Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade Are Not Happy

I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but there is this professional basketball team in Miami, with really famous players on it. And yet, somehow, they’re not doing too well of late. Crazy, huh?

The Heat lost to Portland at home last night, Miami’s fifth consecutive defeat, leading to more scrutiny and pressure on the team.

Though LeBron James and Erik Spoelstra both insist that they must stay the course and that things will eventually turn around, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade sound less than convinced about the current game plan.

Wade publicly questioned his coach‘s rotations, and Bosh (after playing horribly in the loss) complained about a lack of touches in the post. ESPN has the quotes:

“It is common sense, we can talk about it, but I think it’s evident,” Bosh said. “I just have to get it where I’m effective. I’m a big man. I can shoot the ball but I’m a big man. So I have to get it where big guys get it. Then I feel I can start helping out this team more.”

The team’s rotation changed recently with the addition of point guard Mike Bibby, who signed last week. “Hopefully guys can be aggressive and contribute more,” Wade said. “There are guys on the bench that can help us, no question about it. That is all on coach. We’ve had guys like Eddie [House] help us win games and James Jones, etc. He’s going to have to decide whether or not people are on the floor.”

DWade may have a point when it comes to giving different guys a chance to play. As for Chris Bosh, things aren’t that simple — back in October, he told the world that he doesn’t really like bumping and grinding in the post. Whoops!

Things don’t get any easier for Miami, as they host the Lakers tomorrow night, the defending champs and the NBA’s hottest team. Yeah, good luck with all of that.

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http://www.slamonline.com Cheryl

This is not a good look. I support my team through all the wins and losses, but something’s got to change. Bench the starters and start the bench. Or let one of Wade/James/Bosh come off the bench. Or let Rothstein call plays and design strategy. Just try one thing new and see what happens. Man, this is getting hard to watch.
memyselfand9

i’m not a heat fan but i’d love seing them stepping on the lakers again.
would switch all the media hype in the other direction again lol.
http://www.hoopsvibe.com/features/overdribbling chiqo

good to see that the team’s chemistry is coming together for the upcoming playoff run.
KC

Bosh needs to get his soft ass down under the basket and make an impact. He needs to be rebounding and blocking shots not taking 15-18 ft jumpers All Nba Champions and every good team in the league have an inside presence. The heat have no presence inside what so ever. Wade and Lebron taking turns going one on one isn’t going to work either. What type of offense is this team running? All I see is a bunch of people standing around watching while James and wade take turns going off the dribble.
Morgan

Miami’s biggest problem isn’t where Chris gets the ball or what DWade thinks of the rotation – its the bench and supporting players. Everyone knew coming into this season it would depend on the role players stepping up and nobody has done that so far. This mini slump was to be expected – 3 guys can’t be expected to carry a team over the course of a season…it takes 5. Easy lakers win tomorrow.
k1dd_J3e2y

I feel like this was Riley’s plan the whole time. Sorry Spo u about To get SVG’d.
http://twitter.com/BrettMadden Brett Madden

“Bosh needs to get his soft ass down under the basket and make an impact. He needs to be rebounding and blocking shots not taking 15-18 ft jumpers”

Good luck with that. As a Raptors’ fan, he simply would not go to the basket enough.
http://www.slamonline.com Jahmai

Chris Bosh doesn’t know what he wants, maybe he needs to make more shots 1-18 Bulls, now 3-14 or something? You’re getting enough shots when you consider he plays with Dwade and Bron, he just needs to make em. Like this article said, he doesn’t want to bang in the post, and when you watch the games he only shoots jumpers, so what do you want chris?
http://www.pablasso.com pablasso

They need to work their butts on D, that’s the difference between Boston and them, the big three in Miami all they care is about getting shots.
MLK4Life

I see the Lakers blowing them out tomorrow. They’re weak. Lakers are rolling. The worse thing for them is seeing Kobe, Pau and Bynum. I knew before the season that this was a team with two great players, one good player, and a bunch of average and below average players. Second round knockout coming in the playoffs. Wade must be thinking about how good it would be playing with DRose right now.
BRAVO

YES i am very happy what is goin on with the Miami Heat. Juss wait till the Lakers are in town…..YIKES!
vtrobot

“I’m a big man.” Really, dude? You’ve been fooling a lot of us. Can’t believe that Dirk always gets called soft. This is the most delicate starting PF in the L. Are they still filming that lame reality show? It’s getting good now.
http://gmail dirty frank

