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Erick Dampier Completes First Practice With Miami Heat

November 23, 2010   Surya Fernandez   No comments

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Erick DampierMIAMI — Erick Dampier finally signed with the Miami Heat, nearly two months after the team initially passed on his services. With co-captain Udonis Haslem lost indefinitely and the Heat getting pummeled inside throughout the season, Dampier was the best big man available on the market after accepting a buyout from the Charlotte Bobcats before the season started and becoming an unrestricted free agent. The coaching staff hopes his presence inside as a low-post defender and rebounder will help plug one of the team’s holes in the roster.

“I just wanted to make sure it was the right situation for me,” said Dampier shortly after signing with Miami and wrapping up his first practice. “You never know what happens after training camp, the start of the season and injuries happen. I had other options but I wanted to be on a contending team. They have great guys on this team, some of the best players in the league, so this gave me an opportunity to come here and play. I just got to make the best of it.”

Dampier was the last player off the court following Tuesday’s practice, going overtime alongside rookie Dexter Pittman after the rest of the team had finished up. Both big men, on opposite ends of their careers, worked on drills together with the coaching staff. The former Mavericks center is eager to play immediately to help out his new team.

 

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Erick Dampier Joins Miami Heat as Udonis Haslem Goes Under the Knife

November 23, 2010   FanHouse Staff   No comments

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Erick DampierErick Dampier officially joined the Miami Heat on Tuesday, practicing with his new teammates after passing a physical and signing a contract earlier in the day.

“I just look at it as an opportunity of a lifetime here,” Dampier said.

The news coincides with the announcement that key reserve Udonis Haslem, the team’s co-captain and most physical presence in the paint the past several seasons, underwent successful surgery to repair a torn Lisfranc ligament in his left foot. Haslem, who suffered the injury in Saturday’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, is expected to be sidelined for the next four months, and possibly the rest of the season.

Haslem has been the Heat‘s leading rebounder each of the past two seasons, despite not starting a single game since the 2008-09 season. And with Miami’s frontline being abused even before losing Haslem, Dampier will be expected to make an immediate impact.

“He gives us size and rebounding. That’s what he’s always done throughout his career,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “And now, since we are a little thin with UD out indefinitely, he’ll be able to bolster our frontline and probably give us some of the things that we’ve been lacking so far in the 14 games.”

 

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Dexter Pittman Patiently Waits to Help Miami Heat Fill Void in Middle

November 11, 2010   Surya Fernandez   No comments

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Dexter PittmanMIAMI — Plenty of questions were raised before the season about how the Miami Heat would counter the size of elite teams like the Boston Celtics. With a small sample of games to observe, those questions appear to have some merit as the Heat have been pushed around in the paint.

Joel Anthony can only do so much with his 6-foot-9 frame — he’s just one inch taller than LeBron James — and his limited offensive game. Zydrunas Ilgauskas may well be their best jump shooter but has obviously slowed down and won’t play full-time. Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem working in tandem doesn’t appear to be enough of a defensive presence inside during crunch time.

A second (or third?) look at free agent Erick Dampier is rumored to be taking place now that his deal with the Houston Rockets has fallen apart. There doesn’t appear to be many other options that can help out in the short term, even though Heat president Pat Riley is surely open to pulling the trigger on a deal should the right player become available.

 

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Jerry Stackhouse Joins the Miami Heat

October 23, 2010   Tom Ziller   No comments

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Jerry StackhouseJerry Stackhouse is the latest All-Star to join the Miami Heat. The 35-year-old wing signed a one-year deal with the Heat the same day the team found out it’d be without Mike Miller for the next two months due to thumb surgery. Stackhouse played with the Bucks last season, joining the team in January for the stretch run.

Stackhouse, an All-Star in 2000 and 2001 as a Piston, played decent minutes for Scott Skiles’ Bucks, averaging 20 a night in 42 games last season. He was plugged in as a mid-usage roleplayer, much in the same the Heat were expected to insert Miller into lineups featuring ball-dominant wings LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

Strangely enough, despite Miller’s reputation as a firestarter on the perimeter, the aging (and slowing) Stackhouse shot more frequently than the younger Miller last season. As I wrote in July, Miller has changed dramatically over the past two seasons, becoming a reluctant shooter focused on rebounding (which he does well) and passing (which he does surprisingly well for a non-traditional playmaker). Given that Miller has been such a sharp shooter over the years, this metamorphosis isn’t necessarily a good thing.

 

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Duhon, Stackhouse Awaiting Free Agency, Prepping to Coach

June 18, 2010   Tim Povtak   No comments

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NBA veteran Jerry Stackhouse wants to play at least one more season, but he isn’t waiting to start work on his next career. And neither is Chris Duhon, who should have several more years on the court.

Both already are making plans to coach.

Stackhouse and Duhon are preparing for the uncertainty that unrestricted free agency will bring them this summer, but not before spending the last few days at the Coaching Development Program being orchestrated by the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA).

They are two of the 14 current players participating in the program at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the NBPA’s annual Top 100 High School Camp, which helps prepare the nation’s best prep players for life on and off the court at the college and professional level.

 

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Jerry Stackhouse Sings National Anthem Before Game 6 Against the Hawks

April 30, 2010   Brett Pollakoff   No comments

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The Bucks held a 3-2 series advantage over the Hawks, and were hosting a possible elimination game on Friday night in Milwaukee. So why not pull out all the stops to get the crowd ready to go for Game 6?

Jerry Stackhouse, who has averaged over eight points and 21 minutes per game for the Bucks off the bench in these playoffs, decided to give his team a little extra lift before tip-off by assuming the singing duties on the customary pre-game live version of the national anthem. Here’s a clip of Stackhouse in action; the full version can be seen here.

 

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Cavs Know Bucks Will Be a Dangerous Playoff Opponent

March 31, 2010   Pat McManamon   No comments

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CLEVELAND — The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t say a lot, but they didn’t have to. The final stats from the Bucks‘ 101-98 loss to Cleveland said plenty.

In the game, the Cavs shot 45 free throws, the Bucks nine. It was a disparity that almost seems impossible.

But despite that disparity — which is unheard of in most NBA games — the Bucks still were able to wipe out a 10-point third-quarter deficit, still were able to lead the Cavs in the final minutes and still were able to take the team with the league’s best record to the final seconds.

Impressive? Yes. Something to build on? Not for these Bucks, who came to Quicken Loans Arena having won seven-of-10 games.

“We should have won that game,” Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. “We gave them that game.”

 

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Cavs Know Bucks Will Be a Dangerous Playoff Opponent

March 31, 2010   Pat McManamon   No comments

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CLEVELAND — The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t say a lot, but they didn’t have to. The final stats from the Bucks‘ 101-98 loss to Cleveland said plenty.

In the game, the Cavs shot 45 free throws, the Bucks nine. It was a disparity that almost seems impossible.

But despite that disparity — which is unheard of in most NBA games — the Bucks still were able to wipe out a 10-point third-quarter deficit, still were able to lead the Cavs in the final minutes and still were able to take the team with the league’s best record to the final seconds.

Impressive? Yes. Something to build on? Not for these Bucks, who came to Quicken Loans Arena having won seven-of-10 games.

“We should have won that game,” Bucks coach Scott Skiles said. “We gave them that game.”

 

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Need a Temp? Call Jerry Stackhouse

March 25, 2010   Chris Tomasson   No comments

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Jerry StackhouseYou’ve heard of a Kelly girl, the quintessential temp worker? Well, Jerry Stackhouse wants to be a Kelly guy.

He’s off to a good start since he wears a green uniform like those temporary workers of yore.

Stackhouse, 35, joined the Milwaukee Bucks midway through the season after receiving no offers previously for a guaranteed contract. Stackhouse is averaging 8.1 points for a team that is 23-8 since he first suited up Jan. 20.

It’s gone so well Stackhouse is thinking he’d like to continue with this job of being a temporary NBA player. So next season, in order to keep additional wear and tear off his aging body, he might again wait until the campaign is half over to join a team.

“I might just try to do the same route I did this year,” said the shooting guard, who signed Jan. 18 after Milwaukee had lost starting shooting guard Michael Redd for the season due to a knee injury. “Just kind of catch on, hook on (midway through next season) to rest the legs a little bit longer.”

 

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Bucking Expectations, Milwaukee Strikes Fear in East

March 22, 2010   Chris Tomasson   No comments

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For nearly a decade, they were sitting Bucks.

Now, the rallying cry is “Fear the Deer.”

One of the NBA‘s most surprising resurgences this season has been that of the Milwaukee Bucks (38-30), who have won 14 of their past 16 games after a surprising victory Saturday at Denver.

Last summer, the Bucks were shedding payroll. They traded Richard Jefferson to San Antonio for next to nothing, renounced restricted free agent Charlie Villanueva and yawned when Minnesota put down an offer sheet on restricted free agent Ramon Sessions and claimed him a week later.

Now, the Bucks are a good bet to land the East’s No. 5 seed as they close in on their first playoff berth in four years. And you better believe Atlanta and Boston, fighting to be the No. 3 rather than the No. 4 seed, wouldn’t mind if able to duck a Buck outfit in the first round.

“We’re playing extremely well,” said Milwaukee general manager John Hammond. “We’re playing hard and we’re putting forth the consistent effort.”’

 

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