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Heat Could Land Mike Bibby

March 1, 2011 By 1 Comment

The Washington Wizards and Mike Bibby agreed to a buyout of $6.2 million on Monday. This was expected, if not expedited. The question is, where will the guard sign?

There are the obvious front runners, but the Miami Heat should be Bibby’s choice. Sure he has personal relations with Eddy House, who is his brother in law, but that won’t factor in his decision. It will be the chance to play with Run DLC and get some sniffs at championships while also getting playing time. Bibby wants to play and wants to matter. On the Heat he will get that opportunity as the pressure will not be on him directly, but instead he will be free to perform. Relying on his experience, Bibby will provide the answer the Heat need at point guard. He won’t turn the ball over and can stick the open jumper. He can also penetrate and draw double teams, hit his free throws, and defend most any point guard in the league. In short, Bibby will provide both stability and depth on a team that needs both.

It makes a lot of sense for Mike Bibby to take his talents to South Beach, too. Of course, the next question is, who do the Heat drop? Eddie House? Doubtful (he may be a lead in landing Bibby). Carlos Arroyo? Most likely.

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Heat Sign Dampier Just in Time

November 27, 2010 By 1 Comment

The Heat’s signing of Erick Dampier happens just at the right time. As discussion is swirling about the Heat needing a low post presence and stronger defense up front, and with the sudden exit of Udonis Haslem, in comes Dampier who was being reviewed by the Heat months earlier.

Still, expectations in this situation shouldn’t be high. Dampier is 35 and, along with Jamaal Magloire and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, probably forms the oldest three headed monster in NBA history. Ok, that is an exaggeration as are the jokes about the three retiring down here in South Florida.

But the time is impeccable. The Heat gain another body to throw at opposing centers and get physical. They lost Udonis Haslem, but gain a bigger body in Dampier to help bridge minutes together. This moves puts Big Z back on the bench, and gives the Heat another big bull dog to mix it up in practices and in games – along with Jamaal Magloire.

Why the Heat didn’t make this move heading into this season may have something to do with the fact that the Heat were looking at some young big men they had in camp including Dexter Pittman, who hasn’t been able to see many minutes to this point.

Going forward, Dampier will get a chance at another title and will attempt to earn his veteran minimum salary ($1.4M). The Heat only had to part ways with Jerry Stackhouse.

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Heat Waive Butler and Beverley

October 25, 2010 By 1 Comment

The writing was on the wall for Patrick Beverley. The kid is a spark plug, but his lack luster performance against the Bobcats pretty much sealed his fate. Officially, the Heat waived the 2009 draft pick right before the 6pm deadline today. To be honest, he has athleticism and skill, but he hadn’t played at point guard since his high school days instead spending most of his time at the two guard. Pat Bev also didn’t offer anything that Mario Chalmers and Carlos Arroyo didn’t already have.

And of course, it remains to be seen how many true minutes Coach Spo puts a traditional point guard on the floor with Wade, Lebron, and Bosh. Lebron has demonstrated his mastery on the court as a distributor throughout the preseason despite not having Wade out there with him and still working on developing chemistry with this team.

As for Da’Sean Butler, it was more of a numbers game. The greatest effect for his chance to make this Heat roster was depending on Mike Miller’s thumb, apparently. With Miller out until January, the Heat had to scramble to fill his spot and instead opted to sign veteran Jerry Stackhouse.

Both players typified the Riley mold of hard workers scrapping to make the roster. Erik Spoelstra commented, “You really would love to keep a couple developmental guys, especially two players like Patrick Beverley and Da’Sean Butler. They were phenomenal while they were here. Patrick made significant progress just since this summer and Butler, that was tough because we never got to see him play, but we were a big fan of his winning mentality.”

At any rate, this is where the Heat are now. They really don’t have to focus on developing younger players but instead need to grab pieces to compliment the whole. Mike Miller will be missed and Jerry Stackhouse poses an interesting problem when Miller does return – what will Stack’s role be then?

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Eddie House Returns to Miami Heat; Signs 2 Year Deal

July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Eddie House has returned, according to Adrian Wojnarowski (the hardest name to spell in sports journalism). He has signed a 2 year deal worth about $2.8M. Signing House puts the Heat’s roster at 16, which means they can sign up to 4 more players and carry them through training camp, which begins September 28th.

What does this mean? Most likely that Kenny Hasbrouck is on his way out or at the very least, in a very tough spot to land on the Heat roster permanently. Hasbrouck just signed yesterday, but his contract is not guaranteed unless he makes the final roster and stays on past January. This could also mean that the Heat could make a deal.

In House, the Heat get a “tweener” guard who can shoot and provide offense. His skill set seems very similar to Hasbrouck, although House was originally brought in here to Miami years ago to serve as offense at the guard position off the bench. He gets to come back to Miami and reprise that role.

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Shavlik Randolph and Kenny Hasbrouck Sign to Round Out Heat Roster to 15

July 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Well, the skeptics can be silenced, the Heat will have 15 players on their roster after all. Funny thing is, there is expected to be more signings and the latest two still have to prove themselves to make the final roster. Neither contract is guaranteed unless they make the roster and stay on past January.

Kenny Hasbrouck showed himself to be an NBA-level player in the 2010 Summer League for the Heat while Shavlik Randolph, another retainee from last year’s Heat roster, showed he, too, was ready for another go with the Heat.

Hasbrouck, who had signed with the Heat late last season, was an offensive force for the Heat in Las Vegas this summer, averaging 13.6 points per game, 2.4 rebounds, and 2.4 assists. He is a bit undersized to be a two guard, but also lacks all the refined skills of a point guard. Still, he stands a very good chance to make this Heat team out of training camp because of the Heat’s depth up front and lack of options at the guard positions. That said, he can shoot – he shot about 50% from three point range helping to lead the Heat to a 4-1 record.

Randolph came out of Duke looking like a very skilled big man and was drafted by the 76ers. He never caught on in Philly, spending his first three seasons there, but ended up in Miami twice last season. (He signed with Heat only to be released and landed in Portland, but came back to Miami after being released from the Blazers.) Obviously motivated to play for this Heat team after adding the likes of RUN DLC, he averaged 13 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Heat in Las Vegas.

The Heat can carry as many as 20 players during training camp, which is slated to begin Sept. 28th and the first preseason game will be against Detroit on Oct. 5th. The likelihood of Randolph sticking may be harder because of all the front court depth the Heat now have.

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