NBA Basketball COMMENTARY

Dywane Wade Named All-Star Starter 0

Dywane Wade Named All-Star Starter

Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has been selected by fan vote to start in 2010 N.B.A. All-Star game. Wade finished fourth overall in fan voting with 2,327,550 votes, behind Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Wade will start alongside guard Allen...

Miami Heat’s True Cap Position for 2010-11 2

Miami Heat’s True Cap Position for 2010-11

Miami Heat president Pat Riley has staked his reputation on the team’s, and more specifically his, ability to lure two premier free agents to South Florida to play alongside future Hall-of-Famer Dwyane Wade. Riley will be gunning to create a championship caliber...

How Bird Rights Work 0

How Bird Rights Work

By February 1983, the financial health of the NBA was in serious doubt. The majority of the league’s 23 teams were losing money. Six – the Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, Kansas City Kings, San Diego Clippers, Utah Jazz – were on the verge of...

Understanding the Charges 0

Understanding the Charges

After a wild ride through a doomsday scenario that would have made it impossible for the Heat to achieve its goal of acquiring thee maximum contract free agents this summer, things have somewhat stabilized. The economy is slowly bottoming. Salary cap projections...

Calculating Maximum Salaries 1

Calculating Maximum Salaries

The bidding war for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh will be coming soon to an N.B.A. front office near you. Following years of anticipation and salary cap maneuvering, one of the most anticipated dates in N.B.A. free agency history –...

Preliminary 2010-11 Salary Cap Projections 0

Preliminary 2010-11 Salary Cap Projections

Miami Heat president Pat Riley is squarely focused on the summer of 2010. He is attempting to structure the biggest free agent coup in N.B.A., perhaps sports, history. The economy isn’t helping him. When Riley stepped down as coach to focus squarely...

Welcome, Miami Heat Fans! 1

Welcome, Miami Heat Fans!

We are exactly six months away from what could be one of the most thrilling spectacles in sports history. An unprecedented combination of talent and suitors will collide on July 9, 2010, when LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade and many other...