More recently Howard stated he wanted to blaze his own path and stay in Orlando.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6609008
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More recently Howard stated he wanted to blaze his own path and stay in Orlando.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6609008
PF's better than Chrissy Bosh
LaMarcus Aldridge
Kevin Love
Al Horford
Amare Stoudamire
Pau Gasol
Kevin Garnett
Dirk Nowitzki
And that's off the top of my head
Wow you guys are severely underrating Bosh
I don't think so. Reds44 said he was the second best power forward in NBA. I think he is probably the 4th or 5th best tops. I think Dirk, Amare and Blake Griffin are currently better. I think a strong argument could be made for Randolph and Gasol and Aldridge. Either way, he is in that 4, 5, 6, or 7 range IMO.
Where are you disagreeing?
It's hard to gauge Bosh's value as a third option but as a star player, he is better than Amare (better defense and rebounding)... Randolph? Really? The guy is a cancer. Gasol... stat wise Bosh > Gasol but I think Gasol probably has more impact on a game than Bosh does. Gasol plays alot of C though with Bynum out with his yearly injuries. As for Griffin, the dude is a rookie. Let's see him slump a little and see how he reacts.
I'm not even gonna debate stuff like Horford > Bosh. Whoever posted that either doesn't watch the NBA or is trolling.
Bosh is definitely top 5 not his fault he is the third option on Miami. In Toronto he averaged 24 and 10 his last season there, and he did perform well the last couple of games in the Finals.
I still would trade Wade for a big and depth though as I think with the way he plays his body is going to start breaking down with injuries in the next few seasons. He plays with reckless abandon out there, has to catch up to him sooner or later.
Miami was two 4th quarter meltdowns from sweeping the Finals and not having any of the series go for more than 5 games. This was the worst Heat team we will see. so let's give them a few years before we break them apart.
That's true. Looking at this objectively, I don't understand the "break them apart" or fire the coach mentality. With all of the constraints, the Heat were not constructed to win it all this season. Granted, the East was not that strong this year due to injuries and questionable roster moves--I'm looking at you, Boston. But still, to come that close to winning it all in year one of Lebron/Wade/Bosh era is actually quite an accomplishment.
I love this pic! :D
http://i52.tinypic.com/2m7zyis.jpg
Short of some vets taking less money to play with the big 3 I don't really see how you can do much better considering what restrictions having 3 max (or near max) contracts puts you behind. I think the Heat as long as they employ all 3 of the big 3 are always going to have issues with depth and relying too heavily on the big 3 that will stumble when they face a team legitimately 7-9 deep like Dallas was this year.
Not to mention the fact that theres already talk with the new collective bargain contract coming up about the league going to a lower HARD salary cap and may necessitate trading one in order to get under the new cap.