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[The_Young_Gun]

I shouldn't really give away too much...

But try Justin.tv

just check, and sometimes the heat games will be on.

 

[Rocco_S]

Where did you happen to watch this game?? Was it on Fox or Espn, or streamed online??

The NJ game was on ESPN.

 

[Rocco_S]

We lost today in London 92-94.

Banks 19 points, 4 assists, 4 steals, 1 turnover in 30 minutes.

Also played a couple of minutes with a front 3 of Beasley, Marion & Haslem which I read turned out pretty well.

Mark Blount 7 points, 1 rebound in 21 minutes.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

actually watched this one...

Wade had bout 9 turnovers... But was lazy with his ball handling... Did some pretty sick dunks and drives to the hoop though...

Banks played really good... like really good. Kept harris to shick all.

Beasley was really good... just from 26 minutes..

Marion did stuff all... played very lazy.

We badly need to work on defencive rebounding... and inside defence!!!

 

[Messenger]

actually watched this one...

Wade had bout 9 turnovers... But was lazy with his ball handling... Did some pretty sick dunks and drives to the hoop though...

Banks played really good... like really good. Kept harris to shick all.

Beasley was really good... just from 26 minutes..

Marion did stuff all... played very lazy.

We badly need to work on defencive rebounding... and inside defence!!!

What is his contract status? Likely to move him along if he has an expiring deal?

Nice to see Banks getting his act together too.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

What is his contract status? Likely to move him along if he has an expiring deal?

Nice to see Banks getting his act together too.

He didn't opt out of his 17 million dollar deal this year...

We have him for at least another year. Unless an extension is thrown at him during the season.

Don't worry too much about his bad form now... but hey!, its the pre-season... If they were actually trying, Wade would have scored 50 points by now.

 

[PVF]

This year Marion would want to play well to get a good contract next season.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

One things I have noticed Marion hasn't been doing latley is attacking the hoop...

Haven't seen him put on a decent dunk for a fair while.

Also wouldn't mind seeing him play under the ring on the defencive end. We badly need him to get those lingering loose balls off the back board and get into some decent rebounding.

Joel Anthony and Mark Blount both are really really average in getting defencive rebounds. I guess they're way more used to just crashing the pack on the offencive end...

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Next game is this sunday morning 10:30am against the Magic... (Aussie Time)

Dwight Howard is gonna own us!

Blount's gonna have to have a blinda of a game if we're gonna win this one, I know Haslems played on Dwight the last few times but Dwight just seems to get bigger each time we play him... Beasley will take shaad Lewis if he plays.

 

[bruce29]

Does anyone like the new heat website design

I like the whole 'something to prove' campaign

somethingtoprove.net

 

[Messenger]

Blount's gonna have to have a blinda of a game if we're gonna win this one,

Celts and Wolves fans chuckles knowingly.......

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Celts and Wolves fans chuckles knowingly.......

how do u think we feel!

Other than him all we have is Magloire... And That just puts the dagger futher through our hearts.

 

[Messenger]

how do u think we feel!

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

That trade (Davis/Blount for Walker/1st round pick) was theft.

 

[PVF]

Well we are ****ed with outside shooting, James Jones will be out for 3 months with a wrist injury.

Injury has come to haunt us again!

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Diawara can frequently pop a 3... Wade's also been pretty consistant when shooting from the arc as well.

We'll most likely sign a part time shooter before the pre-season ends.

 

[Rocco_S]

Well we are ****ed with outside shooting, James Jones will be out for 3 months with a wrist injury.

Injury has come to haunt us again!

Diawara can frequently pop a 3... Wade's also been pretty consistant when shooting from the arc as well.

We'll most likely sign a part time shooter before the pre-season ends.

Throw Daequan Cook in the deep end. Is capable of shooting the lights out.

 

[Scallop Industry Thug]

One things I have noticed Marion hasn't been doing latley is attacking the hoop...

Haven't seen him put on a decent dunk for a fair while.

For Marion to score he needs either a great distributing PG or a fast break offense.

Wade isnt one and to be honest I dont know what philosophy the new coach will bring.

He is on the downswing of his career now, and I expect him to be gone by the trade deadline

 

[PVF]

Throw Daequan Cook in the deep end. Is capable of shooting the lights out.

Well Cook has been shooting poorly from downtown during the preseason. Hopefully he can get abit more consistant.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Well Cook has been shooting poorly from downtown during the preseason. Hopefully he can get abit more consistant.

Only reason why I didn't mention Cook was that he's very streaky!

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Wade isnt one and to be honest I dont know what philosophy the new coach will bring.

I don't think we'll have too many problems on the offensive end... We are very good at setting up the plays and moving the ball quickly, then compliment that by having the occasional one man performances by Wade, Marion and Beasley... OUR DEFENCE IS THE PROBLEM!

He is on the downswing of his career now, and I expect him to be gone by the trade deadline

yahoo sports says we will very likely be trading Marion if the deal is right. It could end up being something like: Marion + Blount for Marbury + Curry/Lee/Randolph from the knicks... Or just Marion for Chris Kaman from the clips.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Here's our full team report so far...

Just an idea of how we are predicted to go this season...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=teamreports-2008-nba-mia&prov=sportsxchange&type=team_report

 

[Messenger]

I don't think we'll have too many problems on the offensive end... We are very good at setting up the plays and moving the ball quickly, then compliment that by having the occasional one man performances by Wade, Marion and Beasley... OUR DEFENCE IS THE PROBLEM!

yahoo sports says we will very likely be trading Marion if the deal is right. It could end up being something like: Marion + Blount for Marbury + Curry/Lee/Randolph from the knicks... Or just Marion for Chris Kaman from the clips.

I would think there is no chance of David Lee being put in that deal if the Knicks thought they could offload either of Curry or Randolph.

 

[PVF]

I'm predicting another poor season for us unless we get some help at Center.

 

[The_Young_Gun]

Heat loose!!!

Orlando: 100
Heat: 92

Orlando's Best:

Howard: 26 point, 16 Rebounds, 3 Blocks. (Unstopable)
Lewis: 21 points, 8 Rebounds, 2 assists.
Redick: 14 Points, 4/5 3pt fg.

Heat Best:

Wade: 29 Points, 7 Rebounds, 8 Assists, 6 Steals, 1 Block. (FANTASTIC GAME!)
Haslem: 16 Points, 11 Rebounds.
Beasley: 14 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists.


Summary: You just can't stop Dwight! Heat desperately need a good centre. Marion will be traded for sure (For a good centre) if we really want to be a good team.

 

[PVF]

We have a good chance against team's with small centers. So i doubt we will win against teams like Orlando, Houston, Lakers etc...