infamous114
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To keep Okaro beyond this weekend, we need to trade or release a player. Heat are exploring options. Bum ass Derrick Williams is the player involved.
infamous114
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Supposedly, Washington is interested in picking him up if he's available lol. Dude belongs overseas.
infamous114
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Bout time. Cause Riley always been anti-youth. As a matter of fact, I give him no credit lol. Shout out to the scouting department.
south4life
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Damn near half the team came from the D League.
Dragic, J. Johnson, Waiters, D. Williams, Babbit, McTrash and Ellington came from Trades or Free Agency.
Winslow and Richardson came from the draft and the rest from The D League, that's crazy.
Dragic, J. Johnson, Waiters, D. Williams, Babbit, McTrash and Ellington came from Trades or Free Agency.
Winslow and Richardson came from the draft and the rest from The D League, that's crazy.
infamous114
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We coming for that 1st round sweep at the hand of the Cavs!
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https://theringer.com/miami-heat-pl...eed-james-johnson-nba-974b6f5fa528#.9j4jj4v0m
Rodney McGruder
No player encapsulates Miami’s rise more than McGruder, whose ability to come up with loose balls has his teammates calling him “The Scavenger.” An undrafted free agent out of Kansas State in 2013 who spent a season in Hungary and two seasons in the D-League, McGruder came into training camp fighting to make the team. But he had a leg up on his competition for the 15th spot on the roster: He averaged 15.8 points per game as a starter last season for the D-League champion Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Heat’s D-League affiliate, which ran the same offense that Spoelstra uses in Miami. The Heat have been one of the best at using their D-League team; McGruder, Whiteside, Richardson, and Johnson are all Skyforce alums.
McGruder took over as the starting small forward when Winslow went down on New Year’s Eve, which wound up being one of the turning points for the Heat. McGruder isn’t nearly as talented as Winslow, a former lottery pick, but he’s a much better outside shooter, which opens up the floor for Dragic, Waiters, and Whiteside. McGruder is shooting 32.9 percent from 3 on the season (and 37.2 percent over the past 15 games), compared to 20 percent for Winslow, and he’s a smart player who rarely makes mistakes. He’s the perfect role player, catching and firing quickly, confidently attacking close-outs, and keeping the ball zipping around the perimeter.
But where he really earns his keep is on defense, despite giving up a ton of size at small forward. At 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds with a 6-foot-5 wingspan, McGruder doesn’t have elite speed or length, but he’s a sound positional defender with quick hands who never gives up on plays and rarely allows open looks if he’s in the vicinity of a shot attempt. He plays with the hunger you would expect from a longtime D-Leaguer getting a chance in the NBA, and his combination of hustle and intelligence has made him a favorite of the Miami coaching staff. They slide him around the perimeter to match up with the opposing team’s best player, and he’s one of the best isolation defenders in the league, giving up only 0.70 points per possession when being attacked one-on-one.
Also give props to Reed and James Johnson
Rodney McGruder
No player encapsulates Miami’s rise more than McGruder, whose ability to come up with loose balls has his teammates calling him “The Scavenger.” An undrafted free agent out of Kansas State in 2013 who spent a season in Hungary and two seasons in the D-League, McGruder came into training camp fighting to make the team. But he had a leg up on his competition for the 15th spot on the roster: He averaged 15.8 points per game as a starter last season for the D-League champion Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Heat’s D-League affiliate, which ran the same offense that Spoelstra uses in Miami. The Heat have been one of the best at using their D-League team; McGruder, Whiteside, Richardson, and Johnson are all Skyforce alums.
McGruder took over as the starting small forward when Winslow went down on New Year’s Eve, which wound up being one of the turning points for the Heat. McGruder isn’t nearly as talented as Winslow, a former lottery pick, but he’s a much better outside shooter, which opens up the floor for Dragic, Waiters, and Whiteside. McGruder is shooting 32.9 percent from 3 on the season (and 37.2 percent over the past 15 games), compared to 20 percent for Winslow, and he’s a smart player who rarely makes mistakes. He’s the perfect role player, catching and firing quickly, confidently attacking close-outs, and keeping the ball zipping around the perimeter.
But where he really earns his keep is on defense, despite giving up a ton of size at small forward. At 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds with a 6-foot-5 wingspan, McGruder doesn’t have elite speed or length, but he’s a sound positional defender with quick hands who never gives up on plays and rarely allows open looks if he’s in the vicinity of a shot attempt. He plays with the hunger you would expect from a longtime D-Leaguer getting a chance in the NBA, and his combination of hustle and intelligence has made him a favorite of the Miami coaching staff. They slide him around the perimeter to match up with the opposing team’s best player, and he’s one of the best isolation defenders in the league, giving up only 0.70 points per possession when being attacked one-on-one.
Also give props to Reed and James Johnson
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Battier is joining the front office #HeatLifer
Before he lost nearly 40 pounds, reignited his playing career and put himself in position for a big pay day this coming July, James Johnson found himself shirtless, embarrassed and a bit confused standing in front of the camera lens of an iPad inside the Heat’s training facility last summer. “It was weird to me – really weird to me,” said Johnson, a former first round pick of Chicago back in 2009, who in his first seven years in the league with the Bulls, Raptors, Kings, Grizzlies and Hawks had never been asked by the team’s strength and conditioning coaches to pose shirtless for a photo. “I thought I was going to be the only [player to do it] because I came in something huge… But then I ran through their iPad. It was like a magazine, a list of their accomplishments with other players and I saw it with my own eyes. And from what I saw on that iPad, I wanted to change myself.”
“One of my happiest moments,” Johnson said last Friday in Orlando when he was asked about the set of photos. “And I’m not finished. I’m 238 [pounds] right now and 6.75 [percent body fat]. So, I’m just going to keep going, see how far it takes me. I feel like that the more I lose the more I unleash skills that I didn’t think I was capable of having or doing.” – via Miami Herald
“One of my happiest moments,” Johnson said last Friday in Orlando when he was asked about the set of photos. “And I’m not finished. I’m 238 [pounds] right now and 6.75 [percent body fat]. So, I’m just going to keep going, see how far it takes me. I feel like that the more I lose the more I unleash skills that I didn’t think I was capable of having or doing.” – via Miami Herald
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Lol team got a lot of garbage FT shooters lol
