<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MiamiHerald.com:</div><div class="quote_post">In need of depth at small forward, the Heat has turned to veteran sharpshooter Wesley Person. Person, a 6-6 swingman, traveled to Miami on Tuesday and is expected to sign a contract with the team this week, according to an associate. He has agreed to accept the Heat's $1.6 million salary-cap exception and would compete with Rasual Butler at small forward Person, 33, has shot 41.3 percent from three-point range during a 10-year career. In 58 games last season for Memphis, Portland and Atlanta, Person shot 39.9 percent on threes (55 for 138) and 40.1 percent from the field, while averaging 5.8 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 17.9 minutes. The Heat opted for Person over free agents Marcus Fizer, Lee Nailon, Kendall Gill, Bryon Russell and Michael Curry. Miami aggressively pursued Toni Kukoc, but he is planning to re-sign with Milwaukee. Meanwhile, the agent for power forward Karl Malone said his client has not decided whether to retire or join a team that is pursuing him (the Heat, Lakers or Spurs).</div>Registration required Get a username and pass here Wesley Person's Stats
<div align="center">Wesley Person Rasual Butler PPG 5.8 PPG 6.8 RPG 2.0 RPG 1.4 APG 1.1 APG .5 SPG .33 SPG .22 BPG .16 BPG .29 FG% .401 FG% .476 FT% .795 FT% .762 3P% .399 3P% .463 MPG 17.9 MPG 15.0 </div> Now the question is who do you think will start? Going by stats, I say Rasual because he's been a heat longer, he's younger, plus his 3pt shot is just slightly better. I guess it'll come down to who's the better defender since their stats are compareable, with Rasual having a slight edge over Wesley. Btw props for Henacy and Tripl3 for selecting Wesley Person as a good candidate to join the Heat.
Yes, I'm going to say it again. =P The Heat need Big Men. Losing 3 of their key defenders for 1 injury prone defender, and then signing a few little guys with little defense just doesn't make any sense to me. If they sign Malone, good. If they don't, well, they could always get another backup guard, right? =P
Well... I think the Heat will still do good. And Shaq just isn't an injury prone defender man, he's way more than that.... his offense makes up for his defense. Plus he's gonna be conditioned after the offseason so he'll be able to play defense.
jamalicious, do you honestly think last year's team is better than this year's team? And for the last time, the reason they got 2 backup PGs was to get wade backup and to try to move him to SG, because our only backup PG, Rafer Alston, left for the raptors, so stop bringing it up already please. There's a reason why Pat Riley is sitting where he's at with his 6 rings and you're sitting here posting on a forum preaching why the Heat are doomed.
Person is a good pickup, him and Rasual could share minutes at the SF spot, but who knows who will start, it should be Rasual, but we'll see.
The percentages may be a bit misleading, but Person is a much better three-point shooter than Rasual. In fact, Person is a bit of a long range specialist, which is good to revolve around Shaq when he throws the ball out from the post. Now that the Heat have Jones and Person to knock down outside shots, their perimeter lineup is set.
Yeah this is a great move by the Heat...I consider Person to be among the top 3 in 3-point specialists, right with Peja Stojakovic and Ray Allen..Person has been a consistent and healthy 40% 3-point sniper for his career, he's durable and can also pass...he also has height at the SF position and I'm hoping this will rejuvenate his career...I would think it would be ideal for Person to start so that his 3-point sniping can be in the same lineup as Dwanye wade, Shaq and EJ...great pickup by the Heat, I'm curious as to what the details of his contract are...
Even though Wesley Person is way past his prime, I think he will be very valuble to our team. ITs obvious they're surrounding Shaq with shooters so Shaq will draw attention away. I still wish Malone would come here and now that they're slary is slimming down it looks more unlikely . I dont think Dennis Scott should come here. We need to chase Malone and then we'll be set. Malone is one of my favorite players and I do wish he comes here.
