Stephen A. Smith joined the show to talk about the NBA and the latest trade rumors. Smith said as well as the Heat are playing, there still remains the same problem they've had all season: "The question from me from Day 1 ... can they beat the Boston Celtics?" Smith said. Smith said that the Celtics counter the Heat's athleticism with "brute size" and Rasheed Wallace will come out of retirement to come back to the Celtics. Smith said Wallace told him that's the plan, because he wants another shot at the Lakers in the NBA Finals. Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/danpatrick/blog/142541/index.html?eref=twitter_feed
We have 96 minutes to go between Garnett, Perkins, Shaq, Jermaine, and Davis. Where's the need? Come play-off time, Garnett gets 30, Perkins 25, Davis 20, Shaq 15, Jermaine 6. Jermaine takes the extra minutes if anyone gets into foul trouble. If Perk can't get ready for the 25 a night, give more minutes to Shaq and Jermaine. Now if Chanucey Billups gets dealt and bought-out, he's a must. Sheed...not so much.
If I was negative, then I would think he was coming back. Sheed was out of shape last year, when he was an actual NBA player. Imagine how bad he is now. BTW, SAS already backtracking... http://twitter.com/#!/stephenasmith/status/24899583955959808