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Howard heads to Heat – at last – Yahoo! Canada News
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Tue Jul 20, 5:07 PM
MIAMI (AFP) – Juwan Howard joined the Miami Heat on Tuesday, 14 years after his first multi-million-dollar move to the club was revoked because it pushed the club over salary cap limits.
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“We feel that Juwan’s ability to play both the four and five spot will be complimentary to what we have put together,” said Heat president Pat Riley, who has already pulled off the coup of the summer by signing free agent stars Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh.
Since putting together the trio, Riley has patiently been building their supporting cast.
In 37-year-old Howard, Riley adds a player he thought he had landed back in 1996, when Howard signed a seven-year, 100 million-dollar deal with the club.
The league voided that deal, and this time around the Heat get Howard for the league mandated veteran’s minimum salary.
Howard agreed to the deal last week, and said he is delighted to get to Miami at last.
“I’m looking forward to working hard this upcoming season and contributing in any way I can,” Howard said in a statement distributed by the Heat.
In 1996 Riley intended Howard to play alongside Alonzo Mourning, who received a 112 million-dollar deal from Miami in that same off-season.
Now Howard will play alongside Wade, James and Bosh, and Mourning is a club executive.
“It’s kind of ironic,” Wade said. “It’s sweet. I’m happy for him… We’re getting a lot of experience. It’s about the right fit and I think he can have that fit.”
Howard will be playing for his ninth NBA team in his 17th NBA season.
He played in 73 games for Portland last season and averaged 6.0 points.
Among active players, he ranks fourth in games (1,116), 15th in points (15,957) and 10th in rebounds (7,251).
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Utah jazz 2010 starting linup?
ok so first do you think boozer will stay? and if so this is my starting 5 for them next year
w/ boozer:
G deron williams
G wesley matthews
C mehmet okur
F carlos boozer
F paul millsap
w/o boozer:
G deron williams
G wesley mathews
C mehmet okur
F paul millsap
F gordan hayward
what do you think?
