Miami Heat News and Rumors: Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade and Danny Granger to Lead
The Miami Heat has just started its training for the 2014-15 NBA season and rumors about its players are flying off the handle. With LeBron James gone to Cleveland Cavaliers, how will the Heat fare without him?
Chris Bosh, Dwayne Wade and Danny Granger are looking to be the top players for the team this season. Bosh for one, sees himself as the new leader of the team and has been training for months to prepare for his new role.
"Right now it's easy. Everybody is supposed to win a championship, everybody wants to win a championship right now, everybody is undefeated, but when those back-to-backs come and those long road trips come, it's going to be a big-time challenge," Bosh said.
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"And especially those nights when you're going to have to put the extra effort for the team and to lead them in a certain way that I wasn't doing before. It's going to be hard," he added.
Wade on the other hand is looking ready to play every game this year after sitting out 28 games last season.
"My goal is to be available every day for my teammates and see what that equals out to. Hopefully it equals out to success for myself, individually, but for our team," Wade said.
Coach Erik Spoelstra though did not say if Wade is rested enough for the coming season.
"He had a good summer, one of health, but also of training. So he came into camp in good shape and we'll just continue to progress him each day. I like the shape that he's in and we want to keep him taking steps forward," he said.
As for Granger, he is looking to be one of the new shooters that the Heat might just need especially since James, Ray Allen, and Shane Battier aren't with the team anymore. His career percentage is 38-percent, and although he suffered a knee injury while with the Los Angeles Clippers last season, he still scored 35.3-percent.
"When you're playing with players like Bosh and D-Wade they draw a lot of attention and it opens up a lot, and that's a credit to those players and a credit to the system as well. The system gives you a lot of open three-point shots. I love that," Granger says.
