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Why did the Heat cut Gladness, keep Harris?

Q: Why did the Heat cut Gladness and keep Harris? This team needs size. — Eduard, Miramar.

A: Because this team still has plenty of candidates at center with Joel Anthony, Eddie Curry, Dexter Pittman, and, to a degree, Chris Bosh and Udonis Haslem, and is not even utilizing two of them. No, keeping Harris made far more sense, since he could provide needed athleticism and speed should Dwyane Wade miss additional time due to injury. I found it interesting how Erik Spoelstra chose not to directly answer the question of whether Gladness could possibly be brought back on a 10-day contact once he clears the 24-hour waiver period Thursday.

Q: From my vantage point, with what we have seen so far of Norris Cole, he is a pretty good and fast point guard. Why do you think Coach Spo is not using him enough? — Raj, Cheswick, Pa.

A: Because Mario Chalmers quietly is having a highly efficient season, as evidenced by Tuesday’s 3-point shooting. Beyond that, some of the Heat’s best lineups do not feature a point guard, such as the current Final Five of LeBron, Wade, Bosh, Miller and Haslem.

Q: Hey Ira, Chris Bosh and Joel Anthony for Dwight Howard? It works on ESPN’s trade machine; will it work in real life? — Mark, Miami.

A: Not over Otis Smith’s (no-so) dead body. I would say it’s safe to say that Dwight to an in-state rival would be a move of last resort, with Bosh or Anthony hardly addressing the void in the middle created by a Dwight departure, as the acquisition of, say, Andrew Bynum would.

Q: Why not use Lebron James at the five more, down the stretch in close games? He’s their best center. — Carlos.

A: And their best everything else, which just goes to prove that LeBron is a prisoner of his versatility. For a much as LeBron can accomplish, I would not throw him in the middle against Dwight Howard. Even greatness has its limits. Besides, lately he has morphed into the Heat closing point guard.

Q: Will the Heat go for Fesenko or Gadzuric or any other big center if we fail to get Przybilla? I think we need a big center who can defend, rebound and score come playoff time. — Genesis, Miami.

A: Again, it comes down to whether you actually are going to play a center. You can have five centers on the roster, but it really doesn’t matter if you don’t actually play any. Any center added could wind up with as little to do as Erick Dampier and Zydrunas Ilgauskas did at the end of last season.

By Ira Winderman, South Florida Sun Sentinel

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