The HEAT lost again last night to the lowly Memphis Grizzlies. The game was tied with 5 seconds left and Memphis had the ball out of bounds. Rudy Gay gets the inbounds, against LeBron James, drives hard to the right. Elevates, fades, and drills a tough 15 footer at the buzzer to beat the HEAT! It was pure brilliance and more proof that the HEAT are very beatable, at least right now. Dwayne Wade did miss the game last night, but that doesn't matter. A loss is a loss and the way the HEAT are playing I expect the losses to continue. Yes I think they turn it around, but probably not until mid December. And let's not forget they are one injury away from Wade to being the Cavs 2.0. And Wade continues to deal with injuries, like last night's sore wrist. I'm still picking the HEAT to win 60 games, but give it two weeks and I may have to revise that.
Some notes:
Chris Bosh is finally starting to play well because the HEAT have been running things through him. That's not going to last. This is LeBron and Wade's team end of story. Bosh may blow up here and there, but at the end of the day you are looking at a 100 million dollar third wheel who will average between 14-17 points and 7-10 boards a night. And the best part, when he has a shitty game the media is all over him, which he isn't used to. I still say if the HEAT have a serious long term issue it will be with Bosh.
LeBron is always going to be LeBron. He is the best player in the League and puts up crazy good numbers. The thing that I am so surprised by is the amount of dumb things he says and how non-chalante he is about losing or just playing hard. I think this whole HEAT thing and free agency thing has really affected him. This is the first time in his life he is actually being criticized and it is obviously having a negative affect on his psyche. I don't think this will be an issue during the regular season, but it could have affect in the playoffs. I mean look at the way he gave up last year.
Rudy Gay is good, but OJ Mayo sucks. Gay is living up to his contract and is pretty much averaging career highs across the board. On the other hand Mayo has been terrible and is even out of the starting lineup. There has been some small talk that Mayo be on the block come the trade deadline because the Grizzlies cannot afford to pay Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, and Mayo. And at this point Mayo is clearly the least valuable so I would have to agree that trading him at this point is probably a good idea. If they could get a high level player or decent draft picks in return. It's becoming pretty clear the Grizzlies want Xavier Henry to take over the 2 guard role and if something good comes along I believe he will be trade at the deadline.
One other thought:
The Bulls are good! On Friday night they beat the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas and beat two of the three Texas teams during their dreaded Texas Triangle Trip. This doesn't happen often in the NBA and hasn't happened since Michael Jordan was in town for the Bulls. Derrick Rose is as good as any point guard in the League and is definitely the best scoring PG. Joakim Noah is a beast, Loul Deng continues to do a little bit of everything, Kyle Korver is DRILLING and I mean drilling threes, and Taj Gibson is thankfully still solid. Gibson may have sucked for two straight games, but he blew up against the Mavs and even hit his first three since he was a kid. Chicago is 7-4, 1.5 games behind the Orlando Magic, and their only losses this season are against the Spurs, Thunder, Celtics, and a Knicks team that had a career three point shooting night. That's pretty impressive considering three of those teams have Finals aspirations, which is what the Bulls have to be thinking once they get Carlos Boozer back,
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