The following was in a Heat oriented article. http://mvn.com/leavingitallonthecourt/2009/06/the-case-against-mcclinton.html
There's the veteran back-up PF who can rebound, but it sure leaves a gaping whole at PG (Sessions, anyone?).
Just seems like a "thinking out loud" post from a blogger. This has about as much validity to it as if one of us started our own blog and said "Cleveland may be willing to part with Lebron James, and let's be honest, Nike is right here in Portland so it could work." -Pop
Haslem has started 386 of the 439 games he's played including 75 for 75 last year. He's averaged 31.5 mpg including 34.1 per game last year. I don't think so.
Photo of Haslem from what used to be the Fifth Avenue Suites in Downtown Portland, high and hanging with a couple of sluts:
A couple years ago after the Heat played the Blazers at the RG, Haslem and Ricky Davis met up with some underaged girls and got high and drunk with them in their hotel room at the 5th Ave. Suites. One of these dumb chicks posted the pictures on her MySpace page. Now they're all over the web. -Pop
Signing Sessions with the cap room and then doing this trade (not like it's a real proposal, though) would be a pretty fantastic summer, IMO.
they don't look underage either..i guess probably underage to drink but i was assuming soda meant under 18
That's funny, because I was just thinking of getting Haslem for Blake a few days ago. Haslem definitely fits the mold of the type of "banger/good rebounder" we've been wanting in a backup PF. If we traded Blake for him, we could then cut Travis, and renounce the rights to Playboy and Freeland, but then we'd have to go all out for a PG, like Miller or Nash. But I think we could do better with our resources. Haslem is in the last year of his contract, and how much do we want to pay for our backup PF?
I like Haslem's game. He's like a more muscular Channing Frye with his ability to hit the 15-foot jumper, but is a hell of a lot tougher than Channing and wants to bang and throw his body around inside. Provided we get a PG to replace Blake, I think it'd be a worthwhile and realistic trade. And Blake gets to go home (sort of) since he's from Miami.
Blake isn't going anywhere -- KP calls him "Blakey" for chrissakes, GMs with pet nicknames for players that end in "y" don't trade those players
