http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/4708 Recent articles about Wayne Simien en-us After watching the Miami Heat sputter offensively in the preseason, Pat Riley realized his team was in desperate need of perimeter help. He's counting on newly acquired Ricky Davis to provide an immediate boost. Davis will slide into the injured Dwyane Wade's spot at starting shooting guard when the Heat open the regular season next week, Riley said Thursday, one day after the Heat pulled off a five-player trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves.Miami sent Antoine Walker, Michael Doleac and Wayne Simien to the Timberwolves, along with a conditional first-round draft pick, for Davis and Mark Blount. "The securing of a perimeter player who could score, who could shoot, who had experience as a starter transcended all other needs. And that's why we did it,'' Riley said. "The preseason showed we didn't have what we needed presently at that position, even though I think we have players who can help us.'' Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:35:02 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32910 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32910 Breaking down the five-player trade between the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:13:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32732 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32732 Breaking down the five-player trade between the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:11:52 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32731 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32731 Yahoo! Sports reported that the Miami Heat and the Minnesota Timberwolves have consummated a five-player deal highlighted by Antoine Walker leaving his conditioning problems and moving out West in exchange for one-time Heat player Ricky Davis and center Mark Blount (who both came from the Boston Celtics in a trade deadline deal almost two years ago). The Boston Globe wrote: "The Celtics sent Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two conditional second-round picks to the Timberwolves on January 27, 2006 in exchange for Michael Olowokandi, Wally Szczerbiak, Dwayne Jones of the development league, and a conditional first-round pick likely to be exercised in 2008." While for the same two players (Davis and Blount), the Heat got the aforementioned Antoine Walker, third-string center Michael Doleac, forward Wayne Simien (who I know is there but never really seen play) and a conditional first-round draft pick. Gosh, it's either the Mutt and Jeff combo of Ricky Davis and Mark Blount isn't worth that much anymore (Davis is projected to be the Heat's third scoring option while Blount should provide help to the trio of Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning, and Udonis Haslem) or this is just another fine move by Timberwolves General Manager (Wikipedia.org lists him as Assistant GM) to dump salary because I don't think the T-Wolves fans would love the idea of trouping to the Target Center to watch the "spectacular" veteran tandem of Antoine Walker and Juwan Howard fill up the box scores. University of Florida's Corey Wayne Brewer, who the Timberwolves drafted this year would be more entertaining to watch in their frontcourt. I mean, come on! They did once upon a time have Kevin Garnett... Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:49:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32728 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32728 Lastest trade news — Minnesota and Miami completed a trade. Here's what both sides get: Minnesota: Antoine Walker Wayne Simien Michael Doleac a first-round draft pick financial considerations Miami: Mark Blount Ricky Davis Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:18:58 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32720 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32720 The rumored deal going around is Ricky Davis and Mark Blount for Antoine Walker, Michael Doleac, Wayne Simien and possibly a draft pick. In my opinion, this deal is a big implication that Dwyane Wade's injury is going to take longer to heal than was originally stated. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:37:30 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32675 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/32675 Wayne Simien's bad run of luck with his health continued on Thursday when the Heat forward underwent surgery on his left knee. The team said Simien had a debridement of the joint after suffering the injury while preparing for next week's summer league. He is expected to miss four to six weeks and again will miss valuable summer playing time. Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:03:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/18779 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/18779 This is part of my series of articles previewing all 30 NBA teams and the upcoming season. The defending champions made no significant moves. None. No draft picks, no free-agent signings, they really are taking the "if it's not broken, don't fix it" philosophy to a new level here. With every major contender in the NBA, both in the East and West, making some changes, it'll be hard for them to return. Dwayne Wade is a top-5 player in the NBA... Shaq is still the most dominating force in the league. But what about the fire of Antoine Walker? or Gary Payton? Are they still hungry? I think they still come out of the East... I just don't see them winning another championship with all the West contenders improving their rosters. Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:46:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/4683 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/4683