Shane Battier RUMORS & NEWS

USA Today "As his time winds down with the Miami Heat, forward Shane Battier has started n to think about his future. He has one year and $3,270,000 left on his contract. After his current deal expires, he would have played 13 seasons. And, there's a strong possibility the 34-year-old will retire from the..." June 08

USA Today "Shane Battier played zero minutes and zero seconds in the Miami Heat's Game 7 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Monday. It was the first time in the postseason that he did not play as the Heat coach Erik Spoelstra searched for more production from his bench. In 82 regular-season games, Battier..." June 06

Pro Basketball Talk "The NBA’s fine system for flopping this season was really based around the idea that guys would be embarrassed. The fines were not that stiff. In the regular season the first offense was a warning, second time the fine was $5,000, then $10,000 and up from there. In the playoffs, all they did was..." May 30

ESPN.com "Indiana Pacers players say they have to protect themselves, especially their knees, when Miami Heat forward Shane Battier is in the game during the Eastern Conference finals. Ahead of Thursday's pivotal Game 5 with the series tied 2-2, Pacers big men David West and Roy Hibbert said part of the..." May 30

ESPN.com "When the Miami Heat faced the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs last season, the series featured two suspensions, a host of flagrant fouls and plenty of blood. It appears the Eastern Conference finals between the teams already is heating up. Pacers center Roy Hibbert took to his Twitter account..." May 24

ESPN.com "Miami Heat forward Shane Battier, who has played several pickup basketball games with women over the years, predicts that the NBA is not far away from having its first female player. "There's no doubt that in our lifetime, there will be a woman NBA player," Battier told ESPN.com after..." April 05

USA Today "It last happened Feb. 14, and who knows when it will happen again: a Shane Battier two-point attempt. Since taking a seven-foot baseline floater — he missed it — against the Oklahoma City Thunder in mid-February, the Miami Heat forward has taken 36 consecutive three-pointers, and he has made..." March 08

Bullets Forever "Miami Heat forward Shane Battier will miss the team's game against the Washington Wizards with a knee injury, according to Joseph Goodman of the Miami Herald. This will be the third straight game that Battier has sat after he suffered the injury in the Heat's win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on..." December 04

Miami Herald "In the Heat's spread offense, Shane Battier is a receiver being covered night after night by a defensive end. In basic football terms, that's the crux of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra's offense, which was inspired in part by the offensive philosophy of University of Oregon football coach Chip..." November 19

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Heat forward Shane Battier took a turn as batman in the batting cage before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday at the Marlins-Phillies game at Marlins Park. He hit several solid liners to left, including one near the fence. "Winning an NBA title was a dream, This is a dream..." July 01

Miami Herald "Across all sports, the truism holds: You can start your championship picture with stars, but if you don't finish it with role players, you'll just have an unfinished masterpiece. Even applying impressionist standards, last season's Heat picture lacked a canny defender who could annoy the..." June 27

Pro Basketball Talk "I asked a group of friends recently what the first thing they think of when they hear the name Shane Battier. Three people immediately said "Dukie." Two people said "Defense." And one person said "Smart." You can throw another one on there, now. NBA Champion. Battier obtained..." June 24

Miami Herald "The NBA Finals are the stage on which special players might lift a team, but sometimes they can also be a time when a special team might lift a player. When both are happening at once, you have Shane Battier. Most of the story lines are big, loud and obvious as the Heat and Oklahoma City..." June 17

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Q: Ira, if I would have told you that Shane Battier would start, play 42 minutes, score 17 points and make five 3-pointers in the NBA Finals, what would you have said? Why didn't we get more Duke players before this? -- Max, Margate. A: Well, they did have Christian Laettner. Look, what Shane..." June 15

The Oklahoman "Heat forward Shane Battier, one of the NBA's best defenders for the last several years, was asked about his approach to guarding a player like Kevin Durant. "You start out Sunday morning in church," he said with a laugh. "Say three Hail Marys. I've got some Buddha beads. You pray to all the..." June 12

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "After a decade in the NBA, Shane Battier blew it off as mere bluster, the notion of the Eastern Conference being more physical. "I didn't think it was real," he said as the Miami Heat prepared for this latest challenge against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. But now,..." June 03

Boston Herald "Celtics coach Doc Rivers noted the Miami Heat helped off of Ray Allen in their 93-79 win over his team in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday, something opponents have rarely done during the career of the NBA's most prolific 3-point shooter. The Heat disagreed with Rivers'..." May 30

Miami Herald "With Chris Bosh out of the Miami lineup since getting hurt in the opening game of this series, the Heat has needed more offensive contributions from guys not named Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. In Game 3, it was Mario Chalmers. Udonis Haslem came to the rescue in Game 4. On Tuesday, Shane..." May 23

New York Post "The Heat have found a whole new MeloDrama. For three games, Carmelo Anthony, naturally, was at the core of the Heat's defensive scheme. And for three games, Anthony managed pedestrian numbers: 22-of-64 shooting (34.4 percent) and 21.0 points. The Heat used LeBron James to cover Anthony early..." May 08

