Heat add more pieces, sign Zydrunas Ilguaskas and on verge of adding Juwan Howard
by David Dwork on Jul 13, 2010 4:42 PM EDT
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PrintTo all those people out there who said the Heat wouldn't be able to win with 3 guys and a bunch of minimum contract guys...how do you like us now? Yesterday it was Udonis Haslem and Mike Miller. Today its Zydrunas Ilgauskas (that's gonna be fun to spell this season) and Juwan Howard.
Shortly after it came out that Big Z was going to sign with Miami, Dwyane Wade said it best in a message on Twitter; "The POWER of sacrifice is under estimated...YES.WE.DID...". I find it funny that when the big 3 signed, there was some doubt as to how they would fill out the rest of their roster. Now, literally just days later, they are putting together one hell of a squad.
There is a good chance that every off-season there will be a long line of free agents who will want the opportunity to come play in South Beach. Right now that's where Ilgauskas, Juwan Howard and Jerry Stackhouse are standing. However, it seems that Heat bouncer Pat Riley is about to let the next two in line inside Club-AAA.
Howard's signing isn't confirmed the way that Ilguskas' is. While Big Z's contract is all but signed, Juwan and his agent aren't going to make that claim just yet. Still, all signs point to both landing in Miami in the next few days.
It's known that Howard has been working with Pat Riley finalizing the deal that will bring him ‘back' to Miami 14 years after he first tried to sign with the Heat. That deal was voided by the league due to the Heat going over the salary cap thanks to Alonzo Mourning disclosing that he had verbal agreement with Miami before Howard signed.
This time around the Heat are getting a wise veteran who has been relocated a lot over the course of his career. After starting his career with the then Washington Bullets, he Dallas, Denver, Orlando, Houston, Dallas again, Denver again, Charlotte and Portland, where he played last season.
Shifting our focus to Ilgauskas, his deal is just hindering on whether it will be for 1-year or if there will be a 2nd year added with a player option. This isn't the first time the Heat have courted him either. When he was bought out by the Wizards last season after being traded by Cleveland, the Heat pushed for him to sign for their playoff run but Big Z elected to return to the Cavs.
Now he chooses to leave his home for the last 14-years in order to pursue the dream that all players have, to win a championship. Said Z:
"It was very tough. I love Cleveland. At end the day, Miami is best place for me to win a ring"
To the Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I've been a loyal soldier for 14 years. It's time for me to go and chase my dream of winning a ring."
The contract is going to be worth $2.8 million over 2-years, with the 2nd year coming as a player option. I suppose the mindset is that just in case the Heat don't win a championship next season, Ilgauskas wants to have another shot at it without having to worry about being a free agent again. Makes sense. More to come later...
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Wow
Lets keep signing these vets. Everyone wants a championship before they retire. Let’s get this done.
So I am guessing Dan Gilbert won't put out an anti Z letter tonight will he?
Or would that just be too much?
Welcome to the fold Big Z.
Looking forward to the Kevin Kolb era.
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by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jul 13, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
this^^^^
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present." -Master Oogway-
"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."-Master Oogway-
yeah i figure if I study high, take the test high, get high scores! right? -redman-
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LMAO
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Knock down shooters?
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You’re confusing me.
by caseycheesecake on Jul 13, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Pat Riley
“A Mastermind – Everything planned out perfect” Nasir Jones aka Nas.
Hopefully Gilbert, this time, erases the nasty letter he types up tonight.
by The One Who Wears The Crown on Jul 13, 2010 5:37 PM EDT reply actions
Wow
The Heat are looking really really good. Though, that’s tough on Cleveland, having essentially the two icons of franchise go to the Heat in the same year
by ChiTownSportsMaster on Jul 13, 2010 6:08 PM EDT reply actions
There would be blood in the streets if Z was traded any other time. Instead, there’s silence in CLE… looks like just about everyone diedlast Thursday.
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More like
They all stopped caring about the Cavs cuz that team is now of no significance whatsoever
by ChiTownSportsMaster on Jul 14, 2010 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Shaq isn't coming now :D
please Riles
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by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jul 13, 2010 6:30 PM EDT reply actions
Great Signings if we get them both
I like Juwan Howard. He proved last year that he still has gas left in his tank
I think he has too many perosnal issues at this point.
