Time to get Okafor

[SWadeUP]

It's because we need a center. Small ball is stupid and we are only doing it because we don't have a legit center. There is a reason that Riley goes all out trying to sign centers. Okafor when healthy is a good center.

Its as if we havent won 2 chips in a row around here.

Small ball is stupid. We won the titles despite the small ball disadvantage. Centers are the most important position in bball. We have Lebron so we can get away with the severe disadvantage of small ball. If we had a center we would have steamrolled everyone in the playoffs.

If we had a real center we would start that center and avoid small ball except when the opposing team's center is on the bench. We don't play small ball by choice.

Please name the last team that has an Allstar Center to win a Chip? (besides our very own Chris Bosh)

I can tell by this idiodic post that you dont watch much heat ball.

We DO use small ball by choice.

[RexBoyWonder]

thoughts on Shannon Brown?

[narmerguy]

Its as if we havent won 2 chips in a row around here.

Small ball is stupid. We won the titles despite the small ball disadvantage. Centers are the most important position in bball. We have Lebron so we can get away with the severe disadvantage of small ball. If we had a center we would have steamrolled everyone in the playoffs.

If we had a real center we would start that center and avoid small ball except when the opposing team's center is on the bench. We don't play small ball by choice.

Please name the last team that has an Allstar Center to win a Chip? (besides our very own Chris Bosh)

I can tell by this idiodic post that you dont watch much heat ball.

We DO use small ball by choice.

The last team to beat us in the playoffs...

[SWadeUP]

Small ball is stupid. We won the titles despite the small ball disadvantage. Centers are the most important position in bball. We have Lebron so we can get away with the severe disadvantage of small ball. If we had a center we would have steamrolled everyone in the playoffs.

If we had a real center we would start that center and avoid small ball except when the opposing team's center is on the bench. We don't play small ball by choice.

Please name the last team that has an Allstar Center to win a Chip? (besides our very own Chris Bosh)

I can tell by this idiodic post that you dont watch much heat ball.

We DO use small ball by choice.

The last team to beat us in the playoffs...

Chandler was not an allstar Center that year. Also, who the hell is afraid of Tyson fing chandler?

Phuck u mean.

[This IsMy House]

thoughts on Shannon Brown?

GREEN FONT?!?

[Rock Hardy]

It's because we need a center. Small ball is stupid and we are only doing it because we don't have a legit center. There is a reason that Riley goes all out trying to sign centers. Okafor when healthy is a good center.

Its as if we havent won 2 chips in a row around here.

Small ball is stupid. We won the titles despite the small ball disadvantage. Centers are the most important position in bball. We have Lebron so we can get away with the severe disadvantage of small ball. If we had a center we would have steamrolled everyone in the playoffs.

If we had a real center we would start that center and avoid small ball except when the opposing team's center is on the bench. We don't play small ball by choice.

A decent center won't be cheap. I'd rather commit the money to the perimeter, since this is a perimeter-oriented league. We'll be fine with small ball. It's won two titles. The year we had big centers, we lost. Go figure.

[cdouglas]

Okafor has a neck injury so I don't think he would be of much help until he's 100 percent.

[-MK-]

The year we had big centers, we lost. Go figure.

Just because we had them, doesn't mean we used them (or lost because of them). Joel Anthony got the most minutes out of all the bigs not named Bosh or Haslem that year - 19.5mpg in RS & 27.4mpg in PO, Ilgauskas was next with 15.9mpg in the regular season & 11.6mpg during the playoffs. So the BIG centers didn't play all that much as they were very slow and/or simply sucked & we still used our mobile centers most of the time. Okafor doesn't suck, is a big body and still has decent mobility.

I'd say "small-ball" is the perfect tactic against those teams that don't have a great inside presence, but a (mobile) BIG would be extremely good to have against those who do.

[nbhadja]

Its as if we havent won 2 chips in a row around here.

Small ball is stupid. We won the titles despite the small ball disadvantage. Centers are the most important position in bball. We have Lebron so we can get away with the severe disadvantage of small ball. If we had a center we would have steamrolled everyone in the playoffs.

If we had a real center we would start that center and avoid small ball except when the opposing team's center is on the bench. We don't play small ball by choice.

Please name the last team that has an Allstar Center to win a Chip? (besides our very own Chris Bosh)

I can tell by this idiodic post that you dont watch much heat ball.

