Heat trade G Livingston to Grizzlies
(Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:20:04 PST)
One day after announcing they had cut Shaun Livingston, the Miami Heat on Wednesday traded the point guard to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Heat Team Report
(Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:10:05 PST)
Forward James Jones, who has not played all season after having surgery to repair a tendon in his right (shooting) wrist, could be ready to play before the Heat's seven-game road trip ends Jan. 18.
"I'm less than two weeks away," Jones said before Monday's game against San Antonio. "Hopefully it's more like one week."
Jones, who was third in the league last season in 3-point percentage at .444, said the wrist is healed and everything now depends on how fast his wrist recovers from hard work. Jones said Monday was his first day of full-contact practice.
"Now I have to stretch it a little bit and beat it up and see if it can recover," he said.
Jones' addition could be huge alongside a group of long-range shooters that includes guards Chris Quinn (.431, 14th...
Power Poll: It's official ... NBA no-longer two-team show
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:07:53 PST)
One thing that seemed certain before the season started was this: Every week, when formulating the poll, the...
BDL NBA Power Rankings: Bringing in the New Year
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:50:11 PST)
The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts Cactus Juice with one part flippant observation to create the most...
Suicide lines: Melo's hand, Lee rumors, Livingston released ...
(Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:40:00 PST)
Each weekday morning, BDL serves up a handful of NBA-related stories to digest with your Eggs Blackstone.
Game to pay attention to: Spurs vs. Heat
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:38 PST)
San Antonio at Miami First an update on Friday's wacky bit of scheduling . It turns out that, yes, this was...
Miami's Marion could return Monday to face Spurs
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:39:08 PST)
Miami Heat forward Shawn Marion said he expects to play Monday against San Antonio after missing Saturday's...
Heat's Spolestra wants Beasley to earn playing time
(Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:25:09 PST)
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Saturday that the price of victory is what is costing Michael Beasley his...
Heat's Shawn Marion out with back spasms
(Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:44:11 PST)
Miami forward Shawn Marion missed the Heat's game against New Jersey on Saturday night because of back spasms. Marion is averaging 11.5 points and 9.2 rebounds. Daequan Cook started in his place. The Nets also played without a key player. New Jersey guard Devin Harris was inactive so he can rest a sore right hamstring.
Miami's young players getting it done for Heat
(Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:13:40 PST)
With the way lockers are assigned in the Miami Heat dressing room, Michael Beasley, Mario Chalmers and Daequan Cook are all on opposite sides of the circular space. So it's not uncommon, when the trio is getting dressed after games, for them to be incessantly shouting at each other -- about where they'll go to dinner, whose turn it is to pay, who has the cooler dog, who'll be driving whose car,...
BDL NBA Power Rankings: Look who's looking up
(Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:05:38 PST)
The BDL NBA Power Rankings combine two parts champagne with one part flippant observation to create the most...
NBA Power Poll: Lakers bump Celtics from top spot
(Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:26:42 PST)
Who deserves to be at the top of the latest NBA Power Poll? The Christmas Day game tells the story.
Heat time-out in final minute irks Bulls
(Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:24:52 PST)
Knowing the outcome was decided, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said he was simply removing three starters and eliminating any chance of a freak injury. Instead, the Chicago Bulls saw it as an insult. And so goes a new chapter of a Heat-Bulls rivalry that just won't go away. Spoelstra called a timeout with 30.9 seconds remaining in Miami's 90-77 win over Chicago on Friday, doing so to get Dwyane Wade,...
Riley throws holiday party for returning soldiers
(Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:15:06 PST)
Chance Evans has a story like many others these days. He was a specialist in the U.S. Army when he returned home from Operation Iraqi Freedom four years ago. He bounced from job to job after leaving the military, eventually being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. With a wife and two children, very little money coming in and an arduous transition to civilian living, life has not been...
1 vs. 2 in Miami: Rose's Bulls at Beasley's Heat
(Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:53:02 PST)
Michael Beasley likes Derrick Rose, enjoys watching him play, even has been following his fellow rookie's stats over the course of their first NBA season. So when they meet as full-fledged pros for the first time Friday, don't expect some acrimonious mano-a-mano matchup. "No, we're cool," Beasley said.
