Udonis Haslem with Dwyane Wade
Udonis Haslem is the only player on the Miami Heat roster with multiple championships other than teammate Dwyane Wade. The 6-foot-8 power forward played an instrumental role on the 2006 championship team and became an undersized center during the semi-finals in 2012 when Chris Bosh was injured. But when Bosh returned to the line-up his [...]
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LeBron James after winning first title.
LeBron James‘ decision to go to Miami may have been the best thing that could happen to the league. How do you figure? Well let’s look back at the league’s best years in history. The old Boston Celtics team led by Bill Russell and ran by Red Auerbach did not win 11 rings by accident. At that [...]
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LeBron James at 2012 Olympics
LeBron James will never escape the Michael Jordan discussion. Even though he has unintentionally did everything he can to take him out of discussion, it may seemingly be impossible. So he left the team that drafted him, changed his jersey number, joined two perennial all-stars, and didn’t score more than two points in the fourth [...]
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Norris Cole drives to the basket
Norris Cole may have a more valuable role with the Miami Heat than current starting point guard Mario Chalmers. Cole is not the better overall point guard, but his ability to pressure opponents full court, and get to the rim may be more useful on this Heat team than last year’s. The Heat added more [...]
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Mehmet Okur boxing out in 2011.
The Miami Heat should consider signing Mehmet Okur. Okur is a 6’11” veteran center who averages 13.5 points per game and seven rebounds per game, and shoots 37.5 percent from the three point line for his career. Okur is a big man that can add more versatility to the Heat as a nearly seven footer [...]
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Dwight Howard Los Angeles Laker press conference
Contrary to belief Dwight Howard being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers helps the Miami Heat in a potential NBA Finals match up between the two. During the 2012 postseason the Heat did not struggle against teams that were bigger at the power forward and center positions. In fact that style of play played right [...]
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Greg Oden speaking to media in 2009
Pat Rileyshould strongly consider signing Greg Oden. Thus far in his career he has been a bust and injury prone. In the 82 games Oden has played in he averages 9.4 points per game, just over seven rebounds per game, and just over one blocks per game. He is seven feet tall and weighs 285 [...]
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Rob Schumacher: US PRESSWIRE
LeBron James should scare players in the NBA. When was the last time the league had a player that can play one through five on the court and have the advantage at every position on both sides of the ball? …And I’m waiting. It has never happened before. Chris Bosh gets hurt versus the Indiana [...]
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Bob Donnan: US Presswire
LeBron James is officially the king. He has his ring and he has gold as validation. Over his career, James has been scrutinized for passing the ball late in games, being too childish, caring too much about what media members say, and shrinking under pressure. In the year 2012 all of those accusations have been [...]
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