Maybe they should cry some more. I’m sure that will help. Bosh needs to STFU & get in the post. Every missed shot is a pass to him.
http://gmail dirty frank

These three also need to move without the ball more.
Justin

Bosh should have been more angry after the Chicago game. He had a very nice first half and all of a sudden they stopped going to him in the second half. What is that? They should have been going to him almost every time until the Bulls did something about it. I don’t think Bosh meant that he needed to get the ball in the low post to start backing his man down either. He can get the ball in the post, square up and then take his man, again much like he did in the first half. There aren’t a lot of 4′s that can stay with him when he squares up and he does have a nice touch on his shot. If you look at his stats, they aren’t that far off from where they were as a Raptor, which is actually pretty impressive considering he’s the third option now and not the first. Did anyone on the Heat or their fans think they were getting a vicious rebounder and defender when they signed him? If you did, you don’t follow NBA ball that much. That’s like trading for Ray Allen and thinking you’re getting a slasher to the hoop. And Wade needs to step up and tell Lebron that he needs to be the one taking the shots at the end of games. Wade is a much better slasher in the halfcourt than Lebron is and has done it much more often. Lebron needs to check the ego and see that for himself too
glovechops

early in the season the heat were most effective when only ‘bron or wade was in the game… surrounded by bosh james jones j.anthony and chalmers or house… they play together more now than ever, which causes them not to be overly aggressive over the course of the game which in turn causes them to blow big leads late in the game due to complacency… besides erik spoelstra is a mediocre coach… the heat never run half court sets that get them easy baskets… they rely too much on the dribble drive/score from ‘bron and wade… and when the another team gets a quick 7-0 run or 9-0 run on the Heat he just calls a time out tells em ok we got to right the ship guys and puts em back on the floor… y dont u draw up a play, and come up with a defensive strategy… they will never ever win Chip like this… they dont want to be coached and if they did… erik spoelstra couldnt do it… i feel that way whether they win or lose…
glovechops

agree wit dirty frank… when the ball is in ‘bron or wade’s hand its like the world is at a stand still in the half court… there are no hard cuts to the basket, no backdoor cuts, they may give you a ball screen but its only to get ‘bron or wade a better defender to dribble drive/score against… ‘bron and wade should work the iso pick and roll/pick and pop… i never see pass and cut implemented into their offense, its more like pass and stand still or pass a watch lebron dunk, or my favorite pass and jog thru the lane to the opposite corner(thats not offense) they dont even seem to have a basic motion offense with off ball screens unless its a screen on one block to get ‘bron open for the post up on the opposite block… they are so predictable and simple offensively… the pure talent of ‘bron wade and bosh has won them as many games as they have won… sure they sh!t on the peons in the league wizards, bucks ect. but you see what happens when they play the big dogs LA, Boston, Chicago, San Antonio call it what you want but they need more fire power to contend… they’ll lose in the divisional round of the playoffs
ClydeSays

Bosh got 11 shots. In this offense, that seems about right. Their bench needs to come up with something though. 8 points is pretty anemic.
http://Mrjones21901@aol.com Run’n'Gun219

Man all this is Eric”video man”Spolstra’s fault. He is a horrible coach. He has not set up a rotation, then he has not played james jones who has been nice this year and eddie house who is a nice change up for the second unit. he has no set plays at all. it seems like he is just throwing the ball to his starters and saying go out there and try and get a win. With out a freaking gameplan. PLEASE FIRe THIS GUY.
glovechops

or maybe they’ll get matched up with New York first round… they’d be one and done
http://www.realgm.com Gman

@ Justin… my thoughts exactly!
allenp

This is sad. They are imploding and internal strife is rising. Thisbis the surest indictment orbs leadership skills on that team. Unacceptable behavior when much of the sportingnworld is against you. That is not the time to throw stones. Remember what Isiah Thomas’ mother told him about matches?
glovechops

wade shoulda went to chicago, ‘bron shoulda went to New York… Bosh should have signed with the Lakers… league would be much better that way… Melo would have had to stay in Denver
westeves25

here is something i never thought i would be saying about the Heat…. I liked at first seeing them struggle, but now…. this is pathetic… i almost felt bad for them….. the schedule has them playing weaker teams starting March 18th…. ATL,DEN,DET,PHI,HOU,CLE,MIN,NJ,MIL,CHA, then BOS… by the time they get to Boston they should be on at least a 8-10 game win streak and all media attention swaying them back to getting right for the Playoffs….. (Granted… some of these teams in that stretch are Playoff teams but non of which i see causing any major threat……. I still wouldnt want to play them in the playoffs in any round……..
westeves25

