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[twix2500]

How does a player play 8 Minutes and not do anything???


ANYTHING??>

Joel Anthony - 8 Minutes, 1 PF

no joke

How can you say he cant do anything, he was dominates in the olympics. And he is a starter, he provides hussle and and efficient play.

[CoolD]

I bet after tonight Bron wants Mo Williams, LOL. Wade looked like the worst sidekick in the league tonight. It wasn't just missing shots, his defense was beyond abhor, his energy was Blount like performance. I could never believe Wade would play a more gutless game than Mark freaking Blount. I guess truth at times can be stranger than fiction.

Is weird wade played so hard vs Utah, tonight I would have bench his ass in the fourth quarter.
Tonight my fire Spo meter raised to 75 percent. At least Bron and Bosh and UD seem to be playing at least hard, sometimes not effective, but at least at times hard.
Once I feel Spo has lost the whole team is time for him to walk out. But tonight it seem like Wade wanted to sabotage Spo. Bron actually was playing hard, so it wasn't like both guys had the same goal.

I wouldn't feel right firing Spo, after such a chicken **** performance by Wade.

I would because as awful as Dwyane was, there's still no offensive execution and we have not learned to adapt on defense and keep doing the same silly **** over and over and over again. I'm sick and tired of it.

When Wade sabotages a game, is giving a player too much power.
The only reason I probably would think, is because Spo should have noticed how Wade was playing.
(I guess because Wade has had games were he plays like ****, but wakes up in the fourth quarter)
But we had some type of flow in the end of the third quarter. I would have bench Wade right there.
Maybe bring him back if we have it tied.

Or maybe Wade was in another planet, but man, Is not his offense that bother me, is how many times, he looked like he quit on defense. Ray is very tough cover for him, but even when he had to fight a screen to make it hard on Nate robinson, he gave the most half ass effort.
Maybe he was fatigued from Utah. So Spo should have bench him either way.

[andre316]

I cant stand Spo. I still dont want him fired though. I want him to figure it out.

We're in win-now mode. That's why we traded Beasley and let Dorell go. Spo is next.

[TrueRain]

I cant stand Spo. I still dont want him fired though. I want him to figure it out. I think if we benched Arroyo and Joel we could of beat the Celtics. It's not all Spos fault though. LeBron needs to stop waiting until were getting wrecked too go off. Wade sucked. JJ was not played anough at all.

He won't figure it out. He never has figured it out. He has never made adjustments during his seasons with the Heat unless they are due to injuries or fouls. He is predictable. The excuse used to be that he didn't have any talent at his disposal. This is ridiculous.

Exactly. It's been 2 seasons already and he hasn't shown any ability to make any adjustments. Why do people think he's going to get it now?

[thecrowning]

I cant stand Spo. I still dont want him fired though. I want him to figure it out. I think if we benched Arroyo and Joel we could of beat the Celtics. It's not all Spos fault though. LeBron needs to stop waiting until were getting wrecked too go off. Wade sucked. JJ was not played enough at all.

Think like that and repeat over 5 years, and you get the Mike Brown experience.

[stycool24]

Sorry for trolling, can't help it!

[Carlos4Heat]

The point of having a Big 3 is that even if one struggles any given night, the other two can still carry the team, and defenses still have to respect the one who's struggling. I won't put this loss on Wade because he's had great games this season.

The problem is we're starting bench players at both C and PG. Specifically an undersized C next to a finesse PF, and a ball-dominating PG with no range playing alongside two slashing wings with no range. How does any of that make sense?

It doesn't make any sense.At all.I'm looking forward to how these concerns will be addressed.

[Aiolos]

fellow heat fans

we sucked today, celtics came to play...no excuses

perhaps this will console you

we WILL GET BETTER, its a long NBA season, mike miller coming back midseason should give us a boost and we will have an offensive game plan in play

we have a long home stretch coming up where we will build confidence and grow further as a team

i know it hurts now but its all about whose the best team in may-july and we have the talent to do just that. Patience

[SweetTouch]

How does a player play 8 Minutes and not do anything???


ANYTHING??>

Joel Anthony - 8 Minutes, 1 PF

no joke

How can you say he cant do anything, he was dominates in the olympics. And he is a starter, he provides hussle and and efficient play.

[twix2500]

I'm not going to troll or flame, but u guys should be happy it was that close. It should have been double digits win for us. U had over 40 freaking free throws. Super frustrating to watch the refs.

LoL I'll be personally happy if we have FINALLY gotten rid of Spo after this game

ummm why are you making false quotes by me????

