Josh Baumgard (@MiaSportsGuy) It’s rare an NBA Champion is crowned after a season of smooth sailing. Somewhere along this perpetual journey there usually comes a time of extreme adversity, a time where the odds are against you, a time where failure appears likely. The 2011 Dallas Mavericks faced this challenge in game two of [...]
By Josh Baumgard Today’s Miami Heat team was composed by anything but conventional means. Pat Riley took out his shiny ring-plastered fingers and stuck it to the rest of the NBA. Two and a half superstars in the prime of their careers sacrificed dollars for wins. Team was chosen over self. Should an unconventional power translate [...]
There isn’t a better sports column/list out there than Grantland’s NBA Trade Value piece written annually by editor-in-chief Bill Simmons. I probably wouldn’t have started this sports blog two years ago if not for that guy, so I figured why not take the same concept and apply it towards the Miami Heat roster. Salaries [...]
By Josh Baumgard *The ten players under contract are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Mike Miller, Joel Anthony, Udonis Haslem, Mario Chalmers (Restricted Free Agent), Eddie House, Dexter Pittman, and Norris Cole (Rookie). (Note: Remember Zydrunas Ilgauskas retired and James Jones declined his option making him an unrestricted free agent.) 2011-12 Salary: $5.4 million Team [...]
By Josh Baumgard With an NBA Amnesty Clause approved by all parties, it will grant teams the ability to remove 75 percent (via ESPN) of one player’s contract anytime during the length of this next C.B.A. It will be limited to players already under contract as of July 1, 2011. The question is whether the [...]