(in Garnett’s Voice), “ANYTHING’S POSSSSSIIIBBBLLLLLLEEEEE!!!!!!!!”
http://slamonline.com The Black Rick Kamla

just watching the contrasts between Portland’s offense and Miami’s offense its readily apparent which team is better coached. You see how well the Blazers move the ball, made the extra pass, and passed guys open. Miami’s offense is just so primitive, its like what Chris and Kevin were saying you play 1 up top and 4 under and its just too easy to defend. The successs I see is when DWade and Lebron work the pick and roll together, its confusing for any defense. But for some reason they don’t do it but a couple times a game, then everything is iso iso, dribble drive, you can’t get away with that crap in the NBA. Then not to mention them boys are tissue soft on the inside. Whenever somebody misses a shot the opposing team will have all 5 guys in the paint for the rebound and the rest of the Heat have already made there way backcourt. In the beginning of the season they were able to simply play good defense, force turnovers and burn squads in transition. It ain’t that easy no more. You gotta play halfcourt basketball to win in this league period. And through however many months the Heat still haven’t gelled and learned to do play it……somethings gotta give. I know its ‘taboo’ to put the blame on Spoelstra but Imma have to do it. He hasn’t lived up to his side of the bargain at all.
Red Star

Where does Bosh get off!! Clown!
http://nicekicks.com meloman2.0

How can u blame this on the role players? or the coach?? the truth of the matter is that this team has 2 of the top 3 players in he world… and 3 of the top 15 players in the world… Triano could coach them and they still should win 60 games… this is 100 percent on the “big 3″
bill breedley

blame it on queen sidekick! holds the ball too long. i thought he was supposed to make his teammates better? why are superstars dwade and bosh sucking? bron is a media created hype.
kuya

this is the first comment that i read that run’n'gun doesn’t say that trade them to the nyk and get it done walsh.
bill breedley

coach always gets the blame. not even phil can coach a 6 foot 9 crab dribbling crybaby who cant make a bucket in the clutch. dwade has to control his team and put the sidekick in his place. only then will the heat actually manage to be respectable again.
hare

Bosh for Dwight Howard! Make it happen in the offseason PR!
robb

This “big three” is truly “two and a half men” I mean, Chris “RuPaul” Bosh, is such a weak player, and he dares to say he’s a big man??? and he complained about a lack of touches in the post??? this guy never plays under the basket, he’s too scared to do that. Seriously Bosh you think you’re a big man? 4 rebounds and 0 blocks are not big man’s numbers p*ssy!
http://Mrjones21901@aol.com Run’n'Gun219

@kuya thats cuz im the real RUN’N”GUN the other dude is just a clown bitting my name
http://www.stateoftheceltics.com Ryan

Bosh is a big man? Since when? So now he wants to get the ball down low so he can get pushed out of the paint and be forced to take jump shot anyway? Or get the ball on the box and take a turnaround fadeaway jumper? C’mon now.
Ron Olmstead

Dwyane Wade, Last night when playing Portland, you were having a great game,almost thought it was time for you to say this is your house,but the team fell short again.How can a team relie on just 3 players, all year the team was all together,LeBron James, let me stop for a minute and say i am a Heat fan,every game i watch.But LeBron you are trying to much,and at the end of a game,Wade has been proven to make the big shot. Mike Bibby,Sad to make this move,no defence,And Erik Spoelstra, my thought,He can’t lead leaders to the finals,he has no control. Miller, House, Jones,Get out on the court and get your game on track.Chris Bosh,need to get your mind right, prove yourself, and start making your shots,Dwyane Wade needs a great game Win At home and bring out (This is his House),this team needs a lift,Wade can lift this team.The rookie center,young very talented i feel should have given a little time on court,possiblly a much needed player if needed. Udonis Haslem Will be needed, All the centers on the team,you all are NBA players, start showing it.Some players have to step up,pull together and play better defence,stay on your men in the forth quarter,the 3′s are killing this team.Pat Rilly, Have a team meeting show your concerns, this year the Heat has a great chance,don’t blow it,The NBA is about the RING, Unless you all would rather be fishing this summer.
http://Mrjones21901@aol.com Run’n'Gun219

