Rebuild the Realm: Official 2014 Miami Heat OffSeason Thread

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It's really crazy when you think about how fiscally shrewd Riles and Arison have been during the Lebron era. When you mention that pick, we passed on Perry Jones, a lottery pick that fell because of a knee issue, but then we turn around and sign Oden. They could of done a lot of things differently.
You could see that the 3 point shooting was going to be a problem without Miller, because Battier looked finished a season ago. They were dead wrong about Rashard being able to replace Miller's production too. And since Miller was gone, they forced the issue on Bosh shooting 3s, and took him out of the paint for the sake of spacing.

The draft thing will always be the biggest knock on Riley. I wish he'd hire some people that were better talent evaluators and trust the draft over past their prime vets. The Perry Jones thing was a no brainer. He was a huge talent that just didn't have that drive yet. They could've gotten that out of him, but they were on some no young players shyt during the Bron era. They also could've drafted Draymond Green there too. But let's not get too deep into that, because they took Norris Cole over Chandler Parsons and Jimmy Butler. It's sad to think about.
 

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You could see that the 3 point shooting was going to be a problem without Miller, because Battier looked finished a season ago. They were dead wrong about Rashard being able to replace Miller's production too. And since Miller was gone, they forced the issue on Bosh shooting 3s, and took him out of the paint for the sake of spacing.

The draft thing will always be the biggest knock on Riley. I wish he'd hire some people that were better talent evaluators and trust the draft over past their prime vets. The Perry Jones thing was a no brainer. He was a huge talent that just didn't have that drive yet. They could've gotten that out of him, but they were on some no young players shyt during the Bron era. They also could've drafted Draymond Green there too. But let's not get too deep into that, because they took Norris Cole over Chandler Parsons and Jimmy Butler. It's sad to think about.
At the time of the draft I was big on Parsons. You have to remember at that time a PG was the greater need, they got torched by Barea in the finals. Partly why I didn't understand drafting Napier (besides appeasing the guy who left) when you have the opportunity to get a young wing + a big like Patrick young
 
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At the time of the draft I was big on Parsons. You have to remember at that time a PG was the greater need, they got torched by Barea in the finals. Partly why I didn't understand drafting Napier (besides appeasing the guy who left) when you have the opportunity to get a young wing + a big like Patrick young

It had to have been to make Bron happy. However, I think it was too late then and Bron made up his mind. It's kind of funny, like Bron said he was the best PG in the draft, not that he wanted to play with him.
 

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At the time of the draft I was big on Parsons. You have to remember at that time a PG was the greater need, they got torched by Barea in the finals. Partly why I didn't understand drafting Napier (besides appeasing the guy who left) when you have the opportunity to get a young wing + a big like Patrick young
I was so deflated when they fell for that and took Napier. I would've preferred Kyle Anderson, Jarnell Stokes, or PJ Hairston. Even with Cole and Napier they still need another PG. Stokes could've been a good backup PF, Hairston could've been part of the SG rotation with Granger and Ennis. Kyle Anderson is a versatile big man that could've taken the playmaking pressure off the PGs.
 

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I'm gonna say this one last time:beli:

Y'all nikkas de-value the shyt out of Norris Cole

Would you like to see Wade/Napier on Lillard? :mjlol:

Would u like to see Wade/Napier tryna check a healthy Derrick Rose? :wtf:

How bout we throw one of em on Kyrie when he comes through?:huhldup:

Y'all sit here and complain about Spo/Riles not wanting to develop young talent but wanna toss the one young athletic nikka we have away for just anything?:feedme:


COLE STAYS UNTIL BRON DRAGS HIS ASS BACK TO CLEVELAND:sadbron:
 
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