ImageImageImage

Heat Legends

Moderators: KingDavid, BFRESH44, MettaWorldPanda, heat4life, Wiltside, IggieCC, QUIZ

ReturnofMVP3
RealGM
Posts: 14,800
And1: 11,580
Joined: Dec 14, 2011
       

Heat Legends 

Post#1 » by ReturnofMVP3 » Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:31 am

Please discuss your fav Heat players from the past (minus any player who left us in FA to sign with the Bulls)

Ex.
Image
Donald Trump is an idiot.
bigjay23
Ballboy
Posts: 24
And1: 15
Joined: Feb 26, 2017

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#2 » by bigjay23 » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:27 pm

Not fair wade has always been loyal and brought championships there


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
User avatar
Heat3
RealGM
Posts: 19,542
And1: 14,137
Joined: May 26, 2006
Location: Where all the children are above average.
Contact:
   

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#3 » by Heat3 » Sat Jul 27, 2019 4:50 pm

My favorite Heat player as a young fan of a young franchise was #3.....Steve Smith! My first username on the internet back in 1995 was Heat3 in honor of 'Tricky' Steve Smith and I used it on realgm as a nod to that.

Image

Smith went to Michigan State like Magic Johnson. He was a guard like Magic Johnson. He was 6'8", Magic was 6'9". He was on Dream Team 2. So naturally I thought he would be OUR Magic Johnson. Our team wasn't that good then and I was an inexperienced basketball fan, so I had hope. The way some of you look at Bam, Justise or Herro. That is how I was back then about our players and even the franchise. I know better now.

Somewhere in a storage box I have an old Miami Herald newspaper with a season preview (1994 I think). It had Steve Smith, Glen Rice and Rony Seikaly in full page picture with flames surrounding them and a headline like "The Heat get Hot when the Big 3 catch Fire".

A terrible day of my young fandom was when Smith and Grant Long were traded for Kevin Willis :nonono:

Of course since then we had another guy wear #3 who surpassed everything as a player that I had hoped we would someday see from Smith in a Heat uniform. Still when I look back at that first era of Miami, Steve Smith is the guy I remember rooting for most.

He even returned to play on the first Wade/Shaq team.
Image

Steve Smith, I salute you! :usa:
Pat Riley wrote:There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There is no such thing as life in-between.

James Johnson wrote:The culture is REAL.

Image
User avatar
MartyConlonJr
General Manager
Posts: 8,447
And1: 2,396
Joined: Jul 19, 2003
   

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#4 » by MartyConlonJr » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:25 pm

Eddie Jones is the reason I started following the Heat. I wish he had been able to stick around for a championship and contribute more.
User avatar
goodboy
RealGM
Posts: 46,493
And1: 185,289
Joined: Aug 07, 2014
Location: disposal japanese worker
 

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#5 » by goodboy » Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:06 am

Beno Udrih
Bright
contract
RealGM
Posts: 12,358
And1: 20,715
Joined: Jan 11, 2009
Location: on your last nerve
 

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#6 » by contract » Sun Jul 28, 2019 10:31 am

Where are all the GOATside fans? :lol:

But seriously Young Whiteside was one of the most fun Heat players to watch play. Those first couple of years were magic with Whiteside seemingly erasing everything and grabbing every rebound. I remember anticipating a blocked shot every single time the opposing team had the ball when he was on the court.

But then he got big money and a big head, and the fun went away.
.
:meditate: Team Small Ball :meditate:
User avatar
DayofMourning
Retired Mod
Retired Mod
Posts: 30,807
And1: 79,011
Joined: Jan 03, 2006
       

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#7 » by DayofMourning » Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:11 pm

Image
Image
User avatar
HeatFanLifer
General Manager
Posts: 8,836
And1: 39,855
Joined: Oct 20, 2016

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#8 » by HeatFanLifer » Mon Jul 29, 2019 3:52 am

Anthony Mason was great that one year we had him. Made the allstar team and gave the team hope when Zo went down. Riley could not figure out what to do with the team once Zo came back and they subsequently got swept by the Hornets, but it was fun watching him that year.
OP for NBA FT record
User avatar
HeatIn5
General Manager
Posts: 7,748
And1: 18,357
Joined: Jul 02, 2015
       

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#9 » by HeatIn5 » Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:16 pm

Image


Image
Read on Twitter
User avatar
Dr_Heat
RealGM
Posts: 21,527
And1: 96,866
Joined: Feb 27, 2015
Location: Bustelo coffee bar
         

