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Smack / Apr 29, 2008 / 3:03 am

The Terminator

By Dime Magazine

Joe Johnson (photo. Zach Wolfe)
Game 3 was Josh Smith’s time to shine. Game 4 belonged to Joe Johnson. Getting wherever he wanted to go off the dribble while unleashing mixtape moves (pity James Posey and Leon Powe), then wetting jumpers from every angle and distance, Joe went Terminator on the Celtics, putting the red beam […]

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Hoopla / Apr 28, 2008 / 3:30 pm

Pat Riley out; Erik Spoelstra in

By Dime Magazine

D-Wade’s got a new coach.
The Miami Heat just announced that, to no one’s surprise, Pat Riley has stepped down as head coach. They also announced that, to a lot of people’s surprise, assistant Erik Spoelstra will take over.
First off, did anyone not see this coming from Riley? This has been his pattern every since Dwyane […]

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Hoopla / Mar 27, 2008 / 9:20 am

Not Cool, Shaq

By Dime Magazine

Photo. Chenoa Maxwell
There’s a story on ESPN.com this morning about how Pat Riley is bothered by Shaq’s repeated bashing of the Miami Heat players and organization in the media. Normally, we wouldn’t pay Shaq’s comments a whole lot of mind because it’s usually Shaq just being Shaq, right? And usually his comments are pretty entertaining. […]

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Hoopla / Mar 4, 2008 / 11:10 am

Down With the Drill Sergeant

By Dime Magazine

L.O. is down with the drill sergeant (Photo. Tadder)
RealGm links to a story in the Palm Beach Post today about Pat Riley’s reputation as a taskmaster who alienates some players with his task-master approach:
MIAMI — Lamar Odom was neither shocked nor offended the first time the Heat medical staff gently pinched the flesh above his […]

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General / Feb 11, 2008 / 10:51 am

Cuban Embers

By Dime Magazine

Did Mark Cuban spark the Shaq/Marion deal?
What got the ball rolling in the Shaq-for-Matrix deal? The Miami Herald’s Dan LeBatard reported on Sunday that the trade originated from a conversation between Mark Cuban and Miami owner Micky Arison. Ten days ago, Cuban asked Arison whether the Heat would buy O’Neal out of the remaining $100 […]

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General / Feb 6, 2008 / 3:13 pm

Riley Says Nothing’s Done Yet

By Dime Magazine

TrueHoop has posted this video of Pat Riley a little while ago stressing that nothing’s been finalized yet in the Shaq/Marion deal.
Check it out HERE.

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Smack / Jan 30, 2008 / 5:33 am

The Others

By Dime Magazine

Lamar Odom (Photo. Tim Tadder)
Forget the 15-game losing streak. Forget the 0-5 start to the season. Forget the times when D-Wade and Shaq were out and the team was rolling out D-League lineups. With all that’s gone wrong for the Miami Heat in ‘07-08, yesterday’s drubbing at the hands of the Celtics was the low […]

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