By Josh Baumgard (@MiaSportsGuy) The Heat underwent a prosperous offseason despite their limited coin, subtracting their bottom two players (Eddy Curry, Juwan Howard) for two fine shooting veterans (Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis) who have combined for 12 all-star appearances. Toss in the fact this franchise is the reigning world champions and the rest of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This year’s Miami Heat (13-5) squad is much of the same from last year’s sans team captain and forgotten franchise savior, Dwyane Wade, who has only appeared in nine games this season. Let’s take a look at where the Heat rank in several key statistical categories with the season nearly a third of the way [...]
Since we don’t know when or how there will be an NBA season this year, I need some sort of Miami Heat fix. I’m going to break down every Heat player under contract for the 2011-12 season. The ten players under contract are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Mike Miller, Joel Anthony, Udonis Haslem, [...]
