OffSeason Free Agent Thread...Let's build a DYNASTY! 3.0

[ricochet]

WHO IS Chamberlain Oguchi????????????????????????????????????????????

Nigerian dude.. Guard forward.. Played pretty well in the Olympics..

[Vertical Limit]

Eh with those new pics, I think we'll keep both Pittman and Harrellson. Terrell Harris will probably have to impress to take the 15th spot from Juwan Howard. But Juwan is a locker room guy that everyone likes and we have a bunch of guards so.. Terrell might regret his decision not signing his overseas contract.

[Slot Machine]

Wish we'd just give Juwan a coaching spot so he can still be around the team and not waste a spot on the roster.

[HEAT111]

When will media day begin?

[SmushedPennies]

28th

[HEATVols865]

15. Chalmers / 30. Cole / 14. Harris
3. Wade / 34. Allen / 13. Miller
6. James / 31. Battier / 22. Jones
40. Haslem / 9. Lewis / 50. Anthony
1. Bosh / 45. Pittman / 52. Harrelson

This seems to be the roster we will take into the first game of the season...

if Pittman stinks in training camp...cut him.

Not making the team:
Jarvis Varnado
Chamberlain Oguchi
Mickell Gladness
Garrett Temple
Juwan Howard

[This IsMy House]

Does anyone know when individual tix go onsale?

[SmushedPennies]

15. Chalmers / 30. Cole / 14. Harris
3. Wade / 34. Allen / 13. Miller
6. James / 31. Battier / 22. Jones
40. Haslem / 9. Lewis / 50. Anthony
1. Bosh / 45. Pittman / 52. Harrelson

This seems to be the roster we will take into the first game of the season...

if Pittman stinks in training camp...cut him.

Not making the team:
Jarvis Varnado
Chamberlain Oguchi
Mickell Gladness
Garrett Temple
Juwan Howard

Switch Harrellson with Pittman in the depth chart, and take Juwan out of camp for Dozier, and I think you nailed it. Sucks that Whiteside won't get a chance to compete, with a frickin' journeyman swingman taking the spot, but I guess the Riles no likey. Whatever, he wouldn't have played this season anyway, while Jorts will.

So...

Gone:

Ronny Turiaf
Juwan Howard
Eddy Curry

Added:

Ray Allen
Rashard Lewis
Josh Harrellson


Major gains. The best player we lost might be worse than the worst player we should be adding.

[Insanity91]

[SmushedPennies]

Rashard at SF in that first pic, hmm.

One Media Day story I'm hoping for: "Haslem: I actually lifted weights and played basketball this offseason."

Hard to tell if he put on any muscle. I thought he was way too thin last season. If you're already undersized at PF, and playing some C, you can't be as skinny as a SF.

[ricochet]

Rashard at SF in that first pic, hmm.

One Media Day story I'm hoping for: "Haslem: I actually lifted weights and played basketball this offseason."

Hard to tell if he put on any muscle. I thought he was way too thin last season. If you're already undersized at PF, and playing some C, you can't be as skinny as a SF.

With the roster we have we can actually go for a really big line-up if we wanted to.. It'd be a very interesting option against some of the slower less athletic teams

PG LeBron
SG Wade
SF Rashard
PF Bosh
C Pittman/Harrellson

[Pimpwerx]

Any word on Miller? Is he alive? Is he healthy? Has he set foot on a court yet? I'm kinda worried about how quiet it's been on his end. PEACE.

[SmushedPennies]

Tweet from 8/24

@m33m

Gr8week being back in the gym FINALLY Way 2long of a layoff slowlybutsurely feelN better Feels good getting ready 4 another year

Article from 9/15

Three months later, he's still in one piece, his limbs attached to all the right places. For the first time with the Miami Heat, Mike Miller might actually start a regular season in uniform.

After considering retirement during the NBA Finals and then contemplating back surgery at the completion of the Heat's championship run, Miller is up and running and looking forward to the Sept. 29 start of training camp at AmericanAirlines Arena.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-09-15/sports/sfl-miami-heat-mike-miller-s091512_1_oklahoma-city-thunder-james-jones-sports-hernia

Rashard at SF in that first pic, hmm.

One Media Day story I'm hoping for: "Haslem: I actually lifted weights and played basketball this offseason."

Hard to tell if he put on any muscle. I thought he was way too thin last season. If you're already undersized at PF, and playing some C, you can't be as skinny as a SF.

With the roster we have we can actually go for a really big line-up if we wanted to.. It'd be a very interesting option against some of the slower less athletic teams

PG LeBron
SG Wade
SF Rashard
PF Bosh
C Pittman/Harrellson

Yeah and it could work without sacrificing too much spacing since Lewis and Bosh can both play inside and out, also Harrellson (though mostly out) if he's the C. We'll definitely see big perimeter lineups, and Rashard indeed makes big front court lineups a possibility as well.

[shanedude]

Here you go pimp:
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/20196845/report-heat-f-mike-miller-ready-for-training-camp-after-skipping-back-surgery

[SmushedPennies]

Kenyon Martin returned from China last year and made a big impact with the Clippers. He brought the usual toughness and rugged play that teams love in the playoffs and was a huge part of the Clippers' first-round win over the Grizzlies. At age 34, he's still able to rebound, can hit the occasional mid-range jumper and won't allow anyone to be soft on the floor or in the locker room. He's an acerbic personality, but he's still a useful veteran.

He's also stubborn as all get-out.

Martin remains on the free agency list after months and months. It's that awkward situation in which the player is convinced he's worth more than what's on the market, and the market is just as convinced otherwise. From MSG Network:

Kenyon Martin is the player so many continue to link to the Knicks, but K-Mart has remained steadfast in not wanting to accept a veteran's minimum. A few teams have Martin on their radar, including the Celtics. While K-Mart provides more toughness and size to the team, the Knicks might not want to get locked in with a volatile player.

via Alan Hahn's post on New York Knicks | Latest updates on Sulia.

No one else is jumping at that chance, either. He's a handful.

So what gives? Is Martin being unrealistic about what he's worth at this point? Well, yes and no. He's not worth that much now. But Martin can also chill out until someone gets injured, inevitably in training camp or early in the season, and then sign for more money because teams will be desperate. If you can afford to miss some time, and he can at this point, you can hold out and wait for someone to need you. Martin has until the playoff roster deadline next spring to find an offer that he finds acceptable.

He's going to wind up playing somewhere. It just depends on how much he wants chopped off his total money for the prorate on the season.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/20222799/kenyon-martin-still-wont-take-the-veterans-minimum

Really curious where we were on Martin. He definitely could bring useful ingredients, but he's getting up there in age, isn't a perfect fit, and can fly off the handle. Wouldn't be surprised if we wanted to avoid that kind of personality, but it seems we wouldn't have had a chance anyway; unless we were willing to pass on Allen for Martin, which would've been insanely dumb.