In the MIAMI HERALD, Michael Wallace writes "if that is the case, Beasley would join a power rotation that already includes Shawn Marion and Udonis Haslem, two veterans who have been established starters in the league for years. Despite widespread speculation that Marion and Haslem are in play for potential trades, Spoelstra said there is room for all three forwards to thrive in a new up-tempo system. 'I don't really see it as a problem right now,' said Spoelstra, Heat president Pat Riley's handpicked successor on the bench. `Those things tend to work themselves out. Right now, we have a roster to fill. So I see a bunch of open spots that we need to put players in there. This league is always about talent.'”
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
Reuters - Hurricane Ike barreled toward Cuba as an
extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Sunday and was forecast
to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as a large and
powerful storm echoing Hurricane Gustav.
