Heat closing in on Shane Battier!

[bagelred]

Shane Battier always was a force for good. Now he's turning to the dark side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTi0ZFDawY

[swi7ch]

How is this going to help Bosh/Haslem with Dirk?

dirk has trouble being guarded by in your face smaller guys like posey, battier, etc.

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

dirk has trouble being guarded by in your face smaller guys like posey, battier, etc.

Yeah, about 3 years ago that was true.

[All Net]

dirk has trouble being guarded by in your face smaller guys like posey, battier, etc.

This isn't 2005-2006

[InspiredLebowski]

Posey is the DirkStopper. Submit your offers now.

[JMT]

Battier's professionalism and locker room influence will be lost on a team with James. He's never listened to anyone in his basketball life or followed anyone elses positive example, and he won't start now.

[TheJuice31]

Battier's professionalism and locker room influence will be lost on a team with James. He's never listened to anyone in his basketball life or followed anyone elses positive example, and he won't start now.

Ah yes, Longtime Revered Locker Room Cancer LeBron James. And this is based on..........? Must have missed the part where LeBron and Terrell Owens switched reputations.

[JMT]

Ah yes, Longtime Revered Locker Room Cancer LeBron James. And this is based on..........? Must have missed the part where LeBron and Terrell Owens switched reputations.

Never called him a cancer, though Mike Brown might differ.

[Theoo's Daddy]

Ah yes, Longtime Revered Locker Room Cancer LeBron James. And this is based on..........? Must have missed the part where LeBron and Terrell Owens switched reputations.

Liking this move so far. DEFENSE AND MORE DEFENSE, the foundation of this team.

[PJR]

Battier's professionalism and locker room influence will be lost on a team with James. He's never listened to anyone in his basketball life or followed anyone elses positive example, and he won't start now.

This shit amazes me. Never meet the guy. Never been in a lockeroom, but yet you can make this inference.

[chips93]

Ah yes, Longtime Revered Locker Room Cancer LeBron James. And this is based on..........? Must have missed the part where LeBron and Terrell Owens switched reputations.

coach k wanted to cut him from the redeem team because of his attitude.

[Arroyo8]

really?

[Kurosawa0]

This could end up being the end for Mike Miller.

[JMT]

This shit amazes me. Never meet the guy. Never been in a lockeroom, but yet you can make this inference. :

And every other post on ISH is based on personal, first hand knowledge and/or well qualified, informed basketball insight honed by years of experience.

He never had the experience of a college team where it's possible that a coach or veteran players could have created a situation where he actually had to defer to someone. Certainly never had to do it in high school. Folks in Cleveland were pretty blunt in their assessment that James tuned out the coaching staff and did pretty much what he wanted. And there were instances last year (the brush off/push past Spoelstra comes to mind) where there were questions about how receptive he was to coaching

Never called him a cancer. But when a guy has never had to yield to anyone, and is so convinced that his way is the right way, it's hard to for anyone...especially a role player teammate, regardless how well respected he is by the rest of the league...to break through.

[TheJuice31]

And as it turned out, LeBron was named one of the three captains on that very same Olympic team.