OFFICIAL 2016 @HEAT PLAYOFF THREAD

YoungTriz said:
http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat-retire-shaquille-oneals-no.-32

HEAT to Retire Shaquille O’Neal’s No. 32
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Posted: Feb 09, 2016
MIAMI, February 9 – The HEAT announced today that they will retire Shaquille O’Neal’s No. 32 jersey in a ceremony at the beginning of the 2016-17 season. O’Neal will become the third HEAT player to have his jersey retired, joining HEAT greats Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway. O’Neal’s career spanned 19 seasons as he accumulated four NBA Championships, three NBA Finals MVP’s, 15 All-Star selections, three All-Star MVP’s, a regular season NBA MVP, a NBA Rookie of the Year award and a gold medal with Team USA while being named to 14 All-NBA teams and three NBA All-Defensive teams. O’Neal appeared in 1,207 career regular season NBA games (1,197 starts) and averaged 23.7 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.26 blocks and 34.7 minutes while shooting 58.2 percent from the field. His professional career ranks among the best in NBA history with 28,596 points (seventh), 2,732 blocks (eighth) and 13,099 rebounds (14th).

“Shaquille O’Neal is one of the truly elite players in the history of the game and one of the greatest players to ever wear a HEAT uniform,” said HEAT President Pat Riley. “He took us to another level as a basketball franchise while leading us to our first NBA championship. Retiring his number in the rafters, along with HEAT greats Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway, is something we are very proud of.”

O’Neal, who was originally acquired by the HEAT from the Lakers in a trade on July 14, 2004 and re-signed as a free agent on August 2, 2005, played three and a half seasons in Miami, helping the HEAT capture their first NBA championship in 2006. During his time in Miami, the HEAT earned three-straight division titles, resulting in three consecutive postseason berths, including two Eastern Conference championship appearances. He became the first player in HEAT history, and only the sixth in NBA history, to shoot at least 60 percent from the field in consecutive seasons, doing so his first two seasons in Miami in 2004-05 and 2005-06. He recorded 104 blocks during the 2005-06 campaign, and pairing with Alonzo Mourning’s 173 rejections, they became the first pair of HEAT teammates in team history to each block at least 100 shots during the same season. Additionally, he scored his 25,000th career point in a HEAT uniform on February 26, 2007, becoming just the 14th player in NBA history to reach the plateau.

O’Neal is still Miami’s all-time leader in field goal percentage (.596) and ranks third in scoring average (19.6), fifth in blocks (384), seventh in free throws attempted (1,708), eighth in offensive rebounds (621), ninth in double-doubles (84), 11th in total rebounds (1,856), 12th in defensive rebounds (1,235), 12th in field goals made (1,612), 13th in free throws made (786), 14th in points (4,010), 14th in double-figure scoring games (191), 14th in starts (203) and 15th in field goals attempted (2,703). Among the HEAT’s all-time postseason leaders, O’Neal ranks second in dunks (116), fourth in free throws attempted (315), fifth in double-doubles (15), fifth in double-figure scoring games (37), fifth in 20-point games (16), sixth in field goals made (312), sixth in total rebounds (361), sixth in offensive rebounds (110), sixth in defensive rebounds (251), sixth in blocks (59), seventh in points (751), seventh in free throws made (127), seventh in games started (40), eighth in field goal attempts (531) and ninth in minutes (1,311).
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This is long awaited and such a solid move by the front office, job well done Mickey!!! :nthat:
 
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The heat are currently throwing Whiteside under the bus in the presser. I'm starting to get the feeling the heat really don't want Whiteside here. There's just no solidarity there. I just don't know what we're doing anymore. At all
 
Mr Cashfl0w said:
Yup lets blame everyone else for Whiteside's immaturity.
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has nothing to do with what i said tho. i said, theyre throwing him under the bus... which they were. i said i get the feeling we really dont want him here. none of that alludes to whether hes immature or guilty etc etc. nor have i blamed anyone else. i swear, ur always commenting on what i say but never actually reading it lol. its like u look for keywords then form a statement.

