[News]Quinn looking to take next step with … - 邁阿密熱火 Miami Heat

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標題: [News]Quinn looking to take next step with Heat
時間: Mon Jul 9 22:33:56 2007

MIAMI (AP) -Chris Quinn knows the Miami Heat have spent plenty of time this
offseason trying to add another point guard. Over the next week, he gets to
audition for a piece of that job.

Quinn will be the primary ball handler for Miami's entry in this season's
Orlando summer league, a six-team event that opens Monday. The second-year
pro from Notre Dame is the only member of Miami's current NBA roster on its
summer squad.

"I'm very excited to get a flow going, hopefully play a lot of minutes,''
Quinn said.

Undrafted a year ago, he signed with the Heat last July and played in four
summer league games, putting up extremely modest numbers - 3.8 points on 31
percent shooting, with five assists and three turnovers in 59 minutes.

But he showed enough court savvy to merit a training camp invitation and made
the Heat's regular season roster. Quinn played sparingly in 42 games,
averaging 9.7 minutes, 3.4 points and 1.5 assists with three double-digit
scoring efforts.

"This year was very much a learning experience for me,'' said the 6-foot-3,
175-pound Quinn. "I learned a lot about life in the NBA and also with the
veterans we have on our team I was able to pick up a few things. I know the
ropes better than I did.''

Miami has made securing another point guard to add depth behind incumbent
starter Jason Williams a priority. The Heat have been linked to Milwaukee's
Mo Williams, Memphis' Chucky Atkins and Denver's Steve Blake - a South
Florida native - among others. They could sign a player as early as Wednesday
when the free agency window opens.

But Quinn doesn't let the Heat's pursuit of others bother him.

"I just control what I can control,'' Quinn said. "I'll work as hard as I
can. I'll play as hard as I can.''

Heat coach and president Pat Riley, who will not run the summer squad -
assistant Erik Spoelstra draws that responsibility - said he likes the
progress he's already seen out of Quinn this summer.

"He's really strong, he's picked up some quickness and I think if you play
him 25 or 35 minutes a game he'll show you a game,'' Riley said. "I'm
confident that he'll play well.''

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