Miami Heat Head Coach Pat Riley released a statement on Thursday concerning a reported incident involving guard Smush Parker.
"We are currently investigating the reported incident. Until we have concluded it, Smush will not be with the team. He has not been suspended and is currently on our inactive list. This is a legal matter, and we will have no further comment until the legal process runs its course."
The Miami Herald reported on Wednesday that a woman from Miami has accused Parker of twisting her arm during an altercation about a valet parking fee and is seeking criminal charges.
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Heat captain Udonis Haslem said it was vital to locker-room chemistry that everyone accept coach Pat Riley's lineup changes.
The tweaks worked to near-perfection Tuesday night, when point guard Jason Williams and small forward Ricky Davis were replaced in the starting group by second-year guard Chris Quinn and veteran Penny Hardaway.
The moves resulted in more scoring off the bench and the Heat's most lopsided victory of the season, 20 points over the Bobcats. Riley has hinted at keeping the lineup for Friday's game against the Celtics.
Haslem said hard feelings had to be put aside for the changes to work.
''Everybody understood it wasn't nothing personal -- we're just trying to find something that works,'' Haslem said. ``It wasn't that J-Will and Ricky weren't doing their jobs.''
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A Miami woman accusing Heat guard Smush Parker of twisting her arm during a dispute over a valet fee is seeking criminal charges against the fourth-year NBA player.
Yomaira McKenzie, 41, said Parker "lost it" Tuesday morning when he was asked to pay the $12 valet parking charge he allegedly owed at a condo building at 355 Biscayne Blvd. McKenzie is an assistant manager at Standard Valet, which services the building.
According to a Miami police incident report, Parker, 26, claimed he had paid the fee in advance a night earlier. He said he did not have any available cash to pay Tuesday.
Tension apparently escalated when Parker, denied his keys until he settled the debt, allegedly pushed a valet podium and grabbed McKenzie's arm in an attempt to get his keys, according to the incident report.
Parker was not arrested or charged at the scene Tuesday, which is standard procedure in most simple misdemeanor battery cases that aren't witnessed by police. In such cases, the victim must contact prosecutors and seek formal charges, Miami police spokesman Detective William Moreno said Wednesday.
McKenzie said Parker twisted her wrist and arm. McKenzie's attorney Ron Guralnick said McKenzie has already pressed charges with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office.
He also criticized police Wednesday for not arresting Parker Tuesday.
"If he wasn't a sports' personality, he would have been arrested on the scene," Guralnick said.
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Heat Nov 2007 Archive
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Los Angeles Times | Nov 27, 2007
Steve Francis almost joined the Clippers in the off-season.
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Miami Herald | Nov 24, 2007
Heat Coach Pat Riley figured the Orlando Magic would be formidable under his former assistant, Stan Van Gundy.
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ESPN | Nov 23, 2007
Stan Van Gundy will face his old team Miami tonight when the Heat and Magic meet for the first time since Van Gundy took the reigns in Orlando.
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Sun-Sentinel | Nov 21, 2007
Dwyane Wade called him out in the media.
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Miami Herald | Nov 21, 2007
After a bad loss to a previously winless Seattle team, one in which Shaquille O'Neal did his best to latch himself to the bench with fouls and looked uninterested when he was on the floor, Pat Riley used words like ''nothing at stake'' and threatened ''massive changes'' if things didn't change.
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Philadelphia Inquirer | Nov 20, 2007
A Sixers' team official said there was no truth to a rumor of trade talks with the Miami Heat concerning point guard Andre Miller.
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Miami Herald | Nov 18, 2007
Heat center Shaquille O'Neal has taken cortisone shots to ease pain in his surgically repaired left knee.
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ESPN | Nov 17, 2007
Shaquille O'Neal didn't have a problem with teammate Dwyane Wade calling him out in the media earlier this week.
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Miami Herald | Nov 17, 2007
Pat Riley applauded the leadership Dwyane Wade showed when he recently said Shaquille O'Neal needs to be more motivated.
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ESPN | Nov 16, 2007
The Miami Heat and larger-than-life center Shaquille O'Neal are stuggling at 1-7.
