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My Favorite player of all time of the Miami Heat is Dwade. He is the reason why i like the heat. I remember when they won their first championship and how they won it, it meant a whole lot to see dallas lose “a big Houston rockets fan” ! So i will always remember him destroying them in those finals !!!

My favourite Miami Heat player of all-time is the man that promised the people of Miami a championship, and delivered in a way that no other superstar could. Shaquille O’Neal, one of the greatest centers the games ever seen, arrived on South Beach (before it was the cool thing to do) in 2004, the season after his Lakers squad lost the NBA Finals to the underdog Detroit Pistons. His first press conference with the Heat was a parade in itself, with Shaq firing a “Shaq sized” water gun on the thousands of fans in attendance. He followed that up by grabbing a mic and declaring that he would one day lead the Miami Heat to championship glory. Shaquille O’Neal’s renowned and unique style fit perfectly with the people of Miami and his leadership style on the court helped elevate the Heat to a top contender in the Eastern Conference. An automatic birth in the NBA Finals was not in the books for the Miami Heat right away, as it took the Miami Heat and Shaq two seasons of failure to finally make the NBA’s highest stage in the 2006 season. After finally defeating the same Detroit Pistons squad that hampered O’Neal’s fourth championship with the Lakers, the Miami Heat defeated the “bad boys” from Detroit, the Heat had moment going into the Finals. The story however would shift from Shaq’s dominance, to a young player’s rise from top draft pick to elite player. In the 2006 Finals, the Miami Heat played the Dallas Mavericks, which would prove to be a tough challenge for the champs from the East. However, Dwyane Wade would come through big by averaging a Finals high 34.7 ppg, which was the highest Finals points average since O’Neals 38 ppg with the Lakers during the 2000 Finals. Even with the Heat strong showing, the Heat found themselves in a whole following the first two games of the series. After being down 0-2 in the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat battled back, largely due to Shaquille O’Neal’s elite passing out of the constant double teams the Mavs through at him, to give the ball up to open sharp shooters, and superstar to be Dwyane Wade. The Heat would close the series out in six games, giving the Miami Heat their first championship, delivering on O’Neal’s declaration, and show casing the future of the franchise in Dwyane Wade, who hailed Shaq’s leadership and encouragement as a main reason why he was able to achieve such success. Shaquille O’Neal is a one of a kind player, who talked-the-talked, but always walked-the-walked on the biggest stage, and for his unique style and dominant career, Shaquille (Superman, Diesel, aka too many nicknames to list) O’Neal is my favourite Miami Heat player of all-time.

My favorite All-Time Miami Heat player has got to be Shaquille O’Neal. The most polarizing player in the game, the Most Dominant Ever, the Big Aristotle; Shaq was the man in those days and was fresh off of an LAL squad that said they were tired of him, so what does he do? Goes out and wins a ring with a young D-Wade and a frail old Zo. As soon as he walked off the plane chanting he was gonna bring a ring to South Beach I was sad, my most beloved NBA player of my youth was gone from the team I loved the most. Shaq is and forever will be the greatest player to ever play in Florida.

I live in Florida and it is my one and only dream to meet Shane Battier.
First of All, I know he isn’t an all star or hof er but, this is my story so bare with me. 7 months ago I wrote Shane a 2 page letter and told him that I’ve followed his career my whole life, I always shoot 3′s with him in nba2k, and that he was a hall of famer in my world. A month later he sent me back a signed card and he put on it to Danny, Dream Big! with his autograph on it! It made my day and made me feel special! When the NBA finals were on in the summer I couldn’t wait to see what Shane would be doing and I was jumping for joy (not really) when he made all those 3 pointers and it just made me feel special again! I know the prize consists of a Lebron James jersehy but wearing the Lebron Jersey actually represents not Lebron, but how big of a Heat fan I am and it would be the first contest I would have ever won on SLAM online ever since I found out about the site. Well go Shane and Thanks!

D-Wade. I´m a Celtic and i hate the Heat. Or i don´t hate them unless they play some other team… Anyhow I´ve always had the utmost respect for those players who play their whole career for one team. And him to win it firstly without James and Bosh and get the MVP honours along the way. Where he is from and the things he had to go through from a very young age, his mom and all that. I can relate to that. And then there is that style, swag or whatever you wanna call it Do i need to say more?

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When considering my favorite Miami Heat player,

I’ll think back to a time when Suarez was mayor,

When my team crash landed on south beach,

Long before the 20 twelve chip was in reach.

We didn’t have much, except our 9th pick,

Seikaly making moves that made players sick,

The spin doc needed help to make some incisions,

And G-Rices smoooth j’s soon added the precision

His stroke and his hot ex-wife were no joke,

And when he’d hit a trey I swear I’d smell smoke.

Along with Smitty our early ‘90s team was nice

Getting us to into the playoffs at least twice.

But although I loved it, it never really felt legit,

Until we snatched the Hornet’s number 2 pick.

Mourning gave us the identity we all craved

A two time DPoY who fought like he played

battling the boards, his Kidneys and the Knicks,

A true warrior right down to his signature kicks.

Him and Timmy crossover had got me believing

Even if the GOAT + Pat Ewing left me screaming.

Still, Zo must remain near the number 1 spot

His fire still burning on long after he stopped.

Then out of the Darko came no.3 Dwayne Wade,

Who maybe the greatest so far in our player parade

Flash out of Marquette, I saw Mike Jordan at times

Crossovers, dunks, getting a double nickel in 2009

And sure enough his MVP performance was the reason

him and Shaq dominated the league in the ‘05 season.

Converse said he falls down 7 times and get up 8

And it was D-Wade’s heart that made Miami great.

Now we’ve got Bron an MVP who might end up GOAT,

But he doesn’t yet put the biggest lump in my throat,

Sure he’s got talent and video game type numbers,

But he’s only been with us for the last two summers.

So I’m picking Dwyane Wade as my favourite baller,

There’s no other Heat player to me who stands taller.

He’s electric on court, and off it a great father figure

and he still plays in a way that gives me the shivers.

alonzo mourning. jeff van gundy riding his leg is the icing on the cake of a pretty epic career

Man, i want these

Bro I met him and he is an awesome guy! Such a nice person

Oooohh…tempted to say beasley, but gotta say Dwyane Wade. Dude was basically all the Heat had for the past 10 years. He loves the city of Miami and would do anything to get more titles.

Tim Hardaway…when you look in the dictionary and see the word “Crossover” you’ll see his picture

Mr Crossover Timmy Hardaway.

After the Heat acquired Alonzo Mourning, they needed a floor general to help lead their new team against their nemesis, MJ and his bulls. They trade basically nothing to get Timmy Hardaway from the Warriors who was part of the famous Run TMC crew. Hardaway comes in and leads them to some of their best seasons in their short history. He even made First Team NBA in the 96-97 season.

To top it off, the Heat retired his jersey so no one can ever floss the number 10 jersey while with the Heat.

A winner has been selected, thank you to everyone who participated!!

My vote has to go to The Glove and his marlin-fishing-boat-crew…

…all equipped with customary tracksuits, Timberlands and woolie hats…

…you can´t get more Miami than this!

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I’m surprised that there’s only one comment for Steve Smith. No old-schoolers out there?

Dwayne wade he has a lot of style and really loves basketball he played for marquette one of my favorite college teams,he really knows how to play the game