** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:27 pm

HIF wrote:difference is Marion won't get any worse next year or the year after, whereas Shaq...

He has a chance THIS year to win the title.

Oh, I'm with you there. I love having Marion compared to having Shaq. That wasn't my point.

Point was, you can't say the choice is having just "Wade & Shaq" or "Wade, Marion, Jermaine." If you can trade JWill and Ricky for an impact player with Marion here, you could do the same deal with Shaq here.

So the comparions should be ...

- Wade / Jermaine / Shaq versus

- Wade / Jermaine / Marion

People are acting like we can only trade JWill/Ricky for an impact player now that Marion is here. JWill and Ricky are the same guys and contracts they were a week ago when Shaq was still here.

HIF · Post #30 » by **HIF** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:31 pm

I understood the first time :-)