****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

Well..he will be amnestied. so he will be exposed to the waiver wire. I think he gets claimed by a team that needs to get closer to the cap threshold.

If he clears...then I still think he gets somebody's full Mini-MLE.

Is he a Heat player? Yes. But he doesn't really fit as of now. The Heat have an abundance of SF's, but he could make sense as a piece for the 14'-15' season, when they clear a couple more roster spots.

As for History:

Pat Riley once got into it good with Ron Artest during a game, and Keith Askins looked him up.

 

I can tell you what the regular sports TV viewer IN MIAMI is interested in.

I am privy to minute per minute ratings and focus groups that show what the local Sports TV viewer wants.

In order it's: General NFL, Heat Talk, General NBA, Dolphins Talk.

 

Haha I didn't mean it as an insult - I totally understand the shift, I just find them interesting.

For example - even after the Patriots won all those SBs and looked dominant for so long - that's still more of a baseball / basketball town, right?

It's interesting to look at which team/sport dominates a city and if it is due to success or just interest in the sport in general.

 

Yeah I was just thinking about that in the last game. The damn summer league team has played all three games with the same brutal defensive mentality. Seems like that's kind of the Heat's identity, brutal defense leading to transition points, and if they have to be patient for the half court offense to round into form, they'll live with that. Or am I wrong?

 

Birdman's Wife


CAW CAW

 

Where does the Sports Bang fit into this Section? Come on....dont go all coy on my bro.....

 

Pretty much. and weak screens and lazy offensive play is not tolerated. Dedmon got the hook for a weak screen set for Jackson yesterday.

 

well..we produce our show accordingly.

If you are asking me about ratings...we do well. We beat some CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports Network shows that have 5 times our budget. and Yes..we do beat some ESPN shows as well.

 

Are you using my graphics or did that get 86ed?

 

Nope. Your graphics cost money. Our show doesn't believe in spending money.

Everybody just loved them..and admired them as they refused to pay the animation department to do it.

 

Yeah I'm certainly not ever going to be an X's and O's guy when it comes to basketball. Ten years of paying attention and that stuff still hasn't stuck with me. Best I can do is evaluate athletic ability (because that comes natural across multiple sports) and recognize when a basketball team plays good defense, lol.

 

A few iPad apps just got made free this week, think there might be a graphics program in there...should check it out...

Heh

 

there was a play that got some twitter observers hot over Ian Clark..where he hedged to close the lane on a driver..then bounced to take away a passing lane, and then when the pass got made to the corner..he was right there to close out the shooter. This is not common. Not at all.

 

Greg Easterbrook disaproves of your glory boy-eque post.

 

In honor of Birdman's resigning

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Jeff Loria sponsors Sports Bang?

Yep. Omega Swarm -> Flying Death Machine.

 

Nope.

Coors Light, Papa Johns, JM Lexus, North Broward Jeep, Alarmforce, Sports Grill, and a couple other fine establishments and businesses that I encourage all of you to become loyal patrons of.

 

I opened the "plug sponsors" door and you walked right through it.

 

He burst through it.....with ****ty beer and pizza


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So Section what you're saying is I should buy some Coors, get some pizza, go buy a Lexus AND a Jeep, I'm assuming Alarmforce is...Alarms so I get an alarm system for my new automobiles and then drive up to the Sports Grill?

 

This matters a lot and is why the success leads to the shift in following. You treat your players with respect and they will want to play for your city. It because an emotional attachment and it's not all about money. The Riley/Spo combo is a good combo chemistry wise. You treat Wade, your star, with respect. You treat your former players like Alonzo and Hardaway with respect by offering jobs within the organization or by financial assistance. You keep your relationships with long time players like Haslem. It's a Heat for life mentality. Lebron and Bosh sees that and figures they can be a part of the team long term beyond basketball. Heck players took discounts to play for you. This is what The Dolphins need to learn. You can't pump and dump someone like a one night stand. IMO they don't treat players like JT and Zach with the respect they deserve. The Dolphins need to change their culture to be more consistent with the Heat. This is also why I believe LBJ and Bosh will continue to remain with the Heat until retirement. They see the Heat's track record of assisting former players after basketball as something important to them.

 

Andrew Bynum!



Now I just hope he's healthy enough to play most of the year.

I'm glad FA seems to have gone pretty well overall after getting the #1 pick.

 

Bynum will play about 3 more games for Cleveland this year than Lebron James.

Not trying to piss in anyone's cornflakes, but don't become Philly fan.

 

He can be healthy for half the games, and Varejao can be healthy for half.

 

Does that increase our (Heat) chance of landing Oden? I havent heard much on that front lately.

 

Not our problem anymore. I would have liked to see what last year's team would have been with Bynum, but we all know how that worked out. That move essentially set the Sixers back a few years after all the gave up in the trade to go along with what they did on draft night. I'd like to hope within the next few years (2-3) they will be back to being a respectable team.

One more thing, **** you Andrew Bynum!!

Alright, I'm good.

 

EXACTLY. All while tuned to CBS4 and 790 The Ticket and/or 104.3 FM

 

I think the Heat made themselves clear to Oden and I don;t think he is receptive.

They asked him to prove himself healthy by showing up to camp. He hasn't. He won;t take a one year incentive deal.

 

So basically we've made our offer and it is on him to find a better one at this point. It would be nice if he ever became what he was supposed to be. Not even just for us, for a league lacking in dominant big men.

 

WAXY is the shiznit. I get it wall-2-wall up here in Stuart. 790 in the afternoon was always a crap shoot with the T-storms.

 

It really is kind of sad. I actually wanted him to succeed. I mean who are the most dominant big men in the NBA right now offensively? Howard is kind of a toss up at this point IMO as to whether or not he improved further. Bynum can't take the floor because he's always injured. He's probably just a decent starter in most generations anyway IMO. Roy Hibbert can change a game if he doesn't foul like a mad man but is offensively inconsistent. There are plenty of strong defensive big men still and some decent overall players down low but no real game changers at the moment.

Of course that is all just my random rant on big men today.

 

Very true. He didn't spring to mind immediately.

 

I live in Stuart. Totally agree!

 

Cleveland Fans are unhinged on Twitter. LOFL.

 

Are you talking about the Matt Moore stuff? I respect that guy, but he goes out of his way to troll and bait Cavs fans and then retweet all the worst responses. It's been happening all year.

 

that..and the LeBatard feed.

I then got hit up as well.

 

He already plays with Wade. In Miami he could play with both at the same time. New York would basically be giving up on Wade IMO which hell maybe it happens if he can't stay healthy. I am not inside Lebrons head.

I have a hard time seeing him leaving if he wins another title here.