Chalmers vs. Arroyo

Finally Spoelstra replaces Mario Chalmers for Carlos Arroyo for the point guard position. Honestly neither guard is really that good, but at least Chalmers brings more energy and somewhat better defensive (steals and speed) than Arroyo does. Chalmers upsides are steals, ability to penetrate, speed in fast breaks, better one on one defensive, 3-pointers, and toughness. His downsides are turnovers and some bad shots that he takes from time to time. Arroyo upsides are low turnover ratio and decent shooting percentage (not as of late). His downsides are horrible one on one defensive, slow, holds the ball for too long eating up the clock, cannot penetrate or make a play. Overall this change should help the Heat build a lead at the beginning of games, still the search for a better and affordable (a veteran with experience that is willing to join the Heat for the veteran's minimum) PG should continue.

How far can the Heat go this season?

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The Miami Heat have arguably the best guard-forward duo (Wade & James) in the NBA right now, but is it enough to win a championship this year? I do not want to add Bosh to the equation because even though he does his part, he is not at a superstar level and may never be with this team. So how far can they really go this season without making any additional trades, just with the current roster. I would love for the Heat to win it all this season and prove a lot of so call commentators wrong, but realistically how far can they go? In my opinion they lose to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals. What do you think?

Would you do this trade?

Would you trade Miami Heat PF Chris Bosh, PG Carlos Arroyo, SF LeBron James, and  C Zydrunas Ilgauskas to the Orlando Magic for C Dwight Howard, PG Jameer Nelson, PF Brandon Bass, and SF/SG Jason Richardson? The Heat could now play inside-out with Wade and Howard and what a defensive team this would be.

Magic-Heat Talk Trade : Jason Williams Back To Miami???

It was recently reported that the Orlando Magic organization were talking to the Miami Heat organization about a possible trade between former Heat PG Jason Williams and Heat C and bench warmer Jamaal Magloire. In principle this trade works out for both teams, the Magic are looking for a backup for center Dwight Howard and the Heat are in desperate need of a point guard. Apparently the Heat decline the offer since they do not want to improve the roster of a easter rival. Neither one of these players bring much to the court for their current teams. Williams is a third string guard at best for the Magic and Magloire has been forgotten in the bench by the Heat, where sometimes you can see him cheering from the sidelines. In my opinion I feel that Williams might have help the Heat more than Magloire ever will, he cannot be worse than Arroyo. We haven't seem much of him in Orlando because they have a deep rotation when it comes to guards. Most likely the trade did not take place because apart from not giving another big man to the Magic the Heat are looking to trade for a better point guard than Williams or Arroyo (hopefully Chauncey Billups or Andre Miller). Plus it did not help the rumors that Williams was looking to sign with the Heat at the beginning of this season but was rejected.