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "This time around, it was a little easier for Miami Heat forward Shane Battier. He faced his former team, the Memphis Grizzlies, Friday at AmericanAirlines Arena. There were few thoughts of nostalgia. Battier was signed by the Heat in the offseason after completing his second stint with the..." April 07

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "It was a welcomed change for Miami Heat forward Shane Battier. For once, he was asked after the game about his positive play after his performance against the Washington Wizards Friday. It was the opposite the previous weeks when he was struggling. "I re-evaluated how I've been playing and I..." February 12

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Yes, the play has been somewhat ragged at times lately. And, yes, there are concerns at center, point guard and with Shane Battier. But does it really matter? At 18-6, the Heat are just about where you would have expected them. And while recent games have shown is that there are areas of..." February 07

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Shane Battier enjoys talking basketball. Discussing box scores? Not so much. "Yeah," the veteran Miami Heat forward said with a grin following Wednesday's victory over the Charlotte Bobcats, "if you look at them, you're going to think I'm the worst player in the NBA and I probably shouldn't be..." December 30

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "As the lone new face in the Miami Heat's primary rotation, Shane Battier is finding himself at ease with both the transition and the opens shots available when playing alongside LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. "There's only so many ways you can slice up the NBA," the 11th-year veteran..." December 14

Memphis Commercial Appeal "Shane Battier is taking his talents to South Beach. The free agent forward, who helped the Memphis Grizzlies through a historic playoff run last season, used his Twitter account this morning to announce that he'll sign with the Miami Heat. Teams can begin to sign free agents at 1 p.m...." December 08

San Antonio Express-News "Even a couple of months after the upset occurred, Memphis forward Shane Battier remains a little suprised the Grizzlies stunned the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. The Grizzlies' six-game series victory over the Spurs was only the second time since the NBA went to a best-of-seven..." July 08

Memphis Commercial Appeal "Shane Battier was still at his locker, still answering questions about the winning shot, when Rudy Gay interrupted. "You better check your phone, you're having a baby," he said. Battier laughed. Yeah, right. Teammates are hilarious. Always pulling pranks. Then Steve Novak, a good..." April 20

San Antonio Express-News "Spurs forward Matt Bonner never saw the decisive 3-pointer leave Shane Battier's hand, much less it ripping through the net. "I had Zach Randolph's elbow in my mouth at the time," Bonner said. Bonner had a better view of 3-point tries from George Hill and Richard Jefferson that could have..." April 18

Houston Chronicle "Uncertain what to expect in the first playoff game of his career, Shane Battier discovered the difference before his first postseason game began. "My very first memory is running out of the tunnel at AT&T Center, having a wall of noise blast me and thinking, 'So this is what they meant when..." April 16

Memphis Commercial Appeal "Shane Battier doesn't have to search for admirers and adulation in these parts. He instantly became a big shot off the court upon his return to Memphis. On the floor, Battier would like to move toward having a similar impact. The most challenging aspect of Battier's reunion with the..." April 05

Memphis Commercial Appeal "Ninety minutes before another Saturday night's work in his 10-year NBA career, Shane Battier pulled on his Houston Rockets red-and-gray colored Chinese-made Peak sneakers and laced 'em tight. He wasn't in the Rockets' Toyota Center, but instead sitting in front of his old Grizzlies' locker in..." February 27

Memphis Commercial Appeal "As Ishmael Smith walked around downtown with Shane Battier on Friday afternoon, it didn't take him long to realize Battier's status in the Bluff City. "Shane is a superstar here," Smith said. "He's a rock star. Everywhere I've walked, people say, 'Hey Shane!' I've kind of been the second tier...." February 26

Memphis Commercial Appeal "Nearly five years ago, on the day after the Grizzlies traded Shane Battier to Houston, a boy named Austin Miller, 8, tried his best to reverse the deal. Miller was a camper at Battier's basketball camp at Memphis University School. He went home and rubbed his lucky rabbit's foot. "In hopes..." February 25

Yahoo! Sports "As they prepare to make a playoff push over the next five weeks without Rudy Gay, the Memphis Grizzlies have had serious conversations with the Houston Rockets about bringing back Shane Battier, league sources confirmed to Yahoo! Sports. The potential deal, which was first reported by the..." February 24

Houston Chronicle "The Rockets made major changes to their roster at the trade deadline, sending Shane Battier and Ish Smith to Memphis for Hasheem Thabeet and a first-round pick, and Aaron Brooks to Phoenix for Goran Dragic and another pick, according to persons close to the deals. Thabeet, the second pick of..." February 24

Houston Chronicle "With their season teetering on the brink of collapse and the trade deadline looming ominously just days away, the Rockets reconvened Monday knowing that the next three days could change everything. They begin the post-All-Star break schedule tonight with a road back-to-back, coming off a 1-3..." February 22

ESPN.com "Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has publicly acknowledged the need for backcourt reinforcements thanks to Marquis Daniels' bruised spinal cord and Delonte West's spotty health all season. After the name of Cleveland's Anthony Parker surfaced Friday as a player that..." February 22

Houston Chronicle "If you like these Rockets, catch them while you can. Change is coming, possibly dramatic change. The Rockets aren't good enough as they're configured, so general manager Daryl Morey is working furiously to change the configuration. His team needs talent, size, defense and rebounding. Carmelo..." February 09