Official Off-Season Trade/Rumor Thread 2.0

Slot Machine · Post #361 » by **Slot Machine** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:39 pm

GreenHat wrote:
Slot Machine wrote:Hilarious how high people's expectations/wants are for a minimum guy signed this late in the offseason.

The same was said last year when we got Birdman.

People want minimum guys to fill out the roster. Seems reasonable to me.

I was in favor of signing Birdman. I'm in favor of signing a vet now. My point is that people keep saying "Oh, Lamar sucks or (insert player here) sucks." when we have no better options.

xMADEinDADEx · Post #362 » by **xMADEinDADEx** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:46 pm

As long as they fit well I'm our system, accept their role on the team, and play defense I say go for them.

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GreenHat · Post #363 » by **GreenHat** » Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:40 pm

Slot Machine wrote:
GreenHat wrote:
Slot Machine wrote:Hilarious how high people's expectations/wants are for a minimum guy signed this late in the offseason.

The same was said last year when we got Birdman.

People want minimum guys to fill out the roster. Seems reasonable to me.

I was in favor of signing Birdman. I'm in favor of signing a vet now. My point is that people keep saying "Oh, Lamar sucks or (insert player here) sucks." when we have no better options.

Oh ok I took it in another way.

twozeroMM · Post #364 » by **twozeroMM** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:12 pm

The Heat have signed Eric Griffin to training camp deal.

shanedude · Post #365 » by **shanedude** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:26 pm

He looked pretty good in summer league. Surprised he got an invite.

weouthere · Post #366 » by **weouthere** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:09 pm

Sign Haddadi, Riley do it!!

Heat_Fan_87 · Post #367 » by **Heat_Fan_87** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:42 pm

There is a reason hadadi doesn't have a team. He is a scrub.

xMADEinDADEx · Post #368 » by **xMADEinDADEx** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:08 pm

Haddadi lol just because he's tall doesn't mean we should sign him. He's slow, has absolutely no offense and the dude is just pathetic at rebounding for being that damn tall.

No thanks.. I'd rather heat sign jermaine O'neal than haddadi and that's saying something lol

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Heat_team02 · Post #369 » by **Heat_team02** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:22 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3blpsJniXLw[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL4N8v3uXWE#at=31[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGrXWIxLRc0[/youtube]

RexBoyWonder · Post #370 » by **RexBoyWonder** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:25 pm

Eric Griffin looked raw at SL but who knows, maybe he could develop with SkyForce, he showed some nice flashes..good athlete.

Post #371 » by **heat4life** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:29 pm

RexBoyWonder wrote:Eric Griffin looked raw at SL but who knows, maybe he could develop with SkyForce, he showed some nice flashes..good athlete.

I agree. He looked raw but showed he was extremely athletic and can play long. I could see him being signed with our DL affiliate after camp.

Heat_team02 · Post #372 » by **Heat_team02** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:01 pm

Almost every time there was a scrap or skirmish on the court this Summer League, either Eric Griffin was directly involved or he was very close by.

Post #373 » by **BFRESH44** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:27 pm

Heat_team02 wrote:Almost every time there was a scrap or skirmish on the court this Summer League, either Eric Griffin was directly involved or he was very close by.

Sounds like UD. No wonder he got a camp invite.

Heatin4 · Post #374 » by **Heatin4** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:30 am

Heat_Fan_87 wrote:There is a reason hadadi doesn't have a team. He is a scrub.

I got money that he is a Persian Spy more than anything.

Heatin4 · Post #375 » by **Heatin4** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:32 am

Eric Griffin will be that last piece to which solidifies the Heat as a Three Peat Team.

daniel3 · Post #376 » by **daniel3** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:39 am

Heat_team02 wrote:Almost every time there was a scrap or skirmish on the court this Summer League, either Eric Griffin was directly involved or he was very close by.

Even the ones he isn't playing in? Damn.

SmushedPennies · Post #377 » by **SmushedPennies** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:59 am

I like Griffin a lot. Raved about him all summer after being introduced to him during the Orlando SL. Combo-forward on defense, PF on O, but he has a couple of perimeter skills that, along with his athleticism/length, would make him a difficult matchup for opposing 4s. Like his touch around the rim a lot, and he shows flashes of a decent-enough jumper for a 4. Elite athleticism, pogo-stick around the rim (both in getting tip-dunks and blocking shots); he'd be a nice fit to get spot minutes next to LeBron for certain matchups, but it's hard for me to see him making the 15.

orangeparka · Post #378 » by **orangeparka** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:09 am

Probably just a training camp body, but he does look athletic as hell.

Heatin4 · Post #379 » by **Heatin4** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 4:23 am

At the end of the day the Heat got the right Griffin.

weouthere · Post #380 » by **weouthere** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:31 pm

G-Menn wrote:Haddadi lol just because he's tall doesn't mean we should sign him. He's slow, has absolutely no offense and the dude is just pathetic at rebounding for being that damn tall.

No thanks.. I'd rather heat sign jermaine O'neal than haddadi and that's saying something lol

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Some people just don't have the knack for knowing what's good on this team. And you're one of them, plus you probably never even research the skills of all the players u bash, same thing many of you did with Birdman.

Haddadi may be a scrub on another team but he wouldn't be on this team. And I actually researched him and did my homework on him.