Tag Archives: Dwayne Wade

Dwayne Wade, Mr. Innocent, strikes again

Ray Allen’s saga in joining the Miami Heat got interesting the past week

The entire Ray Allen saga is fascinating theater. It involves so many different elements — team, friendship, loyalty, money, trust. And, apparently, ego. Imagine Allen’s tenure. Guy goes to Boston, becomes part of a legendary trio, wins a championship, helps give the Heat all it can handle in last year’s playoffs — then leaves Boston [...]

Dear Jeff Van Gundy, this is why people don’t like the Miami Heat

At least this might be the starting point for the explanation …

The Miami Heat receive a message of support

For those not up late Tuesday night, those who missed the end of the Boston Celtics Game 4 win over the Miami Heat … as the Heat left the floor they heard the encouraging words of a young supporter: Of course the “Good Job Good Effort” kid exploded on Twitter, to the point that within [...]

Of LeBron James, those fouls and his (in-game) decision(s)

So … first of all … that sixth foul on LeBron James in Sunday’s game? Ridiculous. Mickael Pietrus pulled James down on top of him and referee Joey Crawford took the bait. Swallowed it whole. The entire worm. Gone. James’ fifth foul didn’t look like much of a foul either. He was defending Kevin Garnett, [...]

For NBA conspiracy theorists, part I

From the transcript provided by the league after Boston lost Game 2 to the Miami Heat in the most painful of ways, with Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen taking questions: Q. Rajon, I think you missed a reverse lay‑up at 105‑all.  It looked like you might have got hit across the face.  Can you talk [...]

About that officiating Monday night in the Heat-Celtics game …

Complaining about NBA officiating can be really lame. So let it be said that the Boston Celtics did not lose Monday’s Eastern Conference opener to Miami because of officiating. They lost because the Celtics were a tired team coming off a seven-game series going against a young team playing at home that has two superstars [...]

Heat may well win series, but they’re not winning any hearts

[UPDATE: This blog item was posted late afternoon. A couple hours later, the NBA announced that Udonis Haslem had been suspended one game, and Dexter Pittman three games for their flagrant fouls in Game 5.] It would seem to be time for the proverbial fork for the Indiana Pacers. For anti-Heat folks, it was fun [...]

Sunday’s effort by those two Heat guys was really something

At some points this job requires a person to step out on some big limbs. Today is that kind of day. After a few days of having some fun and asking some serious, well-deserved questions about the Miami Heat, it has to be acknowledged that what Dwayne Wade and LeBron James did Sunday was near-unprecdented [...]

Hmmm. Word now leaks that Dwayne Wade is playing hurt

Call me obsessed, but the theater provided by the Miami Heat is just too good to ignore. Now comes word via ESPN that Dwayne Wade is playing through an injury, that he has received treatment on his lower leg before the past two games. As friend and former colleague Brian Windhorst wrote: “Wade is dealing [...]