[Miamis3rdRing]

WE MUST GET A LEGIT CENTER EITHER IN TRADE, SIGNING, ETC

Sorry for the caps, but I don't care if we get Phil Jackson, Popovich, Jerry Sloan, and Doc Rivers to coach our team at the same time. Our bigs are not going to get it done against the elite teams.

Oh, and Spo must go!

[DWadeno3]

I bet after tonight Bron wants Mo Williams, LOL. Wade looked like the worst sidekick in the league tonight. It wasn't just missing shots, his defense was beyond abhor, his energy was Blount like performance. I could never believe Wade would play a more gutless game than Mark freaking Blount. I guess truth at times can be stranger than fiction.

Is weird wade played so hard vs Utah, tonight I would have bench his ass in the fourth quarter.
Tonight my fire Spo meter raised to 75 percent. At least Bron and Bosh and UD seem to be playing at least hard, sometimes not effective, but at least at times hard.
Once I feel Spo has lost the whole team is time for him to walk out. But tonight it seem like Wade wanted to sabotage Spo. Bron actually was playing hard, so it wasn't like both guys had the same goal.

I wouldn't feel right firing Spo, after such a chicken **** performance by Wade.

I would because as awful as Dwyane was, there's still no offensive execution and we have not learned to adapt on defense and keep doing the same silly **** over and over and over again. I'm sick and tired of it.

When Wade sabotages a game, is giving a player too much power.
The only reason I probably would think, is because Spo should have noticed how Wade was playing.
(I guess because Wade has had games were he plays like ****, but wakes up in the fourth quarter)
But we had some type of flow in the end of the third quarter. I would have bench Wade right there.
Maybe bring him back if we have it tied.

Or maybe Wade was in another planet, but man, Is not his offense that bother me, is how many times, he looked like he quit on defense. Ray is very tough cover for him, but even when he had to fight a screen to make it hard on Nate robinson, he gave the most half ass effort.
Maybe he was fatigued from Utah. So Spo should have bench him either way.

He was not fatigued, he was just not giving a **** about the game and thus it's totally on him.

BUT it doesn't matter. Even without Wade on the court we played like **** and lived off of isos and executed terribly on defense.

[miamiballer]

i say we should hold off on firing spo, he deserves this season at least IMO

lets bring in dampier who can hopefully be a big body to grab some boards and play some d

bench arroyo and start james jones with wade and lebron, when miller comes back

damp
bosh
miller
wade
bron

[Tim_Hardawayy]

I've defended Spo for a while on here, but my main criticism the past 2 years has been his babying of Wade and the fact that I was afraid that when push came to shove, he would be unable to make Wade do what needed to be done.

Tonight was proof of that. Wade looked flat out lethargic, and I've never seen him with a performance like that while playing under Riley (save for the 07-08 season when he was coming back from knee surgery).

Its really simple, Pat knows how to light a fire under a guys ass. Just look at last season, he was the one that had to call Wade out in the media to get him to get in shape, and he would've benched him tonight if that's what it took to get him to play hard.

I think its human nature to prefer the player's coach, in the same way that we'll go to the easier parent when we're trying to get away with something as kids, or we'll rejoice when we get a substitute teacher in school. But when you look back in retrospect, you can often regret slacking, and wish someone would have pushed you harder.

Not to mention I have much more confidence in Pat's ability to draw up an offensive play than Spoelstra, but that goes without saying.

Time to see where this season takes us. 9 games in, things are already looking messy.

[jmbflame21]

Where are the Mods?

[dflash3]

Once again, Spoelstra preached patience. “This process will take the entire regular season,” Spoelstra said.

That is the excuse that any team in the league can make.

[Flashpoint]

Just for the record, I think Bosh takes way too much ****. If anything, we should have gotten him the ball more. He's finding his way in a system that allows 3 of the best basketball players in the world to look like they've never stepped on a basketball court before.

[Carlos4Heat]

@coolstorybro

1000% agreed with this.
And hopefully the heat can get a worth a d*** pg to boot.

[BronBron06]

I'm not going to troll or flame, but u guys should be happy it was that close. It should have been double digits win for us. U had over 40 freaking free throws. Super frustrating to watch the refs.

LoL I'll be personally happy if we have FINALLY gotten rid of Spo after this game

ummm why are you making false quotes by me????

Ooops sorry bout that... too much overlapping quotes screwed up, sorry 1st time used it.

[RapsGirl]

personally....i think MIA needs to have a coach who's not intimidated by coaching stars.
it's not that i believe the players don't listen to Spo or don't respect him.....but i think he has a hard time pulling them out when they're not performing well.

maybe they need more of a veteran coach....someone with clout who won't be afraid to bench the "stars".