Author: John Paulsen (Page 283 of 937)

Wade: “Miami is in the driver’s seat.”

Dwyane Wade appeared on the “Mike & Mike” show and reiterated his desire to re-sign with the Heat.

“Chicago is my home city, and I love Chicago,” Wade said. “But my heart is here in Miami.

“All the cards are in Miami, and it’s their game to lose, more than anything. I appreciate that organizations want me to be a part of them, but right now Miami is in the driver’s seat.”

A couple of things to note here: 1) Wade seems pleased with the play of the Heat over the last month of the season. Even if they had an easy schedule, they took care of business and went into the postseason as one of the hottest teams in the league. Whether or not they lose to Boston may not matter. 2) Wade mentions the Bulls, but he doesn’t mention the Knicks. I don’t know the context of his response, but he does mention Chicago and doesn’t mention any other team save for the Heat.

It sounds to me that if Miami is able to sign a sidekick (Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer) then Wade is likely to re-sign.

MJ advocating the ‘Hack-a-Dwight’?

It sure sounds like Bobcats owner Michael Jordan wants to limit the effectiveness of Dwight Howard by putting him on the foul line. In an excerpt from an interview to air on Sunday on NBA TV, MJ outlines what would be his strategy:

“So if I’m looking at (Dwight) Howard, and I’m not Larry Brown, I haven’t talked to Larry Brown about the strategy, I would look at it in that scenario; we’ve got four seven footers, in essence we have 24 fouls. Somehow we are going to have to use that to neutralize (Dwight) Howard and not allow these other guys, their perimeter players, to hurt us in the double teams, kind of like Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott back in the day. That would be the strategy, and I feel like if we can execute that strategy we will give ourselves the best chance to win.”

Anytime someone starts talking about how many fouls their big men have, it’s bound to get ugly. Given Howard’s propensity to miss free throws, this is certainly a viable strategy, but it’s not one I want to watch in action.

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