Miami HEAT Offseason/Trades/FA Thread: Sardine Central 5.0

Mars · Post #1601 » by **Mars** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 9:58 pm

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Post #1602 » by **DayofMourning** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:14 pm

Wtf?! It's every year now one of our up and comers getting shelved.

Post #1603 » by **MettaWorldPanda** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:18 pm

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J-House · Post #1604 » by **J-House** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:21 pm

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NOT NOW OKARO, CAN’T YOU SEE MCGRUDER IS HURT?

Bishop45 · Post #1605 » by **Bishop45** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:37 pm

Head up for Honey Badger, he's tough enough to be back on the least amount of time. Sucks, almost don't want to see nobody play next game

SlowPaced · Post #1606 » by **SlowPaced** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 10:49 pm

orphicwhip wrote:Play Justise at back up point. Start jrich.

SIMPLE

Yep, this is the only way to go. If we don't use Justise as a ball handler, we'd be underutilizing him.

Seabass777 · Post #1607 » by **Seabass777** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:07 pm

What ever happened to Greg Whittington on our SkyForce team. He has great size and can shoot the 3. I liked him.

dancing2thabeet · Post #1608 » by **dancing2thabeet** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:11 pm

So we've seen a couple of games so far. How do you guys think our lineup looks at regular season tipoff?

Dragic/TJ/Walton?
Dion/Ellington/McGruder (INJ)
JRich/Winslow/Okaro
Olynyk/JJ/Mickey
Whiteside/Bam/UD

The only question mark seems to be that last guard spot. Maybe Williams over Walton? Or Liggins if we go with defense? Between HotRod's injury and Real Jordan balling out the rest of the roster feels pretty much set in stone.

BaDaBo · Post #1609 » by **BaDaBo** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:22 pm

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And here I was hoping we'd have better luck with injuries this year. <sarcasm> Off to a great start indeed! </sarcasm>

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eddieheatfan · Post #1610 » by **eddieheatfan** » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:28 pm

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And here I was hoping we'd have better luck with injuries this year. <sarcasm> Off to a great start indeed! </sarcasm>

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it begins

Rafly · Post #1611 » by **Rafly** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:46 am

Things happen for a reason. It’s time for JRich to start and see What h can do as a starter while health.

Post #1612 » by **Wiltside** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:46 am

How I see the main rotation minutes per game split:

PG - Dragic (32) / Winslow (8) / T.Johnson (8) = 48 mins
SG - Waiters (31) / T.Johnson (17) = 48 mins
SF - Richardson (30) / Winslow (8) / Ellington (10) = 48 mins
PF - Olynyk (12) / J.Johnson (28) / Winslow (8) = 48 mins
C - Whiteside (32) / Olynyk (11) / Adebayo (5) = 48 mins

Dragic - 32
Whiteside - 32
Richardson - 30
J.Johnson - 28
T.Johnson - 25
Winslow - 24
Olynyk - 23
Ellington - 10
Adebayo - 5

Enso · Post #1613 » by **Enso** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:45 am

Damn that mcgruder news sucks only silver lining is that we were a little too deep imo

SpacelyH · Post #1614 » by **SpacelyH** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:37 am

Why are y'all happy Mcgrudger got injured? Jesus I didn't know y'all hated McGrudger too.

Post #1615 » by **Wiltside** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:44 am

I don't think anyone is happy McGruder is injured. Rodney has been playing well, and deserved his rotation spot.

I think the silver lining is SF is one of our deepest positions. Particularly with Spo's penchant for going with 3 guard lineups, Rodney's loss - while crappy - is coverable. In addition, we'll get longer looks at JRich and Justise, who are 2 of our most promising youngsters.

Wishing Honey Badger a quick recovery, and looking forward to getting him back out there on the court. We'll need that grit'n'grind at some point this season.

Dr_Heat · Post #1616 » by **Dr_Heat** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:53 pm

Sucks Macgyver is hurt

Mars · Post #1617 » by **Mars** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:54 pm

Rod has that Wolverine in him. He'll be back in two and a half weeks.

Feel_the_Heat15 · Post #1618 » by **Feel_the_Heat15** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:22 pm

Wiltside wrote:How I see the main rotation minutes per game split:

PG - Dragic (32) / Winslow (8) / T.Johnson (8) = 48 mins
SG - Waiters (31) / T.Johnson (17) = 48 mins
SF - Richardson (30) / Winslow (8) / Ellington (10) = 48 mins
PF - Olynyk (12) / J.Johnson (28) / Winslow (8) = 48 mins
C - Whiteside (32) / Olynyk (11) / Adebayo (5) = 48 mins

Dragic - 32
Whiteside - 32
Richardson - 30
J.Johnson - 28
T.Johnson - 25
Winslow - 24
Olynyk - 23
Ellington - 10
Adebayo - 5

Give Winslow and Richardson all of Ellington's minutes and give Olynyk all of Bam's minutes.

Post #1619 » by **MettaWorldPanda** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 4:16 pm

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dolphinatik · Post #1620 » by **dolphinatik** » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:46 pm

How is it that I'm most impressed with jrich than anyone else. He really got back on the grind showed he has his quickness defensive timing and shot back. He is back on track with his development.

Close second is mcgruder who came out of nowhere to claim his spot on the team and hasn't disappointed. His presence definitely has to put players on notice that they need to step up.

Outside of that I'm not really impressed with the rest. Spo has shown tremendous growth these last two years without the Divas we are still in love with. He has really learned to trust his players and gauge hot streaks and chemistry.

No knock on Whiteside tj dragic mion and jj. They have all been solid but nothing new.

To me this year will be considered successful if one star level player emerges not named dragic or whiteside.