Miami Heat 2015-2016 - We Loaded Now
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Nobody "hates" the Heat anymore. They all went to Cleveland.
Nobody "hates" the Heat anymore. They all went to Cleveland.
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To much power for one man
Nobody "hates" the Heat anymore. They all went to Cleveland.
To much power for one man
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Hornets-Heat Preview
The Miami Heat missed the playoffs for just the second time in 12 years after losing LeBron James.
But with what appears to be one of the NBA's deepest rosters, they're a trendy pick to usurp James' Cleveland Cavaliers and emerge from the Eastern Conference.
Miami opens its season Wednesday night against the visiting Charlotte Hornets.
James bolted back to Cleveland, Dwyane Wade sat 20 games due to numerous injuries and Chris Bosh missed nearly half the season due to a career-threatening condition. The Heat finished 37-45 -- their first sub-.500 record since 2007-08 -- though they were only one game behind the East's eighth-place finisher.
Wade and Bosh are healthy again, however, and new additions have Miami feeling optimistic.
"Coming together and trying to put together a team that can compete for a title, that's far more motivating and powerful than the pain of last year," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "That lasted a couple weeks. Then every ounce of energy and focus was about trying to do whatever we had to do to build this team up and have an opportunity to do something special."
Wade was more effective than he has been in years when healthy last season. His 21.5 points per game marked his highest average since 2011-12. He flashed his ability to still be one of the league's most impactful players for multiple stretches, including a seven-game run in March when he averaged 29.1 points on 53.6 percent shooting.
Bosh's 21.1 points per game were his most since he joined Miami in 2010-11, and he's back to 100 percent after his career was in jeopardy. Blood clots discovered in one of his lungs sent him to the hospital and ended his season, but he's OK again after an initially unclear prognosis.
"He's the same old Chris," Wade said. "Defensively, he's one of the best bigs in the league. And offensively, he's one of the most dangerous bigs in the league with his ability to knock down shots, the way he moves the ball on the perimeter, to get guys coming off pick and rolls, etc."
Bosh will be complemented by Hassan Whiteside to form what could be a formidable frontcourt. Whiteside was one of the league's most surprising players in 2014-15, a virtual unknown before averaging 11.8 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 62.8 percent in 48 games.
The Heat will enjoy a full season of Goran Dragic after he averaged 16.6 points and 5.4 assists in 26 games following his acquisition from Phoenix. They also added rookie forward Justise Winslow, who many pundits pegged as the steal of the first round with the 10th overall pick.
Miami's opening slate should prove to be a good litmus test. The Heat visit Cleveland on Friday before hosting Houston and Atlanta, who combined to go 116-48 a season ago.
The Hornets (33-49) figure to be more of an unknown, though they're hoping they'll be improved offensively with the additions of Nicolas Batum, Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Lamb and ninth overall pick Frank Kaminsky.
Charlotte ranked 28th in the NBA in 2014-15 with 96.7 points per 100 offensive possessions but impressed in the preseason, going 7-1 and averaging 100.4 points compared to 94.2 a season ago.
Coach Steve Clifford is still preaching defense, though. The Hornets were already solid there last season, allowing 101.0 points per 100 possessions to rank ninth.
"Potentially we could be a very good offensive team, but if we want to go where we want to go we are going to need to be a good defensive team also," Clifford said.
Miami won 16 straight meetings before splitting four last season.
Hornets-Heat Preview
The Miami Heat missed the playoffs for just the second time in 12 years after losing LeBron James.
But with what appears to be one of the NBA's deepest rosters, they're a trendy pick to usurp James' Cleveland Cavaliers and emerge from the Eastern Conference.
Miami opens its season Wednesday night against the visiting Charlotte Hornets.
James bolted back to Cleveland, Dwyane Wade sat 20 games due to numerous injuries and Chris Bosh missed nearly half the season due to a career-threatening condition. The Heat finished 37-45 -- their first sub-.500 record since 2007-08 -- though they were only one game behind the East's eighth-place finisher.
Wade and Bosh are healthy again, however, and new additions have Miami feeling optimistic.