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Big fan of LeBron here,
And I’ve always loved D-Wade, though he is, admittedly, only just in my top-5 of favorite NBA stars right now. But I’ll be watching my fair share of Heat action this next year and I’m certainly ready for it. Big Z was always an alright player from what I saw of him in Cleveland, though I’m not the most knowledgeable in Pro Basketball to make that claim with tons of certainty.
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by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jul 13, 2010 7:09 PM EDT reply actions
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we’re Superman’s Kryptonite
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by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jul 13, 2010 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions
any room for young talent?
wade
lebron
bosh
Big Z
Chalmers
UD
Miller
Anthony
Howard
Magloire
Veteran PG (Jwill, arroyo, earl watson or keyon dooling)
Raja Bell? Stackhouse? Barnes? Rasual Butler?
We’re gonna have a tough time getting any young players playing time. If we sign one of those PGs, and two of those backups, we’d only have space for 2 more players right?
That’s tough, gotta choose 2 from pittman, vanardo, butler, scheyer, hasbrouck, beverly?
I'd choose Varnado and Beverly or Scheyer
Butler might not be healthy
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by Newcomb29(EDGE) on Jul 13, 2010 7:14 PM EDT reply actions
Hasbrouck/Beverly
it’s tough, watching hasbrouck and beverly play i think they could shut down the likes of wall, chris paul, rajon rondo, etc. but we also need big bodies down low like pittman and vanardo but i feel like butler is gonna be a star once he gets healthy and scheyer would always help with his shooting
haha so it’s really hard hahaha
also
It’s nice to see a lot more traffic to the blog
good work with the articles, i’ve been enjoying them for a year now
Thanks!
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seems mike miller might not be a member of the heat just yet...
Hearing in Vegas teams are pressuring Mike Miller to reconsider deal with Heat. Miller insists Miami deal not done yet – what michael wallace posted on twitter…
link?
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by special agent wildcat on Jul 13, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks
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by special agent wildcat on Jul 13, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Beverley n Pittman
Those are the only two we will need on the team becuz those two i feel can learn fast and help us this year. Patrick Beverley is just like Rondo but a better shooter from all over and Zo needs to take Pittman under his wing get him in shape and learning the game as a true big man wich he can be. I’m Loving Everything About Wat My Team is doing Lets Go Heat and we don’t need any Fakers Fans on our website!!!!!!! Lets Go Heat!!!!!
Varnado looked good in the summer league game – very active and great work with weakside help – I’d take him over Pittman at the moment…
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He looked good
but he is 210 lbs. He won’t be able to hold his own at the moment. I think he should go to Europe for a year
absolutely agree
If Shaq isn’t coming back, Pittman would be my choice. Heat need not only size as also a good low post defender – Pittman with his size an esp. weight can keep guys like Howard or Bynum out of the pain.
If Pittman is playing against Bynum or Howard
The Heat are probably in a bit of trouble or he is in contention for ROY.
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not to rehash history
we already had Zo in 95-96 season. he became a unrestricted FA. that was the summer of Shaq and Zo and other big FA signings. i remember Juwan, Majerle, PJ, and others signing with us. we could have had both Zo and Juwan back then in the summer of 96. the mistake was Zo opening up his big mouth and telling people that he already had a verbal contract with miami before juwan came aboard. thats what nullified the Juwan contract. i forgot how the CBA stuff worked back then but i think you could have gone over the salary cap to sign your own FA but not because you signed outside FA. basically if Zo stayed quiet, Juwan would have been our PF and we could have had PJ Brown as our backup 4-5 and probably won some championships back then. whatevers just wanted to say it, i’m just glad we have a new dynasty to get excited about.
I'm glad you expanded on that, I was literally about to ask on the specifics
I remember it happening back then but couldn’t remember those details. Thanks
Really impressed with the pieces they’re surrounding these guys with. Really it’s hard to impress beyond what they accomplished with Haslem and Miller. Although Wade, James and Bosh left more on the table I think that Haslem and Miller left a larger percentage. That’s like their last big payday so to pull that off was really amazing in my eyes. I like the chemistry Lebron and Z have, should go a long way.
