[OT] Heat's Miller's out with a poten. serious thumb injury

ontnut · Post #21 » by **ontnut** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:09 pm

Ponchos wrote:
Danielectomy wrote:Hate to ever be happy when/or actively hope for people getting hurt, but I have to admit, I'm definitely wishing injuries on the heat. Keep it coming karma!

Hope you don't actually believe in karma, wishing injuries on other people might be detrimental to your health.

lol qft.

ontnut · Post #22 » by **ontnut** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:10 pm

Danchan wrote:that brings up the question... what exactly did we get for bosh again?? Their first pick which will probably be 27-30 which is quite worthless. then there's the TPE, did that ever translate to anything?

TPE is still sitting in BC's back pocket. We'll see if BC forgets about it and puts his pants in the laundry, thereby ruining the TPE. To be honest, I really only expect him to use it to get Jose off the team now.

Blade_Runner · Post #23 » by **Blade_Runner** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:15 pm

And so the fall of giants begins to happen...

This could go really right or really wrong.

Its only a matter of time - CB4 will get pounded on the inside and LBJ and DW will be cat fighting over who has the rock.

basketball royalty · Post #24 » by **basketball royalty** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:16 pm

I don't like to be too happy when a player gets hurt but I will say that Karma is a bitch.

Danielectomy · Post #25 » by **Danielectomy** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:53 pm

Ponchos wrote:
Danielectomy wrote:Hate to ever be happy when/or actively hope for people getting hurt, but I have to admit, I'm definitely wishing injuries on the heat. Keep it coming karma!

Hope you don't actually believe in karma, wishing injuries on other people might be detrimental to your health.

...Good thing I don't then!

ontnut · Post #26 » by **ontnut** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:06 pm

Danielectomy wrote:
Ponchos wrote:
Danielectomy wrote:Hate to ever be happy when/or actively hope for people getting hurt, but I have to admit, I'm definitely wishing injuries on the heat. Keep it coming karma!

Hope you don't actually believe in karma, wishing injuries on other people might be detrimental to your health.

...Good thing I don't then!

Then how can you say "keep it coming karma"?
That's like saying God is great, then saying you don't believe in God. LOL

Post #27 » by **Tommy Udo 6** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:15 pm

We had a false report already about a major ankle injury to MM that turned out very minor. I'll believe a major injury when it is confirmed.

As for TPE, it is up to your GM to use it or not use it. If he is reluctant to add to payroll, it may very well go unused.

ontnut · Post #28 » by **ontnut** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:21 pm

Tommy Udo 6 wrote:We had a false report already about a major ankle injury to MM that turned out very minor. I'll believe a major injury when it is confirmed.

As for TPE, it is up to your GM to use it or not use it. If he is reluctant to add to payroll, it may very well go unused.

Even if he doesn't want to add payroll above the cap, I'm sure he'd find a way to use it to at least get out from under certain contracts, namely Jose.

Lionel Messi · Post #29 » by **Lionel Messi** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:22 pm

I don't understand all the karma talk. Has Mike Miller been going around injuring other teams' players or something?

Did he place the bag in Boozer's house so he'd trip over it?
Did he sabotage Johnny Flynn too? Because the T'wolves were a real threat to the Heat before he went down.

sanity · Post #30 » by **sanity** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:27 pm

Miller is always injured anyway. Who cares?

I'm more concerned about the seating arrangements on the next bus trip for our own team.

SDM · Post #31 » by **SDM** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:28 pm

Lionel Messi wrote:I don't understand all the karma talk. Has Mike Miller been going around injuring other teams' players or something?

Did he place the bag in Boozer's house so he'd trip over it?
Did he sabotage Johnny Flynn too? Because the T'wolves were a real threat to the Heat before he went down.

The "karma" is all Heat-related and not specific to one player, or it should be. I guess "karma" is the wrong way to describe what's happening. A reversal of fortune, maybe? There's something over on ESPN too about how LBJ is experiencing problems with his declining fanbase outside of Miami. This team has to play like FIRE to start shutting people up.

LieCheatSteal · Post #32 » by **LieCheatSteal** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:35 pm

Miller was pretty washed up the last 2 years- injuries be damned. I was very surprised the Heat offered him the MLE.

I don't think he's THAT important but it does bring up the fact that the Heat are really thin. If such an injury hit one of the big three, they are toast. If it hits 2, this team is no better than the Knicks.

SolomonSkyHook · Post #33 » by **SolomonSkyHook** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:43 pm

Top 7 players - all of these #s include 2-3 games for rest
Lebron - 6 games
Bosh - 5 games
Wade - 8 games
Miller - 19-25 games
Haslem - 2 or 3 games
Big Z - 2 or 3 games
Howard - 2 or 3 games

ontnut · Post #34 » by **ontnut** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:06 pm

LieCheatSteal wrote:Miller was pretty washed up the last 2 years- injuries be damned. I was very surprised the Heat offered him the MLE.

I don't think he's THAT important but it does bring up the fact that the Heat are really thin. If such an injury hit one of the big three, they are toast. If it hits 2, this team is no better than the Knicks.

He's still a very good shooter, which is what he's there for, and to grab a couple boards here and there. The remaining outside shooters are either undersized or just horrid defensively. As I said before, Miller is like Rondo for the Celts (or perhaps Robinson/Davis this past year), he was their X Factor, even after the big 3 are guarded, there's still a chance he's open someone to stick a dagger 3.
Can they win without him? Absolutely. But someone who can consistently score 10-15 points, shoot 50% from three, 80% from the line, grab 6 boards and dish out 3-4 assists is nothing to scoff at. That's essentially adding a grittier, better shooting Turkoglu to a big 3.

gflem · Post #35 » by **gflem** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:14 pm

Cavs fan here, we dont seem to have the passion on our board that you guys do here so I thought I would weigh in here. The first thing I thought was "Karma" as well. I dont root for players to get injured, but I certainly wont feel bad at all if Miami has a rash of injuries that derail all of their hopes and dreams.

VerbalKint · Post #36 » by **VerbalKint** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:20 pm

Reports out of Miami are that he sustained the injury after being jumped and beaten by a bunch of guys.

pspot · Post #37 » by **pspot** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:31 pm

before he knows it Bosh might have to pretend to be a franchise player again.

This reminds me of when Vince was happy to be third option in NJ

JN · Post #38 » by JN » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:49 pm

Ponchos wrote:Are the playoffs this month?

+1

KingOfTheCourt · Post #39 » by **KingOfTheCourt** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:09 pm

VerbalKint wrote:Reports out of Miami are that he sustained the injury after being jumped and beaten by a bunch of guys.

Cool-Hand-Luke · Post #40 » by **Cool-Hand-Luke** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:23 pm

KingOfTheCourt wrote:
VerbalKint wrote:Reports out of Miami are that he sustained the injury after being jumped and beaten by a bunch of guys.

On a serious note I'm looking forward to seeing Boston and Miami duke it out. Should be some good battles.