Alright a little back story here, both my brother and I live in Boston (not withstanding his recent move to Dallas), and our father landed here back in the Forties as his first stop in America from Italy. This is why we cheer for both the Red Sox and the Celtics, not the Patriots though, we really don’t care either way about them, though we were hoping for the perfect season personally. First and foremost, kudos to ABC, much better production than TNT could muster, and I loved the announcing team (I would have had to mute the damn thing if they had forced Hubie Brown on me). Second, finally some props where props are due, James Posey is the man, and it’s a travesty and quite frankly disgusting that he didn’t win Sixth Man of the Year (aside here: pick up espn the mag, their odds this issue is hilarious about the current so called sixth man). Ginobli should start, but he sucked so much playing starters minutes he was forced to the bench, he’s a tweener and the worst kind. Posey is a true bench player. He brings energy, tenacity, some of the best defense you can find, and a plus, he can knock down open jumpers with range. He did it for Miami, and we miss him terribly. Look at what can happen to a team when it loses it’s defensive intensity and some open shooters (the other departure being Jason Kapono of course, who also repped himself well by winning the 3 point contest again).
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With a banged up Wade and an aging roster, the Heat could not make it past the youthful Chicago Bulls. In my estimation, it was a lack of scoring ability that killed the Heat; especially at the guard position. This is the position that Heat need some major improvement. They feature one incredibly bright star along with… well, there is nothing but Dwayne Wade. So should this be a place to pick up a young player? Should we trade for someone with ability now? Let’s analyze this situation…

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This is the second part of my Offseason Moves Series. You can use the table of contents above to navigate to any other part of the series that you want to read about! At any rate, in this issue, we are going to be talking Forwads; both small and power. Incidentally, the difference between saying small and power is huge! I mean, who wants to be called a small forward… It is just embarrassing. They should change it to quick forward, or something less demeaning. I mean, look at king James. He is technically a small forward, but there is nothing about him that is diminutive or weak. However, let’s get back to the Heat. This is a position where the team definitely needs to get better. But how? Younger, more athletic players? Bigger, stronger rebounders? Well, let’s analyze the situation.

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