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by special agent wildcat on Jul 13, 2010 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions
cool
i just remember it because that was suppose to be the start of the first dynasty. i was hearbroken when DS nullified JH contract with us just on a technicality. it was like he was doing whatever he can to prevent us from challenging the Bulls back then. i was soo freaking pissed after being heartbroken. JH then resigned with the Bullets and was forced to play the 5 because the C-Webb refused to play the 5 even though he was bigger player then JH. so JH played out of position for most of his prime years and never got a chance to excel at the natural 4 he should have. of course injuries didn’t help either. whatever though thats in the past now i have something really to look foward to. :)
My bad guys
thanks for setting the record straight. I should’ve checked my facts, especially since I was remembering something that happened when I was 13 years old! Much appreciated
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don't worry it
i just remembered it because it really pissed me off as a fan that it happened, i swear if we had Juwan i think we could have beaten the Bulls back then. regardless i hope you don’t think i’m being a jerk, your doing an awesome job, hope to have some good chats as the season comes closer, thanks for the blog.
not at all!!!
I appreciate you helping to get the correct information out there. That’s the most important thing.
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by David Dwork on Jul 14, 2010 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Miller has not signed yet?
WTF?
Are you kidding me?
WTh!
Z is a good pickup but why Juwan Howard?
Do we not have Joel Anthony?
Can we not simply resign Magloire?
This team is a bit too old.
At least Chalmers and are big three are young.
But it seems like all the role players other than UD and Miller are over the hill!
Can someone please explain why we do not exactly have Mike Miller?
Today is Tuesday the deal should have been finalized by today!
No other team has the best chance to win it all.
He wants to play for a contender so why the hell has he not signed yet?
I just read that too. And am now very worried that Miller hasn't signed yet.
I think Howard is just along for the ride. He will be the 3 string PF.
i wish i knew
seems like miller might want some more money and other teams are trying to lure him away. heard we did make a qualifying offer on joel but we might have to pull it to give miller an extra 1.1 million…idk man
Jamaal, look if you want to be resigned just come out and say it…stop pretending to be some average fan and posting on this website…
Seriously, no one loves Jamaal Magloire this much, not even his mum…
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by TooManyNinjas on Jul 14, 2010 2:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Hmm
Mike Miller wants to play for a contender so why the hell is he becoming a diva!
Resign Magloire if Joel Anthony wants to be the ass!
Its not Joel's fault. we didn't offer him a contract yet.
I believe that qualifying offer just gives us the right to match any outside offers. And we may have to withdraw that offer if Miller wants more money.
miller is more important thatn joel
so just offer miller 1.1 million more and resign magloire to the minimum i guess
I agree, but only if Miller tells Pat that he wants more money.
I think he should stop being a b*tch look at how much money Haslem gave up to allow us to make Miller a respectable offer. Miller should appreciate that. Especially because they are such good friends.
yeah whats 1 more million a year to these guys
my thoughts are that he isnt whining about the 1 million, but rather that he has other offers from other teams that are higher than the MLE that he is considering. but they cant be as promising as the heat’s offer
Hmm
It said Miller agrees with heat so what the fug is the problem?
Man I just don’t get it!
First Miller wants a contender and now all of a sudden he throws a moody and becomes a diva?
If he does not sign with Miami I hope he gets injured again!
Magloire better be resigned.
i know the bulls were looking at him earlier
since they didnt get 2 max level guys and still have a hole at sg, they are prolly trying to lure him with starter minutes, a good team, and a ton more cash to give seeing as how they offered reddick around 7 million a year. just speculation but im trying to figure out what other team would offer more money and a decent shot at winning.
Man Miller better take Pat offer
Because if he don’t we still gone win it all next year it might be a lil bit harder but we can get it done regardless. So if he knows whats good take the offer and win some rings Simple!!!!!!!
good news about mike miller for anyone who cares i.e. everyone!
Mike Miller camp says he still intends to sign w/Heat. Hold-up only a formality dealing w/completion of physicals and other paperwork. – https://twitter.com/wallacesports?source=onebox
great news
Thats good!!!
But let me know when the deal is done!!!!!!! Could someone tell me who all we got under contract now
We got
Chalmers, Wade, Bosh, Lebron, and Haslem under contract. With reported agreements with Big Z, Miller, and Juwan Howard. I think I may be missing someone though.
