Miami Heat Acquire Quentin Richardson

Finally! A significant offseason move for Pat Riley and the Miami Heat. People in Heat Nation were waiting for this moment more than the Boston Celtics were waiting to win the championship.

The Heat, making their first significant move of the summer, acquire guard/forward Quentin Richardson from the Timberwolves. In return, the T-Wolves get a reunion with center Mark Blount.

Blount, a ine-year NBA Veteran, was acquired by the Heat along with Ricky Davis from the Timberwolves on Oct. 24, 2007 in exchange for Antoine Walker, Michael Doleac, Wayne Simien, and a conditional first-round draft choice. In two seasons with the Heat, Blount appeared in 89 games (46 starts) and averaged 7.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 19.7 minutes while shooting 45.2 percent from the floor, 39.4 percent from three-point range, and 63.6 percent from the foul line.

I believe this is the final stop for Q-Rich this summer. His summer started by being dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies in a draft night trade for Darko Milicic. Later, he was subsequently dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers on July 17 for Zach Randolph and then to the Timberwolves on July 20 for Mark Madsen, Craig Smith, and Sebastian Telfair. Talk about change of scenery. Do remember, he ended the season with the New York Knicks.

Pat Riley said it best, "Over the course of his career, he has proven to be a fierce competitor, a great locker room presence, and a very prolific three-point shooter who may be one of the strongest perimeter players in the NBA. We feel that he will be able to match-up well against the top scorers in the league."

I agree, this trade was a steal for us. We traded a seldom used Mark Blount for a very high caliber player in Q-Rich. This is basically payback for us from 2007 when we were robbed by the T-Wolves.

Heat Nation and myself are not the only ones celebrating this acquisition..."Who would of ever thought we would play 2gether. Let's get it," Wade wrote on his Twitter feed today. YES! Wade is happy (for now). The next thing that will make him happy should be getting Allen Iverson...but you didn't hear that from me.

You're currently logged into Facebook

Do you want to share your Bleacher Report activity on Facebook?