i expect teammates to protect each other. they rarely if ever protect whiteside. when askd about the foul "sometimes we have no idea what hes thinking" and "thats not a basketball play" etc etc is NOT what i expect teammates to respond with. its like they alienate him. treat him like chalmers lol.
YoungTriz said:
There's a reason why the kings let go of Whiteside...
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hes gotten better. it was a stupid foul, but one we see in nearly every game down low. its blown out of proportion. whitesides main frustration seems to be with spo always benching him. ill say this foul will only adds more gas to the "bench whiteside" fire for spo... but its still questionable why hes riding bench SO often in the clutch.

whitesides future with us is definitely shaky. and i dont like that. who are we supposed to replace him with? WHY would u replace a center who locks down the paint like that and still has a lot of room for growth?
 
I believe that I said it before, and I will re-state it again: WHITESIDE IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF THIS FRANCHISE. You can't teach size, you can only coach it. He has some mental lapses from time to time, but in order to be successful for not just this season, but the foreseeable future, Miami needs Whiteside. Plus some small pieces to put around him. And why is McBob getting scrub minutes now, I truly want to see him and Amare work on some chemistry.
 
Some of you will defend Whiteside until he the FO gives him the max and he turns out to be Dwight Howard: an incredible athlete/talent that is injury prone and is a net negative to the team. Shaq had attitude problems too, but Whitesides ceiling is no where near shaqs prime (or the end of his prime while he was in Miami).

Wade only has 2-3 years left. Riley won't be here after another 4-5 years. We need to win now, not wait for Whiteside to grow up. Like I said, we should of traded him right after the other night when he got a triple double with blocks.

TEK will disagree with me but Whitesides actions are proving you wrong. Live with it.
 
I think everything is coming to a boiling point, for Hassan and the Org as a whole. Hassan isn't the most mature or ready pro but the stature put on him hasn't been totally fair. Him mounting his frustration, keeping to himself and ultimately doing stuff like this is not the answer either but we're getting back the back end of a once mighty Heat "Culture"... Whereas' we can't even deal with players anymore. Hassan isn't a problem but we've put him in an impossible situation and especially for someone of his limited capacity and the gist is Heat expect him to conform or we'll just drop him/ There needs to be more communication on his end off and on the court but there's also a need for more accountability on every level. Everyone gets away with poor play, bad net ratings, defense or what have you but Hassan is killed for it and suppose to act like it isn't happening... We alienated him and set him up for failure. Since the start of the season... 

Not making any excuses for him being a bonehead, it's just my perspective of the way we've took to him this season.
 
OlDirtyReseller said:
I think everything is coming to a boiling point, for Hassan and the Org as a whole. Hassan isn't the most mature or ready pro but the stature put on him hasn't been totally fair. Him mounting his frustration, keeping to himself and ultimately doing stuff like this is not the answer either but we're getting back the back end of a once mighty Heat "Culture"... Whereas' we can't even deal with players anymore. Hassan isn't a problem but we've put him in an impossible situation and especially for someone of his limited capacity and the gist is Heat expect him to conform or we'll just drop him/ There needs to be more communication on his end off and on the court but there's also a need for more accountability on every level. Everyone gets away with poor play, bad net ratings, defense or what have you but Hassan is killed for it and suppose to act like it isn't happening... We alienated him and set him up for failure. Since the start of the season... 

Not making any excuses for him being a bonehead, it's just my perspective of the way we've took to him this season.
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I agree with you to an extent. Spos decisions in the 4th quarters have been beyond questionable this season (and previous seasons). Dwade is playing some good basketball overall but new acquisitions like Dragic and McBob are not playing to even their baseline expectations. But I don't think we have set him up for failure at all. As a matter of fact, we have set him up for success. It's impossible to say how he would have turned out had another team given him a shot before the heat, but the heat organization put him in a wonderful position to get an enormous payday this offseason, whether it is with the heat or someone else. Last night was a classic example of how this dude can not change his attitude. When you do stuff like that you are puttting yourself before the team and that has everything to do with your mentality towards playing team basketball. He's not the leader of this team and even though he just might be the most athletic/talented player, I can't see him being a leader on any team in the NBA. Unless you (not specifically you dirty reseller) consider Dwight a leader...
 
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