2025 Regular Season Thread Vol. 5 - JIMMY BUTTWART EXTRAVAGANZA

[Lennyzinho]

Y'all really don't want to re-sign Duncan? I think his skillset, IQ, and chemistry is hard to find and he is a lot more valuable to the Heat in its pursuit of a championship. In both recent Finals appearances, he directly contributed to the 3 wins.

I would love to resign Duncan on a team friendly deal

100%.

Duncan playing at the 3 and haywood or Jimmy at the 4 with Lowry and herro and bam at the 5, was brutal. Or herro Duncan Jimmy haywood bam lineups. Sheesh. Or with rozier in lineups. The defense was horrendous.

But if you're throwing out ware and bam along with herro and a plus wing defender or with jovic, you absolutely love his spacing shooting and play making. Defenders can make up for his lapses.

But its gotta be more like buddy hields 4-40M deal. Even with cap sky rocketing. He just ain't getting 18-20M elsewhere... And if he does let him go.

[twix2500]

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Kerr and Spo are very close confidants these days.

Who would have thought that you can’t behave like a fool without ruining your reputation and chances of getting things that you want? Shocking!

I hate to say it but there were players who specifically from didn't want to play with Butler. Almost all former Heat stars recruited players to Miami. The only player Butler recruited was Lowry and DeRozan, everyone else it was Bam. Heat wanted to keep their issues with Butler quiet to not chase a potential target away.

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[3ballbomber]

Sophomore slump. Sorta expected this though. His overall his shot mechanics looks way cleaner and quicker from last season and he's been letting it fly which he just needs to continue to do and start making them at an improved clip. The TOs gotta chill though he's basically been a butterfingers ad. Which I'm 100% convinced stem from slippery hands aka sweaty hands.

I think there is an injury he is just playing through it. He has NO lift this year. Even when he tries hard to jump he is barely getting above the rim.

Jaquez has had just 4 dunks and 7 attempts this year.

Last year to this date he had 21 dunks and 25 attempts

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Good observation. Wonder if still related to the hamstring. Surely you get that 100% healthy before continuing the rigorous demands of nba games. You don’t play through something like that & potentially lead to something worse. obviously coaching staff thinks him good enough to play.

[twix2500]

I think there is an injury he is just playing through it. He has NO lift this year. Even when he tries hard to jump he is barely getting above the rim.

Jaquez has had just 4 dunks and 7 attempts this year.

Last year to this date he had 21 dunks and 25 attempts

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Good observation. Wonder if still related to the hamstring. Surely you get that 100% healthy before continuing the rigorous demands of nba games. You don’t play through something like that & potentially lead to something worse. obviously coaching staff thinks him good enough to play.

Hammy is lingering injury that doesn't heal if you keep playing on it just like plantar fascitis. Ands it's one of those injury it will feel ok then suddenly it hurts again.

[jbsays]

Rozier's investigation is form his time with Hornets. It could explain his play this year, but he's not under investigation for that.

[3ballbomber]

This is serious. If guilty it implies he’s continuing manipulating his performance in a Heat jersey, which means he cost us games. He’d have broken all sorts of principals within Heat culture & sports in general. His phone will be confiscated & investigated. Can track the calls the way they did Donaghey which connected him to Scott Foster.

Traded or arrested is the outlook for Feb, it seems

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[3ballbomber]

Traded or arrested is the outlook for Feb, it seems

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Dude been serving that under all season---it all makes sense now

if true lock him up and throw away the keys and btw i think that he's not the only one. the NBA opened a can of worms when they officially allowed betting.

Tim Donaghy's phone records indicate calls frm Scott Foster. The NBA did an internal investigation on itself w/ the Donaghy allegations, later stating he was a rogue official, of course. In fact Stern & now Silver have been running a betting organisation for decades now.

I communicated w/ Tim throughout but not more so than during the Big 3 era where i followed his picks. Tim had a betting website where he touted his plays. I mentioned that in here at the time & how he went on an awesome run hitting 90% of his plays based on officiating tendencies, meaning he bet according to who was reff’ing. I followed this run & hopped on it profiting alot of money. Tim knew his stuff & understood it well because he knows the league is rigged. He even emailed me a free play that hit big. He wanted to prove the league is crooked & refs are on the take.