"Coming together and trying to put together a team that can compete for a title, that's far more motivating and powerful than the pain of last year," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "That lasted a couple weeks. Then every ounce of energy and focus was about trying to do whatever we had to do to build this team up and have an opportunity to do something special."
Wade was more effective than he has been in years when healthy last season. His 21.5 points per game marked his highest average since 2011-12. He flashed his ability to still be one of the league's most impactful players for multiple stretches, including a seven-game run in March when he averaged 29.1 points on 53.6 percent shooting.
Bosh's 21.1 points per game were his most since he joined Miami in 2010-11, and he's back to 100 percent after his career was in jeopardy. Blood clots discovered in one of his lungs sent him to the hospital and ended his season, but he's OK again after an initially unclear prognosis.
"He's the same old Chris," Wade said. "Defensively, he's one of the best bigs in the league. And offensively, he's one of the most dangerous bigs in the league with his ability to knock down shots, the way he moves the ball on the perimeter, to get guys coming off pick and rolls, etc."
Bosh will be complemented by Hassan Whiteside to form what could be a formidable frontcourt. Whiteside was one of the league's most surprising players in 2014-15, a virtual unknown before averaging 11.8 points and 10.0 rebounds while shooting 62.8 percent in 48 games.
The Heat will enjoy a full season of Goran Dragic after he averaged 16.6 points and 5.4 assists in 26 games following his acquisition from Phoenix. They also added rookie forward Justise Winslow, who many pundits pegged as the steal of the first round with the 10th overall pick.
Miami's opening slate should prove to be a good litmus test. The Heat visit Cleveland on Friday before hosting Houston and Atlanta, who combined to go 116-48 a season ago.
The Hornets (33-49) figure to be more of an unknown, though they're hoping they'll be improved offensively with the additions of Nicolas Batum, Jeremy Lin, Jeremy Lamb and ninth overall pick Frank Kaminsky.
Charlotte ranked 28th in the NBA in 2014-15 with 96.7 points per 100 offensive possessions but impressed in the preseason, going 7-1 and averaging 100.4 points compared to 94.2 a season ago.
Coach Steve Clifford is still preaching defense, though. The Hornets were already solid there last season, allowing 101.0 points per 100 possessions to rank ninth.
"Potentially we could be a very good offensive team, but if we want to go where we want to go we are going to need to be a good defensive team also," Clifford said.
Miami won 16 straight meetings before splitting four last season.
Re: Miami Heat 2015-2016 - We Loaded Now
this season looks promising man
this season looks promising man
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I thought I saw Green on the highlight reel also...
Shit look like it was a dunk feast, unless that was the only time I looked up at the screen(i
At the gym)
Winslow just Did the John Starks poster on like 4 hornets players
I thought I saw Green on the highlight reel also...
Shit look like it was a dunk feast, unless that was the only time I looked up at the screen(i
At the gym)
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Winslow just Did the John Starks poster on like 4 hornets players
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LeBron James Responds To Wade’s Comments About Heat Coming For Cavs
The Cleveland Cavaliers come home tonight to take on an Eastern Conference rival who many are expecting to face in the playoffs this season: the Miami Heat.
Earlier this week, Dwyane Wade said that the Heat are coming for the Cavs this season as they were the top team in the East and they’re the bar that every team should want to meet.
“LeBron knows we’re coming for him,” said Wade. “They’re at the top of the Eastern Conference, everybody’s going for them.”
On Friday afternoon, James was asked about Wade’s comments and responded.
“I mean, that’s what everybody’s objective is,” James said. “We’re the reigning Eastern Conference champions and everyone wants to beat us, I guess, represent the East in the Finals.
“We feel the same way, we want to beat ourselves. We haven’t done anything, personally. It’s a new season. We feel like all 15 teams in the East have a chance. Our mind frame is the same as everybody else’s.”
LeBron James was also asked how it felt to go up against his old teammates after everythign they’ve been through.
“Its always special to go against your old teammates,” James said. “It’s always special seeing the guys I played with and the guys I made a championship run with, so that’s a special moment, but as far as the game itself, it’s two totally different teams that we both play on.”
