Check out the video clip below which displays Michael Beasley of the Miami Heat being introduced to the NBA by former NC State stud Cedric Simmons who now plays for the Chicago Bulls. Beasley might have beeen embarassed by that block, but he did score 28 points in last night’s summer league game. The number one pick Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls only dropped 10 points and had 5 turnovers.

This year we have banged on the Miami Heat pretty hard and we have to say it has all been for good reason. Last night, the Heat stepped it up and really showed how poor of a professional basketball team they are by scoring a paultry 54 points in an entire game against the Toronto Raptors. This was the third lowest output ever since the 24-second shot clock was introduced in 54-55. Well done guys!

Dwayne Wade is done for the season so he can try and heal his surgically repaired knee of over a year ago. The Heat are by far the worst team in the NBA so I can only assume they decided it wasn’t going to hurt to put Wade on ice. Wade has missed close to 100 games in his first five seasons so this has to be a huge concern for Pat Riley and the Heat. Get better Dwayne because you are a special player.

Word is The Big Aristotle is on the move to Phoenix. The Suns will ship Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks to Miami for Shaq D. Miami is making this move to get the sinking ship of a salary off their payroll so I understand why they make the move, but does this move help the Suns? Shaq might have a little left in the tank, but he sure hasn’t shown that is the case so far this year. The jury will be out for awhile on whether this deal will work or not if it does come to fruition.

This week’s entrant might be the most comical yet in our ongoing series about inflated salaries in the NBA. He is on the second worst team currently in the NBA and has only played in 26 of the 40 games so far this year for Miami.

***Mark Blount***
$7,901,040 clams a year

32 years old
8-32 record this year
26 games played
5.6 ppg 2.6 rpg

Shaquille O’Neal wants a divorce from his wife Shaunie with whom he has been married to for the last five years. They currently have a home up for sale at a whopping $32 million price tag plus he is pulling down $20 million a year with the Heat. This doesn’t even count how much Shaq D makes in endorsements so little Miss Shaunie just hit the jackpot to say the least since it’s likely she will take the five kids.

The silly overhyped feud is finally over it seems. ABC will not have the Lakers and Heat play again this Christmas after doing so the last three years. Instead Shaq and gang will be facing King James and the Cavs on Xmas.

Out with Billy Boy and in with Stan “The Porno Man” Van Gundy for Orlando. The Magic have let Billy Donovan out of the contract he wanted to break within three days of agreeing to it and will sign Ron Jeremy…err….Stan as their new head coach. I personally think this is an excellent hire because he has solid experience in the NBA and did a great job with the Miami Heat until Pat Riley decided to take the reigns. In the long run this worked out well for everyone since Donovan can go back to Gainesville and Van Gundy gets another head coaching gig.

Miami Heat cover -3.5 at home against the Bulls

OVERALL RECORD:

NBA 3-1

MLB 1-0

College Basketball 48-37-2

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

The Miami Heat are currently 26-27 and barely hanging on to eighth place in the Eastern Conference after their loss to the Houston Rockets last night. Losing the game was not nearly as big to Heat as Dwayne Wade dislocating his shoulder late in the game. Wade will no doubt be out at least a month and the Heat are absolute garbage without him in the roster. Turn out the lights this party is OVER!