" The Miami HEAT announced today that they have signed free agent guard Devin Green. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Green spent the 2006-07 with three different teams. He played in eight preseason games (two starts) for the Los Angeles Lakers, averaging 4.8 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.10 steals in 12.8 minutes per game. He was waived by the Lakers on October 30, 2006, and played in 14 games (14 starts) for the L.A. D-Fenders of the NBA Development League. There, he averaged 19.3 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.50 steals in 38.4 minutes per game. " SOURCE: http://www.nba.com/news/miami_signs_devin_green.html are we ever gonna sign somebody good? i mean, i know he put up good numbers in the DLeague, but, well, its the DLeague, haha. And Penny used to be good, but i doubt he will be anymore. dont even get me started on smush.
Wow, are you kidding me? You guys are loading up on Laker cast aways. First Marcus Slaughter, then Smush Parker, now Devin Green? You might as well go after Von Wafer as well
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">^^ And Danilo Pinnock</div> No, JR Pinnock was acually decent.
The bigger issue is that this now gives them seventeen players on their active roster. Are you allowed to add new players to the team if one of your old players is on the IL? I thought you could have no more than 15 players on the roster, even if they were all injured, but maybe there's an exception nowadays. Either that, or players like Joel Anthony and Marcus Slaughter should be preparing to be cut in a few weeks.
Voodoo, I believe the Heat have already signed Marcus Slaughter to a guarenteed contract, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyways, Penny Hardaway and Devin Green will most likely just be camp invites. I don't think the Heat have signed them to a guarenteed contract
<div class="quote_poster">Brian Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Voodoo, I believe the Heat have already signed Marcus Slaughter to a guarenteed contract, but I'm not 100% sure. Anyways, Penny Hardaway and Devin Green will most likely just be camp invites. I don't think the Heat have signed them to a guarenteed contract</div> Yeah, it's a two year contract, but two players have to be cut from the Heat roster, and right now he's probably the weakest link outside of Joel Anthony. I guess it'd be more logical that they'd cut Devin Green, but then why is this even news? It sounds like they're just going to use him as a practice dummy in training camp and then throw him away before the season rolls around. This has the connotations of a more important signing than that though. Usually acquisitions like that don't get their own articles on nba.com. On a sidenote, I don't get why the Heat are so enamored with D-League talent. Odds are, if you weren't drafted, even if you weren't even on any team's draft radar, there'll be a place for you with the Heat. Just look at Earl Barron, Robert Hite, Daniel Horton, Chris Quinn, and Vincent Grier. This year it's Joel Anthony, Jeremy Richardson, Marcus Slaughter, and Devin Green. None of those players belong in the NBA. If the Heat were just better at making small time moves, they'd be a title contender next season, but instead of signing Brevin Knight, they signed Smush Parker. Instead of signing Alexander Johnson, they signed Joel Anthony. Instead of resigning one of their wings, they signed Marcus Slaughter. I wonder who's behind all of these transactions.
<div class="quote_poster">Voodoo Child Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">The bigger issue is that this now gives them seventeen players on their active roster. Are you allowed to add new players to the team if one of your old players is on the IL? I thought you could have no more than 15 players on the roster, even if they were all injured, but maybe there's an exception nowadays. Either that, or players like Joel Anthony and Marcus Slaughter should be preparing to be cut in a few weeks.</div> I'm pretty sure you can have more than 15 until the season starts, then you have to cut the players. Utah does it every year, bring in trash guys, then cut a few of them. D-Wade is out for the first month or two of the season, so maybe they're looking to fill in his void for awhile.