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#10 » by Dr_Heat » Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:56 pm

Image
Dr_Heat wrote: Oof
User avatar
goodboy
RealGM
Posts: 46,493
And1: 185,289
Joined: Aug 07, 2014
Location: disposal japanese worker
 

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#11 » by goodboy » Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:05 pm

JustiseForMiami wrote:Image


Image

smh
Bright
contract
RealGM
Posts: 12,358
And1: 20,715
Joined: Jan 11, 2009
Location: on your last nerve
 

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#12 » by contract » Mon Jul 29, 2019 5:50 pm

Dr_Heat wrote:Image

Which of those guys logged more minutes for the Heat?
.
:meditate: Team Small Ball :meditate:
BBallFreak
Retired Mod
Retired Mod
Posts: 54,972
And1: 16,181
Joined: Jun 23, 2001
   

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#13 » by BBallFreak » Wed Jul 31, 2019 1:02 am

Outside of Wade, I really loved the underdogs on this team; the guys who came out of nowhere to become good NBA players. Guys like Grant Long, Voshon Lenard, Keith Askins, Bruce Bowen (had he stayed longer), Udonis Haslem, Hassan Whiteside (though he really gave up on himself IMO), Isaac Austin, Tyler Johnson (though his contract was awful) etc. I've always liked that work ethic that turns guys who shouldn't be in the league into useful rotation players...
Shootit
Junior
Posts: 268
And1: 633
Joined: Oct 10, 2018
     

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#14 » by Shootit » Fri Aug 2, 2019 12:32 pm

I was a fan of the Butler "brothers" back in 02-04 (Caron and Rasual).
Was bummed Caron never made his way back to Miami after the trade to LA.


And I echo BBallFreak's post. Always root for the undrafted guys/reclamation projects, and it's cool when some pan out, even if it was for a small stretch.
SA37
RealGM
Posts: 16,146
And1: 7,052
Joined: Sep 10, 2002
Location: Basking in the Glory
 

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#15 » by SA37 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 12:09 am

I didn’t really have a favorite Heat player or any player, really.

Instead, I’ll say my favorite Heat team was the ~96’-00’ teams that had so many heartbreaking losses to the Knicks. The rivalry was fantastic. I am so happy the Knicks have remained irrelevant since then.

I really enjoyed watching Wade become a star and Miami winning its first championship and having Mourning be such an important part of that.

Oddly enough, I didn’t like the James/Wade/Bosh era. I always felt like it was rigged and Miami hadn’t earned its stripes. On top of that, although LeBron is a fantastic player, I absolutely hated the way Miami played basketball those years and I hated (and still do) all the pandering towards James, to the point that I gradually stopped watching the games.

I finally had the opportunity to catch about 15 games last year and Miami was just atrocious. Every other shot was a 3-pointer — generally a poor shot that, as expected, went wayward. Whiteside was the epitome of empty stats and seemed absolutely indifferent and non-committal to the team. I did like Spoelstra’s willingness to start the bench and rotate endlessly until he found whatever combo was working best that particular evening. However, I thought he sacrificed Dragic far too often.

I was disappointed to see Miami get Jimmy Butler because I think he is a diva and I don’t particularly care for the theatrics he brings off the court. I am hoping Miami will be able to land Bradley Beal, somehow.

The NBA has changed a lot over the last decade and while I still root for Miami, I really enjoy watching teams that play good team basketball and shun those that do not, like Houston or the Lakers. I found myself watching and rooting for the Spurs, the Pacers, the Nuggets, and the Jazz.
ReturnofMVP3
RealGM
Posts: 14,800
And1: 11,580
Joined: Dec 14, 2011
       

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#16 » by ReturnofMVP3 » Sat Aug 3, 2019 10:02 pm

bigjay23 wrote:Not fair wade has always been loyal and brought championships there


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk



If he was so loyal he wouldn’t have left us to sell wine on Instagram.
Donald Trump is an idiot.
First Take
Senior
Posts: 554
And1: 414
Joined: Aug 04, 2019

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#17 » by First Take » Tue Aug 6, 2019 3:55 am

LeBron James, Dwayne Wade (obviously) and Chris Bosh just to name a few.
User avatar
Maroko
Lead Assistant
Posts: 5,593
And1: 11,432
Joined: Dec 22, 2012
Location: Paris
     

Re: Heat Legends 

Post#18 » by Maroko » Sun Aug 18, 2019 7:33 pm

the only reason, haters gonna hate


Image

Image

Image

Image

Spoiler:
Image

Return to Miami Heat