We signed a Bobby Jones..

Post #1 » by **BFRESH44** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:42 pm

Jones arrived today, amid the Heat's hope of getting him on the active roster, which otherwise would stand at the league minimum of eight for tonight's game against the New York Knicks at AmericanAirlines Arena.

Among those still sidelined for the Heat is power forward Udonis Haslem, with a tender left ankle

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/bask ... 8923.story

Post #2 » by **GameTime_3** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:49 pm

Wow boby jones. I love that movie.. Ps.Here is a link the the real Bobby jones From Unv of Wash..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abmNlUaIP5I

Post #3 » by **unowen85** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:50 pm

Draftexpress says that his best case scenario is Bruce Lee Bowen. You done did it again Riley!

Post #4 » by **Lane1974** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:52 pm

those draftexpress reviews are RAVES, they make him sound like the second coming... maybe we can get Jon G to change his best case scenario to read Lebron James, it'll get the other boards jealous

aznkillabeezZz · Post #5 » by **aznkillabeezZz** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:07 pm

he looked ok when he played with houston last week, still a bit raw though. But I can't tell he played so little. I hope he plays well and gets to play permanently for the heat.

Post #6 » by **Flash3** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:17 pm

That Nicka · Post #7 » by **That Nicka** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:07 am

he's been cut by like 3 teams already this year

chrbal · Post #8 » by **chrbal** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:07 pm

And yet hes still better then many that played for the Heat this season.

Hes not a bad player though, hes one of those guys that always are liked but lose out when a team needs to make a move (memphis, it was the gasol trade...for example).

Flash4thewin · Post #9 » by **Flash4thewin** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:15 pm

Bobby Jones over Gerald Green :banghead:

Post #10 » by **Lane1974** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:36 pm

Bobby > Gerald
book it

Post #11 » by **Lane1974** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:40 pm

at first glance, Bobby Jones seems to be in the Posey/Bobby Simmons mold - lanky, hustling, pesky physical wing defender. If I were him I'd try to develop a consistant 3 point shot.

BlaZeN27 · Post #12 » by **BlaZeN27** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:13 pm

If it means anything he almost had a triple double with Memphis earlier this year.

20/13/7/3/1

Post #13 » by **GameTime_3** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:29 pm

The guy looked "ok" in his first game. At times i thought he was ricky davis on the court. The only knock on him so far, is that he was wearing the number of the late Smush parker.

BlaZeN27 · Post #14 » by **BlaZeN27** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:35 pm

He really gave Crawford trouble when he was able to just blow right by any other defender.

MartyConlonJr · Post #15 » by **MartyConlonJr** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:35 pm

I"m happy with the guy. Got a position of need (SF) and a young guy (24) with decent size (6'7 and 220) and a skillset we need (defensive player rather than 3 point shooting) and with some NBA realised potential (almost a triple double in an NBA game, although it was against Seattle). What I didn't want was a 30 year old dude that has been floating around the league for a decade but wasn't good enough to tack on to a contending teams 12th spot and was coming here to get a paycheck. I want someone that can grow into a more important role on our team - someone who hasn't realised their full potential. As the worst team in the league we have the unique ability to use actual NBA games to scout players, whereas playoff teams need to use summer leagues and pre-seasons to get a read on young guys.

Moses_Malone95 · Post #16 » by **Moses_Malone95** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:05 am

Bobby Jones impressed me in Denver. I was hoping he'd stick.

HeatSince88 · Post #17 » by **HeatSince88** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:17 am

MartyConlonJr wrote:I"m happy with the guy. Got a position of need (SF) and a young guy (24) with decent size (6'7 and 220) and a skillset we need (defensive player rather than 3 point shooting) and with some NBA realised potential (almost a triple double in an NBA game, although it was against Seattle). What I didn't want was a 30 year old dude that has been floating around the league for a decade but wasn't good enough to tack on to a contending teams 12th spot and was coming here to get a paycheck. I want someone that can grow into a more important role on our team - someone who hasn't realised their full potential. As the worst team in the league we have the unique ability to use actual NBA games to scout players, whereas playoff teams need to use summer leagues and pre-seasons to get a read on young guys.

Agreed. And I also like that with every move -- even a relatively meaningless one like this -- Riley is aiming to change the complacent culture of this team.

Exit Shaq, enter two feisty defenders who don't give up on a play in Marion and Banks. Exit Smush, enter a feisty defender with a reputation as a hard worker in Bobby Jones.

Instead of signing boneheads and trying to change them into his kind of player, Riley is back to signing his kind of player. Hopefully that'll be the theme this offseason as well.