Five Hundred

The Miami Heat is currently at .500 (7-7). Kudos to Wade for getting Eastern Conference Player of the week honors. In hindsight, I think you could have hoped for a better start to the season. Although, realistically speaking, I think they'll be hovering at around .500 for the rest of the season. As a fan, i'm really hoping for an 8 or 10 game above-500-finish . That'll put them at around the 5th or 6th seed in the east. However, at around .500, they can get either the 7th or 8th seed, or even lose out on the playoffs completely - remember, the East is much stronger now compared to previous seasons because of the emergence of the Hawks, Magic, Sixers, and New York; and even more consistently play from its powerhouses - Cavs, Pistons, Celtics.

Anyway, here are things to i've noticed from the season so far:
1. Miami NEEDS a real center. Too often they are just being overwhelmed with size.
2. Derrick Rose might edge out Beasley for ROY honors.
3. Chris Quinn suddenly becomes the second coming of Jason Kapono.
4. Shawn Marion will most probably be gone as soon as his contract expires. He seems too disinterested with how his team is playing.
5. Mario Chalmers will be a good point guard one or two years from now. Right now he is just.. inconsistent.
6. I don't know if James Jones and Jamal Magloire are the answer for Miami's bench woes.
7. Shaun Livingwho? Slowly turning out to be the Penny Hardawho incident.
8. Wade has been pretty amazing so far. I'm just worried he might be physically and mentally spent before the last two months of the season - where the schedule gets extremely tough and important playoff implications are abound.
9. Can't really be too sure if Spo has any effect on the players.
10. Wade might leave in 2010 if things don't turn around. Although I believe, he's happy right where he is, but he'll be aching for a superstar alongside him. Bosh, perhaps?