HHR

HHR. Often short for Health and Human Resources. More recently, House, Hasbrouck & Randolph.

If you consider Eddie House, Kenny Hasbrouck, Shavlik Randolph healthy human resources, sure, why not?

If you see 2 unguaranteed names and a Heat crowd favorite who did next-to-nothing in Boston's championship run (postseason WS/48/.086 was 3rd worst on team; see C-blogger Chris Forsberg on EH below fold)? Well yeah. That works too.

But also HHR as in hopelessly hapless rotation. Or, more optimistcally, hopefully, helpful replacements.

Because what you -- rhetorically you, currently I, -- don't see are the versatile, reliable, multipurpose parts that championship rotations usually feature to survive 82 + 28.

House (3pt specialist) isn't Gary Payton (HOF point guard, stopper, scorer).

Jones (3pt specialist) isn't James Posey (3-position stopper, underrated rebounder, 3pt specialist).

Howard (journeyman grinder) is anything but Alonzo Mourning (HOF center, stopper, leader).

And let's not even start the non-starter discussion of Joel Anthony, starting -- "startling," if you (like me) see Anthony as barely startable material on your average D-League team -- center.

Hope? There's always hope with training camps, veteran cuts for drafted rookies, potential trades between December 15 and February 17 (deadline = 3rd Thursday).

And there's always, of course, Horsetrader Pat. When he isn't Replay Riley.

Ruthless, cold, Horsetrader Pat. Who begat Shaq & a championship for Grant/Odom/Butler.

Replay Riley. The stubborn, nostalgic sentimentalist who'll gamble lose (Marion) or win (Payton) on toys once-coveted and denied (ibid. Howard).

Will this -- as the Heat now stand -- be Miami's starting-5 cum 15-strong next April, May and hopefully, June?

Hopefully, not.