Mike Miller of the Miami Heat had surgery on his thumb yesterday to repair a torn ligament and fracture on his thumb after getting it caught it on a player’s jersey during practice earlier in the week. Unfortunately for Miller and the Heat, Miller will be out until January. Miller was expected to a be key player off the bench for the Heat who had to piece together a bench after the huge contracts of Wade, LeBron, and Bosh took up much of their salary cap. Miller is a tremendous outside shooter who can certainly stretch the defense to open up driving lanes and allow Bosh to post up.
With the announcement of Miller sidelined, there have been reports that veteran forward Jerry Stackhouse has worked out for the Heat. Stackhouse, who last played last year with the Bucks, is an unsigned free agent at the moment. Stackhouse would a suitable veteran presence on the Heat and could certainly provide the Heat with some added leadership as well as a tough minded defensive player. At the moment the Heat don’t have much depth at small forward with just James Jones and De’Sean Butler who is currently injured.
This is just another setback for the Heat who have been out with Dwayne Wade since the beginning of the preseason with a sore hamstring. It is expected that Wade will be ready by the beginning of the season but it surely isn’t the start of the season that the Heat wanted to have. As many people know, hamstring injuries can reoccur at any moment and because of the way Wade plays by going hard to the basket and taking many hits it is very possible that the injury could occur again. Many teams may also have a little bit more motivation to go after the Big Three when they attempt to attack the basket.
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