Heat REALLY Want Bazz

[3uconn]

@chadfordinsider: Sources: Heat aggressively trying to move up in draft. Target is Shabazz Napier. LeBron thinks he’s best PG in the draft & Heat need a PG

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Quite the endorsement for Shabazz.

 

[3uconn]

@chadfordinsider: Heat will try to package No. 26 & Norris Cole to get up in the late teens for Napier.

 

[Inyatkin]

If Napier somehow becomes the reason LeBron stays in Miami that would be ... something.

 

[phillionaire]

Wow he stays for his senior year, wins the title, and could possibly be hand picked by the best player on the planet to be his PG. Why don't more people stay in college again?

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

Didn't they say Ray Allen just vacationed with LeBron...wonder what influence he had on the Bazz/Heat situation.

 

[aceboon]

Didn't they say Ray Allen just vacationed with LeBron...wonder what influence he had on the Bazz/Heat situation.

Bazz worked out for them and based on this article from Ford was very impressive

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/mia...shabazz-napier-attempt-lure-back-lebron-james

"Right after the NBA Finals, Riley flew out to work out Napier, a Heat source told ESPN.com. After the workout, the Heat tried to convince the former Huskies star to stop his workouts so that he'd fall to the Heat with pick No. 26."

 

[UConnTrumbull]

So naturally if you're the Cavs, you gotta take Bazz #1 overall

 

[HailUConn]

Here is a longer read:
https://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/mi...shabazz-napier-attempt-lure-back-lebron-james

How about this?

"Right after the NBA Finals, Riley flew out to work out Napier, a Heat source told ESPN.com. After the workout, the Heat tried to convince the former Huskies star to stop his workouts so that he'd fall to the Heat with pick No. 26."

Recruited by the best player in NBA and one of greatest Coach/GM/President? How about it, BYers?

 

[Dogdeacon]

So naturally if you're the Cavs, you gotta take Bazz #1 overall

Who knows what comes of the LeBron stuff. Definitely Cleveland needs to put out feelers to see who LeBron would most want to play with. Is Embid ready for next year? Does he like Exum or maybe Parker?

Miami absolutely cheaped out this past year and I think LeBron should leave. Wade is not Wade anymore and the mileage demands on LeBron are ridiculous.
I've got the odds like this:

Miami 51% Bazz moves needle a bit, but they really need a lot more.
Cleveland 33% - depends on who they draft, LeBron gets redemption and avoids team-jumping front-runner talk, stay in weaker East
16% - somewhere else, Clips (Doc CP3) or Bulls only real players in my opinion.

 

[superjohn]

Bazz worked out for them and based on this article from Ford was very impressive

http://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/mia...shabazz-napier-attempt-lure-back-lebron-james

"Right after the NBA Finals, Riley flew out to work out Napier, a Heat source told ESPN.com. After the workout, the Heat tried to convince the former Huskies star to stop his workouts so that he'd fall to the Heat with pick No. 26."

That's unbelievably selfish of Riley, if you want Bazz move up in the draft.

 

[James]

That's unbelievably selfish of Riley, if you want Bazz move up in the draft.

happens all the time. mcgary shut it down after the hornets made a promise at 24

 

[Rocktheworld]

If Napier somehow becomes the reason LeBron stays in Miami that would be ... something.

Miami would owe UConn a whole lot of love.

 

[Brochacho]

Worthless franchises like the Hawks sitting at 15 or Wolves at 13 could really troll the Heat.

I mean the Bobcats probably wouldn't even do that for 24. Heat would have to get into the lottery. Celtics and Bulls want him at 16 and 17. Hawks won't help the Heat. Suns already have 3 first round picks. Minnesota maybe, but they only like to have white players on their team.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Check out my blog about Bazz
http://rantlandsports.weebly.com/everywhere-else/wed-jun-25-2014

 

[Kitaman]

Didn't they say Ray Allen just vacationed with LeBron...wonder what influence he had on the Bazz/Heat situation.

Of course Ray is pumping up Bazz. UConn love has no boundaries, especially with him. Also Ray and Ollie talk with one another.

 

[RayRay19]

Shabazz is rumored to go as high as 12th. No way heat can get that high up.

 

[aceboon]

...and now here comes the internet slander Bazz's way because Ford went with a dumb headline. why is it so hard for twitter analysts to understand that by drafting Bazz the Heat feel they will make an upgrade at the PG position, making it more likely Lebron will stay? Its not like they're dangling Bazz like a carrot over Lebron's head.

 

[RichZ]

Here is a longer read:
https://espn.go.com/nba/truehoop/mi...shabazz-napier-attempt-lure-back-lebron-james

Word for word the same read, but in bigger type.<G>

 

[The Viking]

Id love to be in Riley's war room if Napier is still there with Boston on the clock with the 17th pick.

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

I hope it's all a sham concocted by Ray and Bazz now goes 5th overall to someone.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Well, if the Heat really, really, really Bazz at 26 or in a trade to move up, they're screwing up royally. This leak would never get out.

 

[Dynasty]

...and now here comes the internet slander Bazz's way because Ford went with a dumb headline. why is it so hard for twitter analysts to understand that by drafting Bazz the Heat feel they will make an upgrade at the PG position, making it more likely Lebron will stay? Its not like they're dangling Bazz like a carrot over Lebron's head.

The irrational hate towards LeBron goes to any one connected to him.

 

[Horatio]

That might force me to root for the Heat. If they get Bazz and meet OKC in the finals that would be really special. Also, we're looking at the possibility of a player (Bazz) having two NCAA rings and NBA ring in a five year span. That's super "winning" and a plus for the program. I hope it happens.

 

[auror]

Well, if the Heat really, really, really Bazz at 26 or in a trade to move up, they're screwing up royally. This leak would never get out.

They must feel certain he won't be there at 26 and so they started calling people and someone at a different organization leaked it.