Miami Heat Status Check: Record: 37-14 Division: 8-1 Conference: 17-9 Road Record: 14-11 Last 10 Games: 9-1 Streak: Won 8 Last game: 103-90 win over Atlanta PPG: 103.2 (5th) Opponents PPG: 96.7 (12th) Offensive Rating: 12.3 (2nd) Defensive Rating: 105.2 (12th) Pace: 90.8 (21st) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .545 (1st) Turnover Percentage: .131 (6th) Defensive […]
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Bulls-Heat Preview
Miami Heat Status Check: Record: 22-8 Division: 5-1 Conference: 10-5 Home Record: 15-2 Last 10 Games: 8-2 Streak: Won 2 Last game: 119-109 OT win over Mavericks PPG: 103.6 (4th) Opponents PPG: 98.6 (19th) Offensive Rating: 111.3 (3rd) Defensive Rating: 106.0 (18th) Pace: 92.1 (13th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .547 (1st) Turnover Percentage: .136 (8th) […]
Scottie Pippen and Dwyane Wade on Derrick Rose
Scottie Pippen on Rose’s comeback (via Comcast SportsNet Chicago): “He’s going to be a bigger, better, stronger player. I think it’s great to have something like this happen if it’s going to happen at a young age (23). He’s going to heal fast, and he’s going to push himself now to be better than he […]
Speedy Stormy Rose
That’s D-Rose’s new nickname. In some parts of the world. According to the Focus Taiwan News Channel: “Derrick Rose, the NBA’s youngest Most Valuable Player (MVP) in history, was seen happily receiving a new Chinese nickname on Saturday during a two-day visit to Taiwan. Chosen by Taiwanese fans through an online poll recently, the nickname ‘Biao […]
The Ultimate Poster
According to Deadspin’s Emma Carmichael, this photo of Taj Gibson posterization of Dwyane Wade will replace Bruce Lee posters across America. Personally, I’ve replaced every contact photo on my iPhone with this picture. So if you call me, this is what I’ll see:
Game 40 Recap: Bulls 99, Heat 96
I have to admit that the sick excitement I felt after this win… …gave way to an even sicker sense of dread after reading the Booz news from K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune: “Carlos Boozer didn’t travel on Sunday with the team to Memphis, meaning Monday’s matinee will feature this season’s first game without […]
Free Agent Watch: It’s finally over…LeBron is joining the Super Friends
The LeDecision has been LeMade: LeBron James will join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat. The three guys who were probably (in some order or another) Chicago’s Plans A, B and C have joined forces to become The Super Friends of South Beach. Ouch. But you know what? It could be worse. […]
Deconstructing Dwyane Wade’s decision
Yesterday, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade talked to ESPN’s Michael Wilbon about trying to create a team of Super Friends in Miami. What interested me most was what Wade had to say about the Bulls. From the transcript on TrueHoop: “I get teared up a little bit thinking about the opportunity I had. … Chicago, […]
Free Agent Watch: Bosh and Wade are apparently off the board
From the ESPN NBA Rumors page: “ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard reports Chris Bosh will join Dwyane Wade in Miami next season and an announcement is expected sometime on Wednesday.” From the Bulls’ standpoint, everything is now resting on LeBron James’ decision. Assuming the Bulls have aspirations of being anything other than an average to […]
Free Agent Watch: Disaster looms
Disaster. Catastrophe. Epic failure. You can feel it coming can’t you? Hear it clawing and scratching under your bed. Hiding in your closet. Looming around the corner. Stalking in the shadows. It’s not going to happen. That’s the fear. ESPN.com has published an article called: Q&A: Where will top free agents land? In this article, […]