Miami Heat Off-season thread 13.0 In Riley We Trust

[Vertical Limit]

Bring back Haslem and Birdman on two year deals, same with Wade, and be done.

[HEYMANQueHoraEs]

I just think that calling this team a 6-8 seed is crazy barring a major injury. For as great as Lebron was, he did marginalize the talent of Wade and Bosh to a degree.

The east is still as dumpster as ever, it's just not as top heavy. None of the teams in the East scare me whatsoever and the top 4-5 teams in the west easily outclass each and every one of them.

[Heat_Fan_87]

im starting to feel pretty optimistic about this season. the east is really wide open.

[Jaxon]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1TcGUk228o[/youtube]

[Flash4thewin]

Please bring in Boozer, Marion to the bench and I'll be really happy.

We already gonna have a log jam at the SF spot,with Luol,Granger,and potentially Ennis,and Beasley.
So I think we can eliminate Marion,Boozer is still a possibility I could see happening.

With the scenario that Boozer comes along,that most certainly means Bosh starting at the 5 again,and that's bad news on the defensive rebounding aspect of the floor.

I think Spo and Riley plan on playing this small ball game until the day they die. I'd be happy to not sign Boozer if it meant Birdman was starting at center, Bosh down to power forward and McRoberts to the bench. But I just can't see it happening, so I want Boozer and Marion here, two solid rebounders to help us not get absolutely torn up in that regard. Marion can come in and be a backup play to Ennis if he doesn't pan out as well. I know he's showing potential but he's not on a sure thing on a team that's trying to compete.

We played small ball because we had Lebron. Now that he is gone i dont see us playing that much. Remember the old system is as good as scrapped. Ideally we need to tailor the offense around Bosh considering we have no idea what Wade will be able to do on a consistent bases. Also it clear we are going to need bench scoring. I dont have much faith in the Granger signing but hey maybe he can still play some defense

[twix2500]

If we flip Coles it will be for a shooting guard.

[IggieCC]

pinning us down at 5-6 seed is pretty bad. i think we can be a 3 seed

That's what I think too but only if dwade average 23,5 & 7

Very attainable numbers considering he can take 4-5 more shots without LeBron.
Wade is a rhythm player as much as LeBron is. And Wade was the one who decided to defer for the betterment of the team. I bet Wade is secretly very excited to be back in the driver's seat.

[RexBoyWonder]

im starting to feel pretty optimistic about this season. the east is really wide open.

Can't get too optimistic, at least not yet.

Half of roster is just question marks. I can't really tell what to expect.

Can Napier ball?
How good is Ennis?
Will Wade break down?
Can Bosh become Raptors Bosh?
Is Hamilton an NBA Center?
Can Granger bounce back?
Is Oden ready to really come back?
Can Beasley get it together?

None of can know the answers, and for us to be successful we need most of these questions to be answered with a positive.

[overland]

Yahoo Sources: Euro star Nikola Mirotic agrees to three-year, $17M deal to join the Chicago Bulls

[Heat_Fan_87]

coel for stucky? svg want to help us out?

[DefenseWins]

Eh that's the 2010 playoffs, no? Doesn't mean much


Lebron still gets passed Deng's team


But he always plays hard and he has heart. Not very efficient player tho but we will see. He is no longer a Bull and no longer in Thibs prison lol

[IggieCC]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1TcGUk228o[/youtube]

In all fairness this happened when HD quality wasn't even invented look at the pixels!!

[Rock Hardy]

We already gonna have a log jam at the SF spot,with Luol,Granger,and potentially Ennis,and Beasley.
So I think we can eliminate Marion,Boozer is still a possibility I could see happening.

With the scenario that Boozer comes along,that most certainly means Bosh starting at the 5 again,and that's bad news on the defensive rebounding aspect of the floor.

I think Spo and Riley plan on playing this small ball game until the day they die. I'd be happy to not sign Boozer if it meant Birdman was starting at center, Bosh down to power forward and McRoberts to the bench. But I just can't see it happening, so I want Boozer and Marion here, two solid rebounders to help us not get absolutely torn up in that regard. Marion can come in and be a backup play to Ennis if he doesn't pan out as well. I know he's showing potential but he's not on a sure thing on a team that's trying to compete.

We played small ball because we had Lebron. Now that he is gone i dont see us playing that much. Remember the old system is as good as scrapped. Ideally we need to tailor the offense around Bosh considering we have no idea what Wade will be able to do on a consistent bases. Also it clear we are going to need bench scoring. I dont have much faith in the Granger signing but hey maybe he can still play some defense

Craig is running us small in SL. We're overloading on the wings again. I'm pretty sure were playing small.

We don't matchup well playing traditionally. Bosh was more pivotal to us playing small, as he spent more time at C than LeBron did at PF. His shooting gives Wade and Rio room to operate. He can be more aggressive with iso or cuts to the rim now, buy I think small ball is where this league is going. 5 out has to be our objective.

[MHeatfan]

If Bosh goes 23/10 and Wade goes 23/5/7 then we got something brewing. Because then they have returned to being stars. I mean Wade put up 19 with LBJ. He can get 2 more buckets with out him. But it's the wear and tear with Wade. Bosh is now not a 3 and D guy lol. He can post up use his first step. Then we have Deng a very solid 3rd scorer to say the least. Then Rio and McBob two nice pieces. And we don't know what our bench has yet. But it's a nice balanced five. A good offense and an average D imo. I think the effectiveness of our bench determines whether we're a 6 or 3 or maybe a two.

[xMADEinDADEx]

Easily second seed in the east. This is with a limited wade. If wade goes off, finals bound AGAIN.

[Heat_Fan_87]

i really like the idea bringing brandon rush in.

[IggieCC]

Nooooo Chalmers is back

What happened to your username??? All the new avatars, sigs and usernames are confusing the hell out of me.

[FlashFlare]

Nooooo Chalmers is back

What happened to your username??? All the new avatars, sigs and usernames are confusing the hell out of me.

new era. new name.

[DayofMourning]

I just think that calling this team a 6-8 seed is crazy barring a major injury. For as great as Lebron was, he did marginalize the talent of Wade and Bosh to a degree.

The east is still as dumpster as ever, it's just not as top heavy. None of the teams in the East scare me whatsoever and the top 4-5 teams in the west easily outclass each and every one of them.

Exactly. James took shots away from Bosh, who is a very productive offensive player. Bosh will get those points back now. We could see a huge jump in PPG, from the 15 or so he scored last year to 22 or so moving forward. MIP??

[Altered_Beast]

coel for stucky? svg want to help us out?

that would be ideal

stuckey is a poor mans wade but imo hes a solid nba vet that shouldnt cost too much

praying watchout is right and we can nab boozer

Bosh/Andersen/Oden/Hamilton
Boozer/McRoberts/Haslem
Deng/Beasley/Granger
Wade/Stuckey/Ennis
Chalmers/Napier

not only do we get much younger boozer and mcbob are arguably the best role players weve had since 2010 minus ray and battier (well at least battier from 2 seasons ago)