James averaged 24.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.5 assists in all four games against Miami; each time won both games at home. Tonight, the Cavs will look to continue their home-court success against Miami in the home opener.
LeBron James Responds To Wade’s Comments About Heat Coming For Cavs
The Cleveland Cavaliers come home tonight to take on an Eastern Conference rival who many are expecting to face in the playoffs this season: the Miami Heat.
Earlier this week, Dwyane Wade said that the Heat are coming for the Cavs this season as they were the top team in the East and they’re the bar that every team should want to meet.
“LeBron knows we’re coming for him,” said Wade. “They’re at the top of the Eastern Conference, everybody’s going for them.”
On Friday afternoon, James was asked about Wade’s comments and responded.
“I mean, that’s what everybody’s objective is,” James said. “We’re the reigning Eastern Conference champions and everyone wants to beat us, I guess, represent the East in the Finals.
“We feel the same way, we want to beat ourselves. We haven’t done anything, personally. It’s a new season. We feel like all 15 teams in the East have a chance. Our mind frame is the same as everybody else’s.”
LeBron James was also asked how it felt to go up against his old teammates after everythign they’ve been through.
“Its always special to go against your old teammates,” James said. “It’s always special seeing the guys I played with and the guys I made a championship run with, so that’s a special moment, but as far as the game itself, it’s two totally different teams that we both play on.”
James averaged 24.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 6.5 assists in all four games against Miami; each time won both games at home. Tonight, the Cavs will look to continue their home-court success against Miami in the home opener.
Damn, Love 24/14/5...
Love playin well these first few games. Whiteside played well 6 blocks tonite.
Fuck u laughin at? You better hope that brittle cac don't get hurt which we all know he will
It's a long season mofo
Cavs gave up that work 
Tell that shit to Wade.
this nigga tight af
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Rockets-Heat Preview
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It's been an inauspicious start to a season of high expectations for the Houston Rockets, who lost an opener they should have won before being reminded who the cream of the crop is in the Western Conference two days later.
Looking to avoid their first 0-3 opening since 2010, the Rockets make a quick trip to Miami looking to continue their recent strong play against the Heat on Sunday night.
Houston, which advanced to the conference finals last season, had the luxury of beginning 2015-16 with four of five at home, but it's stumbled out of the gate with losses to Denver and defending champion Golden State.
A 105-85 defeat to the Nuggets on Wednesday had plenty to do with the absence of center Dwight Howard, who served a one-game suspension for elbowing Golden State's Andre Iguodala in Game 5 of the conference final when the Rockets were eliminated.
The Warriors then came to town Friday and showed Houston it has a ways to go in the West, handing it a 112-92 loss that was its 10th in 11 meetings, including playoffs. The Rockets won nine of their first 10 last season, with the defeat coming against Golden State.
Houston has been shaky offensively, shooting 35.5 percent a season after averaging 103.2 points -- sixth in the NBA -- and 44.4 percent shooting. The Rockets also have 34 turnovers and have allowed the opposition to shoot 48.3 percent.
No one player has been struggling more than James Harden, who has gone 10 of 39 from the field, including 3 of 22 from 3-point range. Harden, the runner-up to Stephen Curry in last season's MVP voting, has scored 15 of his 38 points from the free-throw line.
"He's not comfortable, but then, who is?" coach Kevin McHale said. "I mean, I don't see anybody who looks comfortable out there. We're funky."
A game against the Heat (1-1) might be just what Harden and the Rockets need to snap out of that funk. Houston has won three of four meetings, including a two-game sweep last season, behind an average of 108.3 points and 50.3 percent shooting. Houston hit 17 3-pointers -- three shy of a season best -- in a 108-91 win in its last trip to Miami on Nov. 4.
Harden's numbers against the Heat in those previous four meetings have been strong with an average of 26.0 points and 50.8 percent from the floor. He had 25 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds Nov. 4.
Howard has also been solid against Miami over the last two seasons, shooting 66.7 percent with averages of 23.0 points and 13.3 rebounds.
