[外電] Who's willing to play second fiddle to Chalmers?
Yes, Mario Chalmers had a pleasant rookie season for a second-round pick in
2008-09. But we're not talking Derrick Rose here, or even Russell Westbrook.
Yet if you didn't know better, you'd swear that it was Chalmers, not Heat
teammate Michael Beasley, who made first-team NBA All-Rookie last season.
In addressing the veteran point guards his team has been linked to in free
agency, Heat President Pat Riley flatly stated Tuesday, "I'm not bringing in
anybody to start over Mario Chalmers."
Understand, Allen Iverson has been vocal that he would demand the right to
challenge for a starting position. And appreciate that a key to Jamaal Tinsley
rehabilitating his NBA image would be a similar role.
That role, if Riley can be taken at face value, apparently is already filled
for the Heat.
So what to make of Tinsley and Iverson?
Of Tinsley, Riley said, "I like Jamaal. He hasn't played for two years. He's
missed a ton of games over the last four years. It's a situation that we're
monitoring, talking, and so that's something we're still thinking about, but we
haven't made any decisions about it. There's isn't anything pending right now."
Of Iverson, Riley said, "Allen Iverson is Allen Iverson. He's still a great,
great player that's slipping through the cracks here, for whatever reasons.
Whoever signs him is probably going to get a very good year out of him."
So, yes, there is interest, but, at least at this stage, muted interest.
"Both players, if we brought them in, would be on a one-year contract," Riley
said. "We would not obviously be looking long term with either player. And I
think they probably know that."
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