We DO use small ball by choice.

No offense but it's your post that's idiotic. I can see that you do not bball history much. We are the only team in nba history to win with trash centers we nearly lost to Boston n Indy in 2012 n Indy n SA this year bc our poor centers. At no point did I say we need an all star center I said real center though an all star center is great. We have trash at center. Bosh is a pf he is not a center which is why Duncan and Hibbert raped him, n Birdman can only play a few mins n is undersized. Bosh is a good PF but a terrible center. Some PFs work well as centers because they are good post defenders, post rebounders, and or post scorers but Bosh is mediocre or poor in every one of those categories. You need to have at least an average center.

Riley has went after plenty of centers since 2010 including Oden, Dalembert twice and Orlando's center Vucevic as well plus tried to develop Pittman yet you claim we are small ball by choice? Riley disagrees LoL Btw most title teams have good centers. MJ Bulls are the only other exception and they had average centers at least unlike our non existent centers.

Dallas had Chandler, L.A. had Bynum n Gasol, Boston had KG who is a great post rebounder and post defender unlike Bosh who cannot defend big centers and is a poor rebounder. Spurs had Duncan, Miami had Shaq, Detroit had Ben Wallace, L.A. had Shaq, Houston had Harlem, L.A. had Kareem, Boston had Parrish etc The list goes on and on.

[nbhadja]

Please name the last team that has an Allstar Center to win a Chip? (besides our very own Chris Bosh)

I can tell by this idiodic post that you dont watch much heat ball.

We DO use small ball by choice.

The last team to beat us in the playoffs...

Chandler was not an allstar Center that year. Also, who the hell is afraid of Tyson fing chandler?

Phuck u mean.

Chandler is a good center. He is a very good post defender and good rebounder. Also while he doesn't score much, he is like Hakeem compared to our center's no existent post scoring abilities. Chandler even won a DPOY award. He was a million times better than Bosh at center, Joel, and Birdman.

[nbhadja]

Its as if we havent won 2 chips in a row around here.

Small ball is stupid. We won the titles despite the small ball disadvantage. Centers are the most important position in bball. We have Lebron so we can get away with the severe disadvantage of small ball. If we had a center we would have steamrolled everyone in the playoffs.

If we had a real center we would start that center and avoid small ball except when the opposing team's center is on the bench. We don't play small ball by choice.

A decent center won't be cheap. I'd rather commit the money to the perimeter, since this is a perimeter-oriented league. We'll be fine with small ball. It's won two titles. The year we had big centers, we lost. Go figure.

Center is still very important. We need to have at least an average center. Center is by far the most important position in bball. The league is small stuff is BS. Almost all of the contenders have at least a good center while we have trash at center.

The year you are referring to we had terrible centers so I am not sure why you are bringing that up. Big z and Dampier were awful. We nearly lost to Boston and Indy in 2012 because KG and Hibbert exploited our lack of center, we were lucky we ran into a team in OKC that had no key center in the finals, and then we nearly lost to Indy and SA this season because of Duncan and Hibbert raping Bosh who was playing out of position at center.

[heatlespeatles]

we do need a center to get rebounds and blocks. Just to make our lives easier. Small ball is tiring for these guys

[homecourtloss]

The only way we could get Gasol is if he really wanted to stick it to Kobe, and knowing Kobe, it's always a possibility

As Mopper said, Pau has one more big contract ($9 - $10 million) in him.

Kaman has looked pretty good for the Lakers thus far. Dalembert didn't do too badly either (from the boxscore, at least).

[KingDavid]

Doesn't okafor have a reoccurring injury? I'd rather not sign him. He wouldn't clear the waiver wire anyway. Teams would pick up his rights quickly just to keep him away from us.

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[Chosen01]

People keep saying we need a center, but where are we going to get this mystery average center under the Heat's budget?

[nbhadja]

People keep saying we need a center, but where are we going to get this mystery average center under the Heat's budget?

This season it will be tough, but hopefully there will be a buyout we can get. Going forward hopefully the guys will restructure so we can afford a decent center because a no center team going forward is not feasible. I wouldn't mind if they traded one of our PGs for a center. Riley has explored that in the past and should continue to do that. If we traded our average PGs for average Centers instead we would be a much better team.