Give Riley credit for this. The heat are going to have THE best inside-out offense in the league (Shaq inside, Eddie Jones, and Person outside). Not only that, but they have a slasher in Wade.
Great pickup for the Heat, it gives them much needed depth and another option on offense. In regards to who should start, I'd have to go with Rasual. Besides, Person would make one helluva a 6th man.
Hey, if he takes the exception. We can sign people only to minimum salary? Or we can't sign anyone else? PLEASE SIGN MALONE!!! Infact give him the first 2 months off. you can't use Rbutlers 3p% if he didn't take enough shots. ANd PPG APG and any other "PER GAME"(not point guard) stat would be good comparing ppl that play 35-40 min. Otherwise, use per 48 min stats. Also why is person's 3pt% so high yet he only scores 6 points in 17 min. It would be interesting if anyone does the math how many MPG and PPG should the '05 heat and heat players have. Say heat score 100ppg and shaq 24ppg with 33mpg .... etc. So it should end up with 5 x 48 mpg when you add the 12 players up. BTW the Person signing is official. He's now a Heat. We are focusing a lot on offense and little on defense. I don't know about the doleac signing I think they could of done better there. But the rest of the signings including person I am cool with. We have a lot of good shooters now including Eddie Jones. THis is going to be an exciting season. As exciting as the pacers were to their fans last year, if not more exciting. <font color="Red">PLEASE USE THE EDIT FEATURE - ICE</font>
you can't use Rbutlers 3p% if he didn't take enough shots. ANd PPG APG and any othere PG stat would be good comparing ppl that play 35-40 min. Otherwise, use per 48 min stats. Also why is person's 3pt% so high yet he only scores 6 points in 17 min. It would be interesting if anyone does the math how many MPG and PPG should the '05 heat and heat players have. Say heat score 100ppg and shaq 24ppg with 33mpg .... etc. So it should end up with 5 x 48 mpg when you add the 12 players up.
BTW the Person signing is official. He's now a Heat. We are focusing a lot on offense and little on defense. I don't know about the doleac signing I think they could of done better there. But the rest of the signings including person I am cool with. We have a lot of good shooters now including Eddie Jones. THis is going to be an exciting season. As exciting as the pacers were to their fans last year, if not more exciting.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting EcinPC:</div><div class="quote_post">PLEASE SIGN MALONE!!! Infact give him the first 2 months off.</div> Uhh, why would they give him the first 2 months off? <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">you can't use Rbutlers 3p% if he didn't take enough shots. ANd PPG APG and any othere PG stat would be good comparing ppl that play 35-40 min. Otherwise, use per 48 min stats. </div> Your logic makes no sense. Obviously you cannot use the 3% stat on any player if they don't take enough shots to begin with. Thats like saying Tim Duncan is a good 3 point shooter because he's shooting 50% from the field (Made 1/2). Points per game have nothing to do with the PG position, because they aren't usually the first option on offense. Usually the 2 guard carries the offensive load and the PG dishes the ball. Anyhow, comparing the minutes and 48 min stats are irrevelent and we're are talking about the Heat signing Person. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Also why is person's 3pt% so high yet he only scores 6 points in 17 min.</div> He had a limited role. He's kind of like Earl Boykins, Darrell Armstrong, etc. - Guys who can come in and contribute when they are on the court. They aren't playing for a long period of time yet they play effectively. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">It would be interesting if anyone does the math how many MPG and PPG should the '05 heat and heat players have. Say heat score 100ppg and shaq 24ppg with 33mpg .... etc. So it should end up with 5 x 48 mpg when you add the 12 players up.</div> Riiiight.
[quote name='Stan Van Gundy']Wesley Person has proven throughout his career that he is one of the best and most reliable shooters in this league. Obviously with Shaquille O'Neal in the post and Dwyane Wade penetrating, people are going to want to compact their defenses against us. We feel shooting is at a premium for us and today we signed one of the best shooters in the league.