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Miami Herald | Nov 16, 2007
A night after an embarrassing 104-95 home loss to previously winless Seattle, Heat Coach Pat Riley blamed himself and his players but suggested he would hold off on the "massive shakeup" at which he had hinted.
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Miami Herald | Nov 15, 2007
Pat Riley didn't hold back on his players after the Heat's blowout loss to the Bobcats on Tuesday, telling reporters, "I should suit up.
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ESPN | Nov 15, 2007
Dwyane Wade, recovered from offseason shoulder and knee surgeries, played for the first time this season Wednesday night, but the Heat still lost, 104-95 to the previously winless Seattle SuperSonics.
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ESPN | Nov 14, 2007
Minutes after watching the Miami Heat miss shot after shot in another uninspiring performance that ended in a 91-76 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats, Coach Pat Riley was asked what he could do to generate some offense.
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New York Post | Nov 12, 2007
Penny Hardaway claimed a bone spur in his knee went undetected by the Knicks' medical staff that caused his inability to stay healthy as a Knick.
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New York Daily News | Nov 12, 2007
Quentin Richardson hyperextended his right elbow in the fourth quarter while diving for a loose ball and did not return.
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New York Post | Nov 11, 2007
Knicks' forward Zach Randolph was absent from practice yesterday after learning late Friday night that his grandmother died.
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Arizona Republic | Nov 11, 2007
League officials rescinded one of the technical fouls that Amaré Stoudemire received in Friday's win at Miami.
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Miami Herald | Nov 10, 2007
Penny Hardaway, in his first season back from a two-year layoff, made his first regular-season start since March, 24, 2004, when he played for the New York Knicks.
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Miami Herald | Nov 10, 2007
In hindsight, maybe Heat guard Dwyane Wade should have had season-ending surgery immediately after he dislocated his shoulder in a February loss at Houston.
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East Valley Tribune | Nov 10, 2007
Amare Stoudemire was ejected against the Miami Heat, his first game back after injury.
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People | Nov 9, 2007
Shaquille O'Neal's estranged wife Shaunie is demanding access to detailed financial records from the NBA superstar.
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Miami Herald | Nov 9, 2007
ESPN.
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Miami Herald | Nov 9, 2007
The question of the day was the same Thursday.
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ESPN | Nov 7, 2007
Manu Ginobili scored 25 points, Tony Parker added 23, and the San Antonio Spurs kept the Miami Heat winless with an 88-78 victory Wednesday night.
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Palm Beach Post | Nov 7, 2007
Heat coach Pat Riley had a couple of things to say Tuesday, including a very public message for center Shaquille O'Neal.
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Miami Herald | Nov 7, 2007
Smush Parker, a former Los Angeles Lakers point guard who was the Heat's biggest free agent acquisition, enters his fourth game of the season still uncertain of his role with Miami.
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ESPN | Nov 6, 2007
Dwyane Wade's surgically repaired knee survived its first real test with no setbacks, although he still may be three weeks away, if you listen to Shaquille O'Neal.
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Miami Herald | Nov 5, 2007
"If I had to do it over again, probably we may have invested in Kapono, " Pat Riley admits.
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ESPN | Nov 5, 2007
Gerald Wallace was shaken up after missing a dunk in the second quarter of Charlotte's win against the Miami Heat, clutching his right knee as he fell awkwardly but returned later in the period.
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ESPN | Nov 5, 2007
Heat guard Dwyane Wade will take part in his first full-contact practice of the season Monday.
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USA Today | Nov 3, 2007
Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade has been cleared to play after recovering from the left knee and left shoulder surgeries he had in May.
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Yahoo.com | Nov 1, 2007
Tayshaun Prince scored a career-high 34 points and matched a career best with 12 rebounds, and the Pistons used a big second-half run to beat the Heat 91-80 Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.
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Miami Herald | Nov 1, 2007
Heat coach Pat Riley wasn't quite caught up in nostalgia when he watched the San Antonio Spurs receive their championship rings before Tuesday's opening-night victory against the Portland Trail Blazers.