I posted on here numerous times especially the run i had during the Big 3 era where i was hitting a high % clip basing my plays off of officiating. Refs, especially during PO’s, have win-loss records for home & away teams. Could also read patterns on which games they were sent to ref. I read it like a book. Funnily enough not long after the runs i had the patterns became harder to read. It seems the NBA started to become smarter & hid things much better.

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[3ballbomber]

“NBA investigated and found no wrong doing” lol

Of course!

[jbsays]

Do you think Rozier will be suspended while this investigation is conducted?

[3ballbomber]

Spo thought he needed to work his way out of his shooting slump

Little did Spo know Terry was working the betting spread.

[Shewasfly]

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This is actually really brave of him to admit and come out and say. One thing D-Wade is gonna be is transparent, and a lot of ppl hate it, but its a rare but often great quality as a public figure, when done right. Because a lot of men will listen to that and it'll change their perspective on going to the doctor and how they take care of themselves.

I wonder how much Gabby had to do with making him take his butt down to the Dr. and get checked out lol

[3ballbomber]

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Crazy how this is real and still not taken down yet wow

Sounds to me like the NBA tried to memory hole this, and make it go away, only for the Feds to circle back

This might also be the deal that gets Adam Silver removed as well

THANK YOU TERRY!

There will probably be be another crooked old msn after Silver. This corruption runs deep.

[MettaWorldPanda]

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Pivoting to LaVine. Probably a better fit

[twix2500]

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This is actually really brave of him to admit and come out and say. One thing D-Wade is gonna be is transparent, and a lot of ppl hate it, but its a rare but often great quality as a public figure, when done right. Because a lot of men will listen to that and it'll change their perspective on going to the doctor and how they take care of themselves.

I wonder how much Gabby had to do with making him take his butt down to the Dr. and get checked out lol

crazy how after 40 things go down hill fast

[MettaWorldPanda]

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Crazy how this is real and still not taken down yet wow

Sounds to me like the NBA tried to memory hole this, and make it go away, only for the Feds to circle back

This might also be the deal that gets Adam Silver removed as well
THANK YOU TERRY!

There will probably be be another crooked old msn after Silver. This corruption runs deep.

Reminds me how they tried sweeping the Donaughy allegations under the rug. They always play naive to protect the shield

[3ballbomber]

Traded or arrested is the outlook for Feb, it seems

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Ngl if Terry gets banned, and his contract subsequently gets voided, the timing of all this couldn’t have been any better.

Jimmy asking for a trade, finally forcing us to go with the Herro Bam timeline

Ware emerging as our starter

The young guys getting some burn and developing

It’s all playing out very nicely and conveniently for us at the very least.

I wish Dru Smith didn’t get hurt, so he could have grown with these guys

Something’s can be a blessing in disguise. Things can align when you approach things the right way. While everybody was losing their minds over FO, sleepy Pat & all this nonsense, we’re steady building for the long run here rather than any short term satisfaction which may not have yielded any results.

[3ballbomber]

Traded or arrested is the outlook for Feb, it seems

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Ngl if Terry gets banned, and his contract subsequently gets voided, the timing of all this couldn’t have been any better.

Jimmy asking for a trade, finally forcing us to go with the Herro Bam timeline

Ware emerging as our starter

The young guys getting some burn and developing

It’s all playing out very nicely and conveniently for us at the very least.

I wish Dru Smith didn’t get hurt, so he could have grown with these guys

Something’s can be a blessing in disguise. Things can align when you approach things the right way. While everybody was losing their minds over FO, sleepy Pat & all this nonsense, we’re steady building for the long run here rather than any short term satisfaction which may not have yielded any results.

[3ballbomber]

Y'all really don't want to re-sign Duncan? I think his skillset, IQ, and chemistry is hard to find and he is a lot more valuable to the Heat in its pursuit of a championship. In both recent Finals appearances, he directly contributed to the 3 wins.

I would love to resign Duncan on a team friendly deal

I third that!