Big Z
I thought his contract was pretty much done the only thing that was left was a one or two years deal. am I right or could someone tell me diffent.
Man, such a rich sense of entitlement from the land of fairweather fans.
by beantownboy171 on Jul 14, 2010 12:50 AM EDT reply actions
Someone ban this troll, Boston fans are fairweather
before the big three Boston ranked 25th in attendance, Celtics fans are the worst, when your team is bad the place is half empty, just look at the attendance record.
by Dolphins21MZ on Jul 14, 2010 1:25 AM EDT up reply actions
A Heat fan talking about fair-weather fans?
Pot calling the kettle black (not saying you are one, but as a fan-base there is no doubt). But as a Lakers fan is it coal calling the pot calling the kettle black?
"Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works."
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."--Cormican on Aug 13, 2009 7:28 PM PDT
yes all of that Miami is like that but some of us have been die hards for a while.
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present." -Master Oogway-
"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."-Master Oogway-
yeah i figure if I study high, take the test high, get high scores! right? -redman-
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Ive been a heat fan before Wade got here.
And yes Boston fans are fairweather, why do you think their attendance numbers were so low when they were a bad team? why when the pats were getting destroyed by the ravens no one was there in the 3rd or 4th quarter? there horrible fans that only follow a good team, not saying Miami has a loyal fanbase. but pretty much most Miami and Boston and LA fans are fairweather. I will say that fans from Ohio, chicago, and detroit are very loyal.
by Dolphins21MZ on Jul 14, 2010 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions
You have no clue what your talking about.
Like really? Of all the fan bases to tag as fair weather? The same fan base that sat through 86 years of heart breaking defeat after heart breaking defeat with the red sox, the patriots first title not coming until this last decade, and whose faithful cried their eyes out when we lost out on a chance on oden or durant, when we missed out on duncan when we had 3 lottery picks, when len bias passed, when reggie lewis passed? Yet we still had a loyal fan base through all those times.
It’s not like i was expecting a sensical arguement, so thats ok.
by beantownboy171 on Jul 14, 2010 1:45 AM EDT up reply actions
F off troll
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by Gatorfan4life on Jul 14, 2010 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Flaged
Don’t come on another team’s blog and talk shit. I know well in the late 80’s and early 90’s no one went to Patriots game, that team never had support from the city that’s why they almost moved the team to St. Louis, only until they started winning superbowls. so don’t give me that fucking BS that boston fans are faithful to all there teams, yea there faithful to the Red Sox yes, but not the celtics or Patriots. Otherwise Celtics attendance wouldn’t have sucked after Larry bird, or Pats pre superbowl’s.
again if you don’t have anything smart to say, don’t come on this blog okay troll?
by Dolphins21MZ on Jul 14, 2010 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
How will the minutes work for your centers?
Big Z averaged only 20.53 minutes a game last year and at 35 it might be pushing it to stretch him too much. Will it be 15-ish for Z, Howard, and Anthony? Also, fan-love aside, do you think it was smart to use a portion of the little remaining money on Haslem? He is a great player but I don’t see how he gets more than 15 minutes a game unless he plays next to Bosh.
"Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works."
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."--Cormican on Aug 13, 2009 7:28 PM PDT
He can play next to Bosh for sure – Haslem is a great interior defender with a solid mid range jumper.
People seem to be getting caught up in stats/rotations too much – looking at height differences of 2inches as a mismatch etc.
Positioning, awareness, strength, reflexes, quickness, vertical leaping, wingspan and execution are still factors even when you are giving up 2 inches to the opposing teams center…
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude" - Pat Riley
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" - Michael Jordan
They are important factors
and against certain players it can mean a big difference. I guess then the question is what situations will Haslem be put at center? Solely when the other teams backup center is in, or against starters too? I think Haslem would probably get abused by top-flight centers.
"Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works."
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."--Cormican on Aug 13, 2009 7:28 PM PDT
Maybe straight up if playing man-toman...
Miami was a top 3 defensive team last year – primarily because of their Zone defence – that emphasizes positioning more than “positions”. Haslem at C can be used if the team wants to quicken the pace or tighten up the strongside of the zone. Bosh can still play C to some degree. I agree that matching up with Howard or Bynum isn’t favorable but most of the big physical centres can be drawn outside of the lane with Ilgauskas or defended via a double team in the zone.
Our current roster has a lot of flexibility – the top 6 guys can all play multiple positions.
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude" - Pat Riley
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" - Michael Jordan
You can't talk about Big Z
when determining how Haslem will play because it defeats the purpose of determining how Haslem will play center. Zone defense against top teams seems pretty iffy against top teams. The Thunder used it effectively against the Lakers but I don’t see it working two years in a row. Also I don’t think it is correct to assume zone defense with the personal you have now.
If you double-team Bynum then the double would probably come off Artest who will actually have confidence to shoot the three with the relief from a title, and if you double Howard you are in for a world of trouble with Orlando’s shooters.
"Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works."
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."--Cormican on Aug 13, 2009 7:28 PM PDT
We still have 2x All Defensive 1st team guys on the perimeter – Regardless what possibly lack in defence I think we can make up on the offensive end. If the Lakers plan on beating the Heat is Artest 3’s I would roll with it – no way is he beating you consistenlty like that – I like him but he isn’t consistent.
Opposing bigs are also going to have to watch their fouls – Lebron and Wade both get to the line alot…
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude" - Pat Riley
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" - Michael Jordan
Why do you want Wade to resign?
He is so good I don’t think stepping down makes much sense.
"Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works."
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."--Cormican on Aug 13, 2009 7:28 PM PDT
why r you worried about it
Worry about yo sorry team n let us worry about ours I understand that yall website is Dead so you have to come to ours Well let me be the 1st to tell you when we meet up with yall this year coming up don’t look to win!!!!!Lets Go Heat!!!!!!!
hahahahaahah
I heard someone comment on increased traffic? 87 comments? thats something of note?
by beantownboy171 on Jul 14, 2010 1:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Hah
please don’t talk to me about the website being dead, our worst post gets more than your best. I am here to talk to fans of other teams that are reasonable because I am a basketball fan after a Laker fan and the game is interesting. Great trash-talking when nobody knows how the role-players are going to be used or how the offense will work.
"Some people think they should go to heaven but NOT have to die to get there.
Sorry, but that’s simply not how it works."
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."--Cormican on Aug 13, 2009 7:28 PM PDT
Well stay tune!!!
We will show everyone who said you can’t win with just three people. There are alot of worried people to me in the NBA We will show everyone this year and many year to come after!!!!!!!
Will those guys be able to carry over the sacrifice of money into an unselfish attitude in the locker room?
Not that the signings are bad in and of themselves, but it’s something to watch out for.
I have high hopes for this because of the qualities that have embodied the Heat.
DWade is an amazing guy – on court and off – one of the few with a MJ/Kobe type drive to win. He will ensure that Bosh and Lebron stay on point.
It is also worth noting that this is also a rare occassion where good friends have teamed up – other teams develop chemistry by putting players not familiar with each other together – these guys have a bond outside of basketball – that’s a solid foundation of chemistry that other teams haven’t had. They were friends (and college roommates) first – teammates second – I don’t know of any other high profile team nucleus that has been setup in this manner.
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude" - Pat Riley
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" - Michael Jordan
this^^^
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present." -Master Oogway-
"One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it."-Master Oogway-
yeah i figure if I study high, take the test high, get high scores! right? -redman-
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Good points.
It will likely take some adjustments, but the Celtics were able to do it two years back and win.
Also, having your friendship formed during the draft, All-Star games, Team USA etc., when everything is going great is one thing, but doing it through an 82-game season is entirely another. I’m not implying that this grouping is doomed to failure, but there are likely going to be some hard times and some disagreements. As long as it doesn’t get the best of them, that’s a perfectly normal and healthy part of any friendship.
That said, who knows if the Heat are this good if Bosh doesn't sign?
Bosh wanted to play with Wade, so they both picked Miami. Then James signs. Now, Miller and Haslem sign for less money because they want to play with those guys, which started out with Bosh. And now, Big Z and Howard.
TRUE TRUE!!!!!
WELL SAID I JUST CAN’T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS TEAM WILL LOOK AT THE START OF THE SEASON MEANING WHO ALL ON THE ROSTER AND HOW WELL THEY WILL PLAY TOGETHER
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