blogs.sun-sentinel.com - 8/25/2008
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So how much of what has transpired for Team USA over these past two weeks in Beijing will carry over to the NBA season?
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... Ira Winderman of The Miami Sun Sentinel: “Fine. Wade should be lauded for his Beijing effort. It has been outstanding. Yes, yes, yes, he’s back. But he can also be so much more than a player who gambles for steals, plays the passing lane, risks defensive position in bids for blocked shots. He can, to use Pat Riley’s parlance, be “rock solid” on defense. If he so chooses. Over six months and 82 games, it can’t be an all-the-time thing. But with the Heat lacking a definitive shot-blocker amid the rehabilitation of Alonzo Mourning, and without a ...
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