Eddie House to sign with Heat
by David Dwork on Jul 29, 2010 1:51 PM EDT
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PrintWelcome back, Eddie House! The news and the roster just keep getting better and better. House's agent confirmed that the former Heat fan favorite will be signing a 2-year contract in which the 2nd year is the player's option. He will sign for the veterans minimum at $1.4 million and I think we can add him to the list of guys taking less money to play in Miami.
Eddie earned $2.8 million last season and I'm sure there are several teams out there that would've happily paid him more then the 'vet min'. The contact that House signed is very similar to the contract signed by Zydrunas Ilgauskas a couple weeks ago.
House is another guy that is just perfect for this Heat team. A very dangerous threat from downtown who is also energetic and quick, House will likely be getting more open looks this season then any other year in his career. Since leaving the Heat in 2003 he has bounced around the league, playing on 8 different teams before finally finding he was back to Miami.
Eddie is a career 41% shooter from the field and a 39% shooter from beyond the arc. 2 years ago in Boston he shot 44% from both the field and from downtown; I think he may be able to improve on that this season...
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EDDIE EDDIE EDDIE
Gonna be a tough team to beat, East looking good!!! JUST BEAT L.A!!!!!!!
Dont Have a Favorite Team, Just have Favorite Players: Wade, Rondo, and Carmelo..And i HATE the lakers!!!
Good lord stop it Pat Riley... just stop it! It's too much, the roster is too good for you to keep adding great veterans for the minimum. You have to at least give the other teams in the league at least a fighting chance...
The Miami Heat signed Eddie House to a 2 yr contract (2nd yr a player option) for $2.8 million http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5420096
While he might not have ball handling skills of a point guard he has shown the ability to be a great floor spacer for the championship Boston Celtics when they used to have a Big 3 of their own. No reason he can’t do the same for us. Just make sure Eddie to not let guys do this ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azBlRCGhdd4 ) to you anymore ok?
So now the Roster:
PG – Chalmers / Arroyo / House
SG – Wade / Miller / House
SF – LeBron / James Jones / Miller
PF – Bosh / Udonis / Howard / Randolph
C – Joel / Z / Magloire
Looks pretty damn stacked to me!
So much for the idiotic haters who said there was NO WAY Miami could build a championship roster this year with 3 max guys and minimum guys surrounding them but you sure don’t hear them anymore do you?
OMG CAN'T believe it
I didn’t realized it first – am I on the C’s Blog or on the Heat’s one – now I’m stunned Oo I’m from germany and I was always a Celtics-Fan since 2007 and Eddie was a part of it – he’s one of the best shooters I’ve seen in the league and now he goes to Miami – great now I’m nearly 50/50 with the Celts and the Heat – I hope they don’t meat again next year in the playoffs – my heart would be split ^^
Wow
Eddie House fits incredibly well. Really nicely done, Pat.
sweet deal
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Wow, eddie house really is an extremely good pick up for you guys. in 2008, he was a notorious laker killer in the playoffs.
He was however traded last year because it seemed like he had lost his shot. His whole career he has been a good 3pt shooter, so who knows if last year was just an outlier, or is just the start of his downward decline. Nonetheless, if you get the Eddie House of ’08, he will fit in extremely well.
In Kobe we trust!
very nice!
although many of us would have preferred jason williams, house is a great signing. it does show, i think, where riley believes the team needs help – outside shooting. if ball handling and floor generalship were the main concern, williams would have made more sense. but it would appear that pat’s not worried about this given wade and james are both very capable of taking the point. if eddie’s shot is off again this year (as it was last year) he will not help us much as his defensive prowess has declined since we last had him.
1+3+6=5 rings
Hmm
Another knock down shooter returns to Miami!
Yes!
I guess Shavlik Randolph will be waived.
Welcome back Eddie!
Miami Thrice....Heat Tri-nasty is inevitable!
Awesome signing – more help to spread the floor and give us some fire and swagger off of the bench.
Looks like Shavlik or Hasbrouck may spend some time in the D-League…
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude" - Pat Riley
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" - Michael Jordan
"You show me one team, one GM, one person, one organization that wouldn't jump at the opportunity to take a Chris Bosh, a LeBron James, a Dwyane Wade together, and I'll show you a liar." - Dwyane Wade
Now thats wuzup Pat
I’m loving all the moves you have did this offseason Riley. You where the man before all this and when we win 1,2,3,4,5,6 championships anything more than that will be a plus for me. So when we win all these championships Pat Riley will be a God in my eye atleast!!!!! He created this team, put good role players around this team and for that I love you for it. So for that being said In Pat We Trust!!! Thank You Pat
Wowzers
Completely forgot about Eddie House. Another great addition to spread the floor. I want my damn championship already.
by The One Who Wears The Crown on Jul 29, 2010 10:37 PM EDT reply actions
House
Nice to see him back! He always played well for the Heat, It looked odd every time I saw him bustin 3’s for the Celt’s. He was our guy it just diddn’t sit well with me. I’m very satisfied by his return.
even a blackbelt cldnt punch through the wood i've got right now
bring me JWILL tomorrow & MELO next yr
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Heat need to get another good perimeter defender
They should go after Keith Bogans. He can shoot the 3 also. They need to get another perimeter defender to go up against teams with great shooting guards like Kobe.
by inquisitiveman on Jul 30, 2010 10:02 PM EDT reply actions
They do – you are able to take 15 guaranteed contracts into training camp – The Heat now have 14 guaranteed contracts with Eddie House. Shavlik Randolph and Kenny Hasbrouck have non-guaranteed contracts and will be attending training camp as well to possibly fight for the 15th spot.
"Great effort springs naturally from great attitude" - Pat Riley
"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships" - Michael Jordan
"You show me one team, one GM, one person, one organization that wouldn't jump at the opportunity to take a Chris Bosh, a LeBron James, a Dwyane Wade together, and I'll show you a liar." - Dwyane Wade
great signing
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