SUNRISE - As you may or may not know, I cover the Dolphins, Canes, Panthers and now the Miami Heat for ESPN Radio 760. I thought now would be as good as time as any to throw my two cents in on the Heats trade of Antoine Walker and all the other things going on in the South Florida sports scene.
Pat Riley didn't like Ricky Davis in his previous stint with the Heat…apparently he dislikes Antoine Walker and his eating disorder more. Riley had issues with Davis’s lack of basketball knowledge and inability to score within the team concept (something that Davis has not improved on). Riley had issues with Walkers refusal to show up at camp in shape and ready to play, he also has had problems with Shaq’s conditioning but he’s not getting shipped out.
Riley’s plan of having a selfish talented player over an overweight one dimensional player seems logical at least for this year. One thing that will come into question was the conditional first round draft pick that the Heat had to give up to complete this deal. With the way the Heat waste draft picks on the likes of Daquan Cook and Dorell Wright at some point they are going to need to add young players through the draft, now they have eliminated a chance in an upcoming draft.
I’m at the Panthers game right now and Olli Jokinen has set two All-Time Panthers records, goals scored and points scored. Now that he holds those records it’s a safe bet to say that Olli is the best Panther in their short history. If you’re a fan of the team you better hope they make the playoffs, if they don’t your seeing Olli’s last days with the Cats.
Like I said before I cover the Dolphins too. At camp today we learned that the Dolphins are officially cursed. Zach Thomas may miss the ‘Phins London game due to whiplash, I mean come on; I’m starting to fear for my safety just being near this team.
Good news Patrick Cobbs has stopped throwing his socks at me, (he inadvertently threw his dirty socks on me post game on Sunday) and we had a chance took talk. One thing about the ‘Phins, they like their back up running backs short Cobbs is 5’9 and Jesse Chatman is 5’8. Speaking of Chatman, he has lost his mind, after Sundays game he said they have never been beaten badly by a team this year (did he realize what just happened on the field), Chatman also cited the Colorado Rockies as reason to believe the Phins will finish strong this year. Good luck with that.
Thought You Might Want to Know:
--Zack Thomas, David Martin and Keith Traylor all missed practice today
Phins signed Casey Bramlet, Quentin Moses, Lance Schulters and released Jesse Mahelona.
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