Washington Wizards @ Miami Heat- Feb. 20, 7:30 PM ET

[Mugiwara]

Sorry i misinterpreted what you wrote. I think Whiteside max starts him off around 22 not 17/18 mil a year since we dont have his bird rights

Hassan max would be something like 95M. Cap will spike to 108M the following year. I'd do it. He's worth it.

Hopefully this season ends in a good tone for both Heat and Hassan so that he stays for years to come.

[Burnie Riley]

Thankfully we stood pat in the trade deadline.

Loving it.

I know what you mean and I agree, but I know someone who would disagree:

Spoiler:

[contract]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/ethanjskolnick/status/701246539633659907[/tweet]

[TroubleS0me]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imGQDUGlOD0[/youtube]

[Dresta]

I want to give props to Deng man. We lost one of the best PF's in the league when Bosh went down and some how Deng has stepped up into that PF role and out played Bosh.

30pts 11rebs 4stls vs the Hawks

27pts 10rebs 4asts vs the Wizards

Amazing.

I've been saying all season long how much i love Deng and want him here. I reiterate...when we are true contenders Deng will show his value, especially in the playoffs. He is proving me prematurely! YOu don't merely just trade a player like Deng - you first want to cater to his strengths, like we have been w/ Goran. Deng is thriving when the ball is shared and moves!

Let's not Kate & Wobe any longer.......I would love for Wade to come back and immerse himself into this current offense and not try to overshadow it. Blend in and compliment it, the way everybody is currently.

1. We were already playing faster heading in to break

2. The Wiz are sub .500 in a back2back2back

3. We STILL don't have the shooting. When we run in to a better defensive team it will be back to Spo's fault, or Wade's fault..the train won't be late...it never is.

I guess this shows that people overreact to good performances as well as bad. People are talking about adjustments, but the most drastic adjustments have been getting the 4 man to push the ball, Deng playing incredibly well on both ends (as if that's gonna last), and McMagic finding all sorts of brilliant passing angles (a guy I said gets unfairly hated on, who always was a very useful player to have, if only he could get healthy for any stretch of time--other guys all wanted him traded, and yet this team could not have done what it has the last two nights without him, no chance; just another example of short-term overreactions). People talking about the "current offense" as if they think we have spawned a new offense in the past week--it's just silly really.

I really don't know where they're get this stuff from, considering the actual data shows that Wade has the ball in his hands less this season than last (and Dragic has it far more than last--only .2 secs less than in his best season, in fact).

It's pace that Dragic needs to thrive; he's already been getting plenty of opportunities, he just isn't that good in the half-court, and never has been. It would be helpful if he could shoot, a problem that still hasn't been rectified. It's difficult to "pace and space" when your two backcourt guys aren't a shooting threat.

No doubt we'll lose a game or two not looking very good and people will be overreacting and flinging the noose around their necks like always.

[dolphinatik]

70 points in the paint 96 shot attempts last game. the offese is very different. more people are getting attempts instead of pass it to two and sit bac or the pass it to a 3pt shooter in a bad spot with the shot clock running down and rage when he misses.

The offense is flowing and guys are taking comfy shots in the rhythm of the game. we have been forcing the ball to our superstars for too long and the last few games we havnt.

[deb]

@Dresta: Dragic might have the ball in his hands almost as long as in his best season, but a lot of that time is due to him bringing the ball up into the offensive half and then giving it to Wade. How many posessions he actually controls, that's a different matter altogether imo. Dragic's usage this season is 20%, in his best it was 25, Wade's is 31%, Bosh's 25%.
The answer imo is less iso ball (and the main hero baller on the team is Wade) more ball movement. That doesn't mean the ball should stick to Dragic instead of Wade, but more movement off the ball, setting screens, being agressive, playing team ball...

[Hallstar]

70 points in the paint 96 shot attempts last game. the offese is very different. more people are getting attempts instead of pass it to two and sit bac or the pass it to a 3pt shooter in a bad spot with the shot clock running down and rage when he misses.

The offense is flowing and guys are taking comfy shots in the rhythm of the game. we have been forcing the ball to our superstars for too long and the last few games we havnt.

And when a good defensive team decides to pack the paint? What then?

This is truly astounding, I've seen good wins vs contenders discounted this season, but you beat a lottery team playing 3 nights in a row and we solved some mystery.

[3ballbomber]

70 points in the paint 96 shot attempts last game. the offese is very different. more people are getting attempts instead of pass it to two and sit bac or the pass it to a 3pt shooter in a bad spot with the shot clock running down and rage when he misses.

The offense is flowing and guys are taking comfy shots in the rhythm of the game. we have been forcing the ball to our superstars for too long and the last few games we havnt.

they don't hear ya tho!

[3ballbomber]

@Dresta: Dragic might have the ball in his hands almost as long as in his best season, but a lot of that time is due to him bringing the ball up into the offensive half and then giving it to Wade. How many posessions he actually controls, that's a different matter altogether imo. Dragic's usage this season is 20%, in his best it was 25, Wade's is 31%, Bosh's 25%.
The answer imo is less iso ball (and the main hero baller on the team is Wade) more ball movement. That doesn't mean the ball should stick to Dragic instead of Wade, but more movement off the ball, setting screens, being agressive, playing team ball...

Preach!