The New Look Heat Back Court
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by Jdmacor
Question : Do the Heat need to get older players?
Pat Riley : Hell yeah!
In addition to adding Penny Hardaway recently, the Heat picked up Smush Parker from the Lakers and they (duh) drafted Daequan Cook. So besides having stacked the ages of their new guards from young to old, did the Heat get any better at that position? They definitely needed point guard help, but will these players cut the mustard?
Well, it definitely can, but I can’t be so sure that it will. These guys have talent running from the past to the present to the future, but none of their talents are exceptional. Then again, perhaps that is just what the Heat need; some solid guard play. And in my dreams, it the team to their next championship as Wade and Shaq carry the load while the rest of the team is just good enough. But that may have to remain only my dream.
The Guards Impact
Daequan Cook
Cook’s impact will be… nothing. He will have no impact on the team this year, as Pat Riley will, in his usual fashion, bench the rookie save for some blow out situations. Unfortunately, my gut is telling me that the Heat may be on the wrong end of most of those types of situations…
Smush Parker
Parker here will probably see the most minutes out of all of these players. With J-Wil being almost constantly injured in one way or another, the Heat will need a guard to lead the team; although in all likelihood, that guard will probably be Wade.
Anfernee Hardaway
The man is a little old; and to be honest, I have gotten used to seeing wrinkly, winded players on the Heat bench. But for some reason, I have this weird sense of hope the Penny will have a kind of breakthrough season; enough to make him the comeback player of the year.
In Conclusion…
Being a die hard Heat fan, I can’t give up hope; especially not before the season even starts. But it is kind of sad that out of all the additions made over this off season, I am most excited about the one that seems to have the longest shot to pan out. However, like I said earlier, I would be satisfied with a mediocre to decent back-court, because with Wade, that may be all we need.
This article was originally posted on Miami Heat Wired.
