Derrick Rose. Derrick Rose? Derrick Rose! All I hear about these days is Derrick Rose. Sure Michael Beasley is one of the greatest talents we’ve seen in quite a while, but questions of his value to either of the top two picks in the Bulls and Heat respectively have pretty much pushed him out of the picture. Honestly, I can’t say it’s too stupid. Though articles I read of his workouts and seeing him in action during the NCAA Tourney really caught my eye, he just has the reeking aura of a Ryan Leaf (NFL sure, but if you don’t know who he is, take 50 points off of your sports fan card and look him up).
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Well, I just read a report on ESPN that is reporting that Steve Francis has reunited with the Rockets. According to the article, Francis turned down a higher offer from the Miami Heat. Reading into this, it seems that players around the league believe that the Heat’s immediate future is bleak; and it is hard to argue with that sentiment. The Heat have failed over and over again to land a quality free agent this off season and it seems that the problems are snowballing and affecting their current bargaining power. Nevertheless, there are still a few names on the market, including Juan Carlos Navarro.

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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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