“Foul … Number 32 … Goofy.”

Quiet day in the NBA blogosphere today: FreeDarko’s still helping Lamar, Henry’s recycling a Big Ben article, and YAYsports! is nowhere to be found — although lucky for you ladies, he’s left a picture of one strapping lookin’ young man.

[Note: YAYsports! just posted. So … YAY!]

Umm… what else is there? Oh, it’s a couple days old now, but rumor has it Wade’s going to sign … with the Raptors. Yeah, who knew? Apparently Wade’s baby-momma’s got a thing for maple syrup. Kidding. He’s signing with the Heat. Here’s Ira with the indented grapes:

“Henry Thomas, agent for Heat guard Dwyane Wade, confirmed Monday what has been apparent for a while: Wade will sign a maximum contract extension with the Heat once allowed by league rules on July 12.”

– snip, snip, snip –

“Basically, it means Wade will play the coming season under the final year of the rookie scale and then receive a five-year extension beginning in 2007-08. The extension is limited to five years because a player, under collective-bargaining rules, cannot be under contract for more than six total seasons.

Because Wade’s extension will be based on the 2007-08 salary cap, the actual value won’t be known until a year from now, but the five-year package should fall in the $80 million range.”

So there you go. Heat fans everywhere can breathe a huge sigh of relief. You’ve got your Ahmad Rashad main man back. Next up, Cavs fans.

And oh, just thought of something else. I’m currently reading Chris Palmer’s book, The Sixth Man: A Season Inside the NBA Playground and well, something on page 158 caught my eye this morning:

April 10, 2005

“Van Gundy hates these hiccups in his plans [Shaq’s nagging thigh injuries] and why shouldn’t he? He’s under enormous pressure. In the last two years, twenty-three of his peers have lost their jobs, including every head coach in what had bee, before this season’s realignment, the NBA’s Atlantic Division. What’s more, Van Gundy’s leash is a good bit shorter than most, because Miami’s front office has done such a terrific job of assembling a championship-caliber team. To save his head, Van Gundy has to win and win big … with Pat Riley watching from the shadows. As the team’s president, the man who put all of those pieces together, Riley doesn’t meddle in Van Gundy’s business. In this, the Heat’s best season ever, he’s rarely quoted in the newspaper. He surfaces just long enough to make it known that he has no designs on Van Gundy’s job. But Stan Van Gundy is a basketball coach and basketball coaches know not to get too comfortable. And Pat Riley is an ex-basketball coach and ex-basketball coaches never get the itch to coach out of their systems. Van Gundy is no fool. Neither is Riley.”

Good call, Chris.

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By J.E. Skeets at 1:15 pm on 07.05.2006 — Tags: Dwyane Wade, Heat

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2 Responses to ““Foul … Number 32 … Goofy.””

  1. Tony at 4:34 pm on 07.05.2006

    Hey Skeets and Tas, just saw this and had to share. Hopefully you haven’t seen it yet.

    T.

  2. Howie aka Hype at 4:54 pm on 07.05.2006

    Okay, I just saw that 720 clip… that was just plain retarded. Wow.

    I didn’t like the Van Gundy/Riles setup, but the result mattered. I just feel bad for the guy (Stan that is). I hope he gets a fair chance later on.

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