You can't lose what you don't have. Miami never had Dame...for one minute, so they lost nothing but a little time.
What Miami does have is a very good core of playoff tested veterans (Butler, Bam, Herro, Love, Lowry, Martin, Richardson and DRobinson), a good group of younger players with potential (Jovic, Jaquez, Highsmith, Cain, ORobinson, Bryant, Champagnie and Hampton), future draft picks, one of the top general managers and one of the top coaches in the NBA.
I have no doubt that Riley will put a trade or two together which will help solidify the Heat's offense and defense. Jrue Holiday would be a great acquisition. But I'm not holding out hope that Cronin is interested in dealing with Pat at this point. Oh well. There are still many other options. Time will tell.
Meanwhile, I am looking forward to the future growth and development of our younger players:
Herro - I see him returning with a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove to everyone, including the coaches, the fans, opposing teams, media critics and himself. I've always seen him as a player similar to Devin Booker (same size, weight, build, 3-point shooting touch, athleticism). Neither could play a lick of defense when they came into the league. Booker has since worked very hard on both his offense and defense and has developed into a very good two-way (all-star caliber) player. Herro can too if he works at it.
Jaquez and Jovic - Both have potential to be very good rotational players or more...by the time the playoffs roll around. One or the other could be included in a trade to acquire a starting two-way point guard.
Highsmith, ORobinson and Cain - All three have potential to develop into very good rotational players.
Bryant, Champagnie and Hampton - All appear to have potential as rotational players. I'm curious to see what the Miami culture and coaching system can do to help them blossom.
Overall, I'm excited for training camp to open. I expect a few surprises from some of our developmental projects and can't wait to see how Jovic and Jaquez are able to mesh with the veterans.
The Miami Heat glass is definitely half-full and rising and I can't help but be optimistic about the upcoming season. Life is good!
Heat needs just one player to help lift the burden off Butler when our offense is stagnant.That is where Dame would have helped especially with a tight 8 man rotation, sparingly does Spo go 9.
It makes more sense than you'd think. Very similar coming into the league. Booker landed in the suns where he topped the depth chart as no 1 option playing with cp3. Tyler has always been max 3rd in line behind ball dominant jimmy and hub bam. He had to be in the second unit. Very different roles on very different teams. Over time, you develop very different players
He wasn't always. He was a one-way gunslinger when Phoenix was miserably bad before CP3 arrived and taught him there was more to being a basketball player than putting the ball in the hoop. Herro is every bit as athletic. It's just a matter of desire and commitment. If Herro has it, he can become a much better player than he currently is. If not, he is destined to be a one-way offensive threat who will never be all he could have been. I never said he was as good as Booker. I only said he was similar. If Booker is top 10; Herro could conceivably be top 25-30 if he develops a defensive game.
I checked out a couple of his podcast episodes (everybody and their terrier has one these days I guess 😅). Well spoken young man. Knows 6er Maxey from back in the day seems like
There is a lot of time between yesterday and the coming post season. Just one day (i.e, yesterday)will not define Heat's regular season or the post season for that. I remember that last season the pundits picked either Lakers or Warriors to come out of the West neither did. In the East Buck and Celtics were picked to come out of the East and neither did.Sure the Bucks on paper appear to have the most potent offense of any NBA team today. However, there are so many intangibles including coaching, team chemistry, health, mid season trades etc, that may decide who coms out best. Hopefully, it will be the Heat. Call it blind optimism if you like.
Not necessarily. After 2022 playoffs we saw we needed some half court spice, guard depth, and size. We came into 2023 underachieving, but good on at least guards and size. We lost both half court potency and guard depth in a super hurry in the first round. We shoulda been dead in the water
Dame might legit put the bucks up hard. He fills giannis' weaknesses in ways jrue doesn't. But he's also never gna do what bucks rly relied on jrue for really. Nobody expected 30 on .400 from outside from jrue. They expected him to lock the sh*t up out of cp3 tho
Maybe. But you shouldn't forget that holiday isn't a scrub...the bucks D will take a huge hit , plus the depth for that team has gotten worst. Secondly they have a rookie coach, we don't know if he turns out to be mazzula or udoka, if they play us we will be share to find out ,and take advantage.
Agreed. For some reason nobody mentions that the Bucks traded their starting backcourt for Lillard. As you mentioned, their depth and defense just took a significant hit, two very important areas come the playoffs. We'll see how they address that from now to the playoffs (trade deadline and playoff eligibility waiver deadline).
Yes that's spot on, and it's funny because everyone is ready to crown them kings of the east smh. But like you said we'll see if they address it or not.
I'd sign him. Payne seems always engaged with the whole team regardless of how effective he is on the court himself. If he sucks, he can help herro, lowry, and hampton catch a stride
our dame stopper.we havent had a young big athletic pg since maybe kevin edwards.hope he can start .know of him cant wait to see him play cause we got nobody else at pg he wins by default
You can't lose what you don't have. Miami never had Dame...for one minute, so they lost nothing but a little time.
What Miami does have is a very good core of playoff tested veterans (Butler, Bam, Herro, Love, Lowry, Martin, Richardson and DRobinson), a good group of younger players with potential (Jovic, Jaquez, Highsmith, Cain, ORobinson, Bryant, Champagnie and Hampton), future draft picks, one of the top general managers and one of the top coaches in the NBA.
I have no doubt that Riley will put a trade or two together which will help solidify the Heat's offense and defense. Jrue Holiday would be a great acquisition. But I'm not holding out hope that Cronin is interested in dealing with Pat at this point. Oh well. There are still many other options. Time will tell.
Meanwhile, I am looking forward to the future growth and development of our younger players:
Herro - I see him returning with a chip on his shoulder and a lot to prove to everyone, including the coaches, the fans, opposing teams, media critics and himself. I've always seen him as a player similar to Devin Booker (same size, weight, build, 3-point shooting touch, athleticism). Neither could play a lick of defense when they came into the league. Booker has since worked very hard on both his offense and defense and has developed into a very good two-way (all-star caliber) player. Herro can too if he works at it.
Jaquez and Jovic - Both have potential to be very good rotational players or more...by the time the playoffs roll around. One or the other could be included in a trade to acquire a starting two-way point guard.
Highsmith, ORobinson and Cain - All three have potential to develop into very good rotational players.
Bryant, Champagnie and Hampton - All appear to have potential as rotational players. I'm curious to see what the Miami culture and coaching system can do to help them blossom.
Overall, I'm excited for training camp to open. I expect a few surprises from some of our developmental projects and can't wait to see how Jovic and Jaquez are able to mesh with the veterans.
The Miami Heat glass is definitely half-full and rising and I can't help but be optimistic about the upcoming season. Life is good!
GO HEAT!!!
Heat needs just one player to help lift the burden off Butler when our offense is stagnant.That is where Dame would have helped especially with a tight 8 man rotation, sparingly does Spo go 9.
please dont compare ty with booker there on different levels sun man .im not bashing ty hes a good offensive player but bookers a top 10 player.
It makes more sense than you'd think. Very similar coming into the league. Booker landed in the suns where he topped the depth chart as no 1 option playing with cp3. Tyler has always been max 3rd in line behind ball dominant jimmy and hub bam. He had to be in the second unit. Very different roles on very different teams. Over time, you develop very different players
He wasn't always. He was a one-way gunslinger when Phoenix was miserably bