Joel Anthony

Q: Did the Heat run out of steam Friday night or was it just a case of LeBron James trying to do too much? -- Chet. A: The issue is that LeBron had to do too much, with Dwyane Wade in a diminished state and Chris Bosh for too long in a passive state....

   LeBron James gave it everything. And still more was required.    This time, he wound up as something less than hero, with a pair of critical late turnovers.    These Indiana Pacers aren't going anywhere, especially with the next two games of...

    It was somewhere between a LeBron drive, a LeBron dunk, a LeBron block, a LeBron rebound, a LeBron winning jump ball – yes, he even won a jump ball against 7-foot-2 Roy Hibbert – that a voice said the scary truth for the first time:...

Q: Hey Ira, after watching Game 4, I think it is time to shut down Dwyane Wade for the rest of the playoffs. He is completely useless out there with that knee. The Heat have enough depth around LeBron James and Chris Bosh to win a championship. Your...

Q: To keep the core together, the Heat will need to minimize role-player salary. Is Norris Cole playing himself out of their market as a bench player at the same time he is proving himself indispensable to the team? Is next season the last the Heat retain...

Q: Not to completely overreact after one loss, but does the "position-less" approach not work as well against the Bulls? The main benefit of "position-less" is to space the floor and create chances at the rim or corner 3-poiners, and the Bulls do a...

   It is a game of truth-or-dare that often can define the Miami Heat's offense and certainly delineate Udonis Haslem's scoring success.    If the mid-range jumper is true, the offense not only opens up for the 10th-year power forward, but the rest of...

For Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers, the highlight of the recent Think Pink Basketball fundraiser was hearing the inspiring stories of breast cancer survivors and their families. "Breast cancer has affected a lot of people in South Florida, but...

Q: Ira, when Jason Collins announced that he was gay, it got me thinking about the major impact he could have on a team like, say, the Heat. Collins has long been known as being a great teammate and heavy positive influence in the locker room. And at 34,...

   It must be the hair.    Although the hands and the hustle certainly help.    Playing pick-and-roll basketball with LeBron James isn't as exotic as it sounds.    It usually means bumping into a sinewy defensive specialist and then having to be...

Q: How concerned should we be that Dwyane Wade claims he's "not even close" to feeling 100 percent physically? Does he think he's going to get stronger as the playoffs progress? Or is this going to be a similar scenario to last year's playoffs? --...

A painful memo to all mortal souls in the planet: 'Tis the year of the all-mighty bully. Tiger Woods is roaring again. The Miami Heat are soaring to another NBA title. And the Los Angeles Lakers appear to have awakened from their sleepy, dysfunctional...