The Heat opened with a win over Charlotte before visiting LeBron James and Cleveland on Friday. Miami played well with five players scoring in double figures, but didn't have much of an answer for James and Kevin Love and lost 102-92.
"This was a great environment," said Dwyane Wade, who scored 25. "I'm glad our team got the chance to play in an environment like this early in the season. Give them credit."
Chris Bosh had 16 points after scoring 21 in the opener, which was his first regular-season game since being sidelined in February because of a blood clot.
Rockets-Heat Preview
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It's been an inauspicious start to a season of high expectations for the Houston Rockets, who lost an opener they should have won before being reminded who the cream of the crop is in the Western Conference two days later.
Looking to avoid their first 0-3 opening since 2010, the Rockets make a quick trip to Miami looking to continue their recent strong play against the Heat on Sunday night.
Houston, which advanced to the conference finals last season, had the luxury of beginning 2015-16 with four of five at home, but it's stumbled out of the gate with losses to Denver and defending champion Golden State.
A 105-85 defeat to the Nuggets on Wednesday had plenty to do with the absence of center Dwight Howard, who served a one-game suspension for elbowing Golden State's Andre Iguodala in Game 5 of the conference final when the Rockets were eliminated.
The Warriors then came to town Friday and showed Houston it has a ways to go in the West, handing it a 112-92 loss that was its 10th in 11 meetings, including playoffs. The Rockets won nine of their first 10 last season, with the defeat coming against Golden State.
Houston has been shaky offensively, shooting 35.5 percent a season after averaging 103.2 points -- sixth in the NBA -- and 44.4 percent shooting. The Rockets also have 34 turnovers and have allowed the opposition to shoot 48.3 percent.
No one player has been struggling more than James Harden, who has gone 10 of 39 from the field, including 3 of 22 from 3-point range. Harden, the runner-up to Stephen Curry in last season's MVP voting, has scored 15 of his 38 points from the free-throw line.
"He's not comfortable, but then, who is?" coach Kevin McHale said. "I mean, I don't see anybody who looks comfortable out there. We're funky."
A game against the Heat (1-1) might be just what Harden and the Rockets need to snap out of that funk. Houston has won three of four meetings, including a two-game sweep last season, behind an average of 108.3 points and 50.3 percent shooting. Houston hit 17 3-pointers -- three shy of a season best -- in a 108-91 win in its last trip to Miami on Nov. 4.
Harden's numbers against the Heat in those previous four meetings have been strong with an average of 26.0 points and 50.8 percent from the floor. He had 25 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds Nov. 4.
Howard has also been solid against Miami over the last two seasons, shooting 66.7 percent with averages of 23.0 points and 13.3 rebounds.
The Heat opened with a win over Charlotte before visiting LeBron James and Cleveland on Friday. Miami played well with five players scoring in double figures, but didn't have much of an answer for James and Kevin Love and lost 102-92.
"This was a great environment," said Dwyane Wade, who scored 25. "I'm glad our team got the chance to play in an environment like this early in the season. Give them credit."
Chris Bosh had 16 points after scoring 21 in the opener, which was his first regular-season game since being sidelined in February because of a blood clot.
Proof that most Heat fans are bandwagon/party going mofos. This thread would have 10+ pages right about now if LBJ was there.
The only thing that will be "poppin" in this thread is the special effects thats being added to those team pictures.
Its a wrap for you niggas!!
BULLS!!!!!!!!
The only thing that will be "poppin" in this thread is the special effects thats being added to those team pictures.
Its a wrap for you niggas!!
BULLS!!!!!!!!
Only reason that whatever thread y'all got have any life is because Pooh is made up of peanut brittle
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Went from 21 down to 14 ahead against the Rockets tonight
Went from 21 down to 14 ahead against the Rockets tonight
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Was coming to ask "Ummm what happened"
Went from 21 down to 14 ahead against the Rockets tonight
Was coming to ask "Ummm what happened"
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Was off in the 1st half, but clearly put them away in 2nd half, won by 20 109-89. ATL on Tuesday at AAA
Was off in the 1st half, but clearly put them away in 2nd half, won by 20 109-89. ATL on Tuesday at AAA
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