Heat To Sign Veterans

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  1. Shapecity

    Shapecity S2/JBB Teamster Staff Member Administrator

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    <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">With a youthful, athletic core in place, Heat coach Pat Riley said he hopes to fill out his roster with experienced contributors.

    Among those Riley would consider are free agents Kenny Anderson, Steve Smith, Charles Oakley and Tyrone Hill.

    "With what's left with the free-agent market, we can plug some holes," Riley said. "There's a half-dozen guys I still really like. They're waiting to the dire end. We've offered some of these guys some partially guaranteed contracts to come in on make-goods."

    Anderson figures to come at a higher price, but even with rookie Dwyane Wade and veteran Rafer Alston at point guard, Riley is interested and conversations are ongoing.

    "If he would take a certain deal, we're very interested in him," Riley said of Anderson, 34, who also has drawn interest from Indiana and Boston. Riley also is thinking in a veteran vein with the power rotation.

    "We're going to need a defender, someone who is smart and savvy, and been around," Riley said, with Oakley, 39, and Hill, 35, fitting those qualifications. "They may have lost some other things, but there's the possibility of those players."</div>


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    jbbKing James JBB Banned Member

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    Take Hill over Oak Pat.
     
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    id prefer the Oakman anytime...
     
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    Good to see that they're trying to make the right decisions, I think they'll be pretty good next year.
     

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