ok this is a serious question. For all the studs on this site bashing bosh’s game. what would u like him to play like. im being dead seious. cuz from what i see is him as a good player. He is averaging 18 and 8 as the third option on offense and he never gets the ball where he should get it. Also he has no help on the defensive end of the floor crashing the board or ancoring the defense.Tell me what any of there centers do to help the front court. The more most of you guys talk, the more it shows u really dont know basketball. You want a guy who is very thin and his best attributes are taking other big men off the dribble and his nice mid range jump shot to get down low and bang. Why? Wouldnt that take away from makes him good? And if being skilled makes u soft i would take a soft player over a hard player who is tough cuz he screams or pounds his chest anyday.
kuya

for me i just want him to focus on rebounding and defense, he already got 2 of todays best scorers. but im a lakers fan, he better just shoot jumpers and camp out of the lane. lol!
http://Mrjones21901@aol.com Run’n'Gun219

@meloman. how isnt this on the coach? it is his resposibility to put his players in the best position to win.(setting game plans, having a system for the team to play in, having control over his team, etc) spo has not done any of those things. i dont care if yo had the top 4 player in the league on there team if there is no stucture u wont win. especially if u just play one on one ball while other teams are playing team ball. thats why it 5 people on the floor and not just 1
robb

well Run’n'Gun219 Bosh calls himself a big man, if he’s gonna claim he’s a big man he should play like one. Hey I think he’d be a terrific SF, his midrange jumper is pretty good, he’s got pretty good moves and he can definitely score, but he doesn’t play a bigman’s game, he’s tall alright but he’s no PF, so I kinda agree with you, coach should set Bosh as an SF. Being a tall guy is one thing but a big man is another.
Omar

Is there an invisible dude in the post keeping Bosh from playing more there, he seems to be willing to play further out. I think if he were willing to play in the post, they would be more than willing to give him the ball there cause they need someone, anyone to play inside.
HeavenCent

Hey, where’s EBoy???
http://nobulljive.com/ Enigmatic

Bosh is going through an identity crises.
dsleepy

just conjecture, but imo, a lebron for dwight swap would fix much of the heat’s problems.
Jose

Wade needs to lead the offense. . . nuff said. . . .he has the rings, he has the better killer mentality, he should be the man in Miami
http://www.sonicbids.com doyouwantmore

Mike Bibby has been on the team for like four days and they’re already looking to make him a scapegoat for the crappy team chemistry? Ummm…maybe the first clue they weren’t going to click was when everyone said “How are three first options going to distribute the ball without stepping on each other’s toes?” Yeah right Wade, if Eddie House was out there Lebron would make those terrible last second fadeaways.
sandra merritt

I have to say all of you collectively have some good points. I wish that the coach and team could read these comments. Bosh, oh bosh, that poor man is so lost my blood pressure rises watching him play. Dwade my son, you need to contol this game, you are the hardest working person on this team along with james but you can’t do it alone, every and i mean everyone has to step up and help. The team needs to show more inside presence under the basket don’t assume that wade and james will always make the shot wake to hell up bosh you look half the time like you are asleep. Pat Riley needs to step up because God know coach hasn’t a clue. Lets all support them in love because we know we have a great team just need some guidance. Tonight we are going to show all those critics who the miami heats really are.
Davis Love

The Heat’s falling apart is a major victory for all of the sporting world. It proves true that real teams, not mega teams and money, are the true winners in team sports. The Heat created their own dilema by having a victory party before the season even began. They put a target on themselves, and made everybody outside of Miami hate them. The Heat are so far away from being a real contender, and sport’s fans couldn’t be happier about that.
Klav

Most of the Miami faithful are keeping quiet right about now. The only regular I see who even posted was Cheryl, ironic how a twist of events changes a lot of comments. But as someone said earlier, Bron and Wade P&R…aka unstoppable. Even move Bron to the 4 and Bosh to the 3. It would create all sorts of problems defensively. Spoelstra is starting to bring shame to the Filipino community, step up guy. The Heat need cohesion more than ever with playoffs coming up.
bashmo

MIAMI NEEDS TO REBOUND THE BALL. THERE WAS A POSSESSION DOWN THE STRETCH WHERE PORTLAND HAD LIKE 3 CONSECUTIVE 2nd CHANCE OPPORTUNITIES. THEY DID WORK ON THE GLASS. MIAMI’s HEADS ARENT RIGHT! THE MEDIA HAS SUCCESFULLY TAKEN ALL CONFIDENCE FROM THE HEAT!

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