Dear Miami Heat Fans,
You may be a bit upset right now about the shoulder seperation that Flash Wade incurred last night. Obviously no one wants to see a great player out for an extended period of time. Its a painful injury and one that you cannot rush back from. I would expect he will be out for a lengthy time.
Now, the good news. The chances of the Heat winning the East just improved expotentially. Now I know what your thinking..."BAR has been hitting the sauce a bit early today". If you know me, I have said that Miami would run out of steam in the postseason. Mr. Wade played his rookie year into the first round. His second year he played all the way into June. A short-offseason in the summer of 2005 was his last "real" rest. He has basically been balling for 19 months straight since then. A player with his style is lucky to have lasted somewhat injury free the whole time. Something was going to happen to him eventually this year...most likely at a worse time.
The kicker here is Miami staying afloat for the weeks while Wade is gone. I am sure they can hover a bit below .500 if O'Neal puts forth effort like he did in 4th last night. Wade can then return and lead a late-season surge to a 5-8 seed in the East. He will then be well-rested and ready for another playoff run. Just like O'Neal sitting out a lot made him fresher in playoffs last year.
Now, other than Haslem, Zo and Kapono the rest of the team is garbage. Your still looking at needed those dogs who played well last spring to step up again. Not likely to happen but Wade is still the premier FT taker in the league
So, this is good news for Heat backers. This could very well make for one very interesting first round series. They would do well to position themselves into the 6th seed so they can play Toronto the first round.
You may be a bit upset right now about the shoulder seperation that Flash Wade incurred last night. Obviously no one wants to see a great player out for an extended period of time. Its a painful injury and one that you cannot rush back from. I would expect he will be out for a lengthy time.
Now, the good news. The chances of the Heat winning the East just improved expotentially. Now I know what your thinking..."BAR has been hitting the sauce a bit early today". If you know me, I have said that Miami would run out of steam in the postseason. Mr. Wade played his rookie year into the first round. His second year he played all the way into June. A short-offseason in the summer of 2005 was his last "real" rest. He has basically been balling for 19 months straight since then. A player with his style is lucky to have lasted somewhat injury free the whole time. Something was going to happen to him eventually this year...most likely at a worse time.
The kicker here is Miami staying afloat for the weeks while Wade is gone. I am sure they can hover a bit below .500 if O'Neal puts forth effort like he did in 4th last night. Wade can then return and lead a late-season surge to a 5-8 seed in the East. He will then be well-rested and ready for another playoff run. Just like O'Neal sitting out a lot made him fresher in playoffs last year.
Now, other than Haslem, Zo and Kapono the rest of the team is garbage. Your still looking at needed those dogs who played well last spring to step up again. Not likely to happen but Wade is still the premier FT taker in the league
So, this is good news for Heat backers. This could very well make for one very interesting first round series. They would do well to position themselves into the 6th seed so they can play Toronto the first round.
