Does the acquisition of Amare Stoudemire make the Heat a legitimate title contender?

Robceltsfan · Post by **Robceltsfan** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:44 pm

He'll make them a little better than the Knicks.

AtiliusRegulus · Post by **AtiliusRegulus** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:45 pm

Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.

gaskill15 · Post by **gaskill15** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:47 pm

AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.

They should get Anthony Davis too.

Post by **vcsgrizzfan** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:48 pm

Miami is probably the second best team in the east, fighting it out with the Bulls. They are a well constructed team with excellent depth now, and Amare in limited minutes will help them. They get Bosh back, McRoberts back, Dragic for a full season, Whiteside playing for a contract for a full season etc...

Don't sleep on Miami.

rtiff68 · Post by **rtiff68** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:54 pm

AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.

Half of the teams in the league are one piece away from title contention if said piece is Kevin Durant...

LeBronMonsterDunk · Post by **LeBronMonsterDunk** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:56 pm

AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.

I bet Durant can't wait to join Miami to carry a broken down Wade and soft as tissue Bosh.

A dream come true for him I'm sure.

Sudanese Sensation · Post by **Sudanese Sensation** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:57 pm

Does the acquisition of Amare Stoudemire make the Heat a legitimate title contender?

If you put him in Doc Brown's DeLorean.

AtiliusRegulus · Post by **AtiliusRegulus** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:01 pm

gaskill15 wrote:
AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.
They should get Anthony Davis too.

no need, they have a triple double machine in Whiteside

[youtube]lUKZaRnFYdo[/youtube]

Buckets · Post by **Buckets** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:15 pm

AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.

If Wade is re-signed for the amount of money he wants ($15-$20 million per season), then the Heat can't re-sign both Whiteside and sign Kevin Durant. I've already posted previously that the Heat don't have bird rights for Whiteside, meaning they can't go over the cap to re-sign him like they can do with Wade. So either Wade takes a huge cut, which I don't think he plans on after this past season debacle. Or Whiteside is re-signed for less than market value, which I don't think a guy currently making $900k is planning on doing.

gaskill15 · Post by **gaskill15** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:27 pm

rtiff68 wrote:
AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.
Half of the teams in the league are one piece away from title contention if said piece is Kevin Durant...

Lol exactly

gaskill15 · Post by **gaskill15** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:27 pm

AtiliusRegulus wrote:
gaskill15 wrote:
AtiliusRegulus wrote:Miami as it currently is, is a conference finals team. But that is if they remain healthy. They are one piece away from a championship contender, and that piece is Kevin Durant. If Durant can start at the 3 with Deng coming off the bench, they are in the finals. No way will Lebron be able to guard Durant on the court, and Deng when Durant leaves the court.
They should get Anthony Davis too.
no need, they have a triple double machine in Whiteside

[youtube]lUKZaRnFYdo[/youtube]

Lulz

876Stephen · Post by **876Stephen** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:25 pm

No. Cavs are too stacked.

zombiesonics · Post by **zombiesonics** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:31 pm

Dragic
Wade
Deng
Bosh
Whiteside

Bench: Amare, McRoberts, G. Green, Winslow, Ennis, Chalmers

That's a stacked team. But they have no chance of getting past Cleveland.

dwcmwa · Post by **dwcmwa** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:43 pm

Not even close.

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