Juwan Howard looking to join Heat...
According to several reports Juwan is finalizing a deal to join the Heat. Hopefully he can bounce back from last years injuries and get that elusive title...
Veteran forward Juwan Howard, 37, is also finalizing a minimum-scale deal to join the Heat, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
"Juwan wants to get a ring and he has great respect for Coach [Pat] Riley," agent David Falk told the Sun-Sentinel. "We've talked to the Heat. There's a mutual interest. That's all I feel comfortable saying at this point."
Howard made 27 starts in 73 games with the Portland Trail Blazers this past season, averaging 6.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 50.4 percent from the field.
If he can get a ring with the Heat, I'll be cheering for him.
I can't believe he is still in the league. That's a solid career.
I honestly thought the post was a joke when I saw it, I am shocked that he started 27 games last season? Wow, great for him, even though I don't want lebron to win a title I wish him the best.
I wonder if Jalen's still in shape? He would look nice in a Heat uni this year, too.
and now the Heat are slowly gathering a decent bench
Great for Juwan, but I was really pretty excited to cheer against the Heat at every turn this season. If Juwan signs...I'll be cheering for the ring!
The Heat are gonna win it all. Not just based on this, but on picking up Miller, Ilgauskas, Haslem too.
(somebody's jealous)
Looking pretty good..
LeBron/DWade/Bosh/Miller/Haslem/Ilgauskas/Howard....
Throw in Chalmers/Pittman/Butler too
where Juwan Howard ranks in term of all-time NBA salary. If I recall correctly, Juwan signed a pretty large max contract earlier in his career before the earlier NBA collective bargaining restrictions... He is probably out-earned by Garnett and maybe a few others, but I would be surprised if he is not high on the list of career earnings through salary....
And through it all I remember sitting high in Crisler during his frosh year having two fans yell loudly all game (as I was hung over) c'mon Juwannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
EDIT: not sure if this is accurate, but according to this list, Juwan is 12, but CWeb represents at 3...
1. Shaquille O’Neal $290,846,146
2. Kevin Garnett $251,315,354
3. Chris Webber $178,230,697
4. Kobe Bryant $171,384,365
5. Jason Kidd $165,853,968
6. Tim Duncan $164,844,536
7. Tracy McGrady $160,273,916
8. Allen Iverson $154,494,445
9. Jermaine O’Neal $153,450,640
10. Stephon Marbury $151,115,945
11. Rasheed Wallace$150,436,080
12. Juwan Howard $148,761,271
13. Alonzo Mourning $143,906,333
14. Dikembe Mutombo $143,666,581
15. Michael Finley $138,576,839
16. Grant Hill $131,055,650
17. Dirk Nowitzki $124,063,985
18. Patrick Ewing $123,843,120
19. Zydrunas Ilgauskas $123,135,542
20. Anfernee Hardaway $120,469,142
21. David Robinson $118,135,623
22. Allan Houston $117,556,500
23. Vince Carter $116,793,315
24. Antawn Jamison $111,358,288
25. Elton Brand $110,159,451
Jordan "only" made $90 million - $63 in two seasons - cause he sacrificed so that others could help him win...the so-called King should take note..
Jordan knew exactly what he was doing. In fact, by keeping his comp down, it made it hard for others on the team to demand more money (which caused some friction from time to time). If Jordan had insisted on being paid more, he could have gotten it. But if the Bulls had to dump other players (e.g., Pippen) and it resulted in one or two fewer rings, whatever extra money Jordan received from the Bulls could have resulted in one or two fewer rings and Michael understood that.
Michael had many years with the Bulls before he had the right supporting cast and they sucked. No way he wanted to go back to losing. Hell, he didn't even want to play in the regular season after awhile so long he could just play in the playoffs. He knew exactly what he was doing and he wanted to win championships.
If they don't win a championship with all those guys, they have some 'splainin to do
The Heats squad is looking pretty good, but I still think the Lakers have an edge. They picked up Steve Blake who is a solid backup to Derek Fisher(just resigned). The Heat are supposedly signing ilgauskus but still don't really have a point guard or a starting center. Ilgauskus gets schooled by any starting centers in the NBA. It's going to be fun to watch though.
Edit: add in Raja Bell as of tomorrow ;)
I really dont want the heat to win the championship ( just because of the drama lebron put up to announce that hes leaving the cavs, that was a dick move to the city that saw him as a basketball god) but its starting to look like they will win it all. My new teams to root for are the bulls and magic in the east, and lakers in the west. hopefully one of these 3 teams can take them down come playoff time
Don't hate the playa...
I kinda do. The way he left was as if he wanted to rub it in their face. You just dont do that to a city that considers you the best athlete to walk the city in any sport
I wonder if Miller starts at the two, and Wade runs the point?
Also, I think Kevin Durant and the Zombies are poised to make a deep playoff run this year.
Good luck to Juwan and the Heat but I still can't cheer for them.