Who the heat starting center should be....

Than, please Pat, do it.

Most would agree that Thompson is clearly the better player, so how can you expect Sac to accept Thompson for Anthony straight up? However, if Pat can somehow figure out a way to get a young center like Thompson, of course I would support the move (as long as we do not have to give up Norris Cole)…

He is a good defender, shot blocker, he sets good screens, and he is a great rebounder. Plus, the only thing we would have to do to get him is waive Gladness. I think we could win a Championship with both Joels manning the 5…

Someone should get Pat’s phone number and text him to do this. I like it. Also like the idea of Pryz. Since we already have the Big 3, a pretty good bench in UD, JJ and Shane, an on-the-rise rookie in Cole (I love that dude) and IMO a pretty championship-starter worthy PG in Rio, we don’t really need an above average Center. Pryz is average enough to cover up our big hole in the middle.

Maybe we can go after him…

The Heat will never trade Joel Anthony

Once you gain Riley’s respect you have it for life, ask Askins and Spo. I wish we could watch a game together so i could point out every little thing he does to help us win. He causes at least 4 turnovers a game but never gets the steal, just by rotating and deflecting passes. He is the main reason there have been so many fast break ally oops this year. Joel Anthony is a valuable piece to our rotation.

Joel Pryzbilla and Curry, wow how did a big lumbering center do for us last year. We can win and dominate with Anthony. I liked the Curry pick up only bc i knew he wasnt going to take any of Joels minutes. The only center that was available that i wanted was Chandler, we could of gone undefeated if Pat pulled that off, I love roster just the way it is. dont worry once J Howard gets his ring he’ll retire and Pittman and Gladness can get some minutes next year.

Love how Pittman got some minutes to showcase what he can do.
In 7 minutes he got 4 points, 1 rebound & a block.
Imagine if he were a starter say 27mpg?
That’s 10ppg & 8 rpg with 3 blocks.
I like giving Pittman a chance as starter.
Yea I would love to get Cousins on the heat also.

But he had last year and the off season, to trim some weight. We all know how Riley feels about conditioning , and he is still over weight? He would be an defensive liability and our run and dunk would slow down

since he supposedly is looking to play again as a backup, and he would probably sign for the minimum to play on a contender.

The jason thompson trade idea makes no sense. Jason Thompson at best is a great role player for them, and at worse is a valuable trade piece. In terms of the latter, trading him for Joel anthony helps the kings in no way whatsoever….the main post pretty much craps on the joel anthony the player and then somehow tries to spin that sacramento would want him….if hes such a great shot blocker why would the heat, who are defensively dominant on the wings, not want that shot blocker as the icing to their stifling defense?

The Demarcus cousins idea is very similar, the kings have no real incentive to trade him no matter how deplorable he is to the team because he is a valuable asset which they would like to get the max out of in terms of trade.

In any trade for someones valuable role player the heat are at a loss, they dont have good enough individual players that other teams would want, and their draft picks for at least the next 6 years are gonna be pretty crappy (like 27 or higher). Also, i dont think any team in the league wants to go out of their way to make the heat any better than they already are…other teams wanna win championships too sometime this decade…and giving the heat a viable center kills the leagues chances even more.

The heat have to look for waiver wires and nba free agents who might play for the minimum in order to fill their roster. the mini mle will also help.

I think in terms of your next center, you should bite the bullet and start bosh at center. Cole/wade/lebron/battier/bosh is a very awesome lineup. It might also force bosh to continue to play big/strong in the paint since hes gonna body up against some big guys. When going against the likes of howard, you might just wanna throw tons of bigs at him to make up for the lack of a true big man center.

I got to see his consistency when he was on my fantasy team a couple of years ago. He’s definitely a nice player—in fact he does essentially what Chris Bosh does at a much cheaper price tag—but he is not a center. In theory, I love the idea of upgrading the center position, but it’s not all that necessary when Bron and Wade have committed to posting up and hitting the boards. Especially if the team continues to play the type of team defense they’ve been playing of late. As for Curry, it probably turns out to be little more than an opportunity for him to prove he can still play—if he can still play. What most would say we need out of a center is size, height, shot blocking, and rebounding. Curry comes through on height and size, but his career bests in rebounds and blocks are 7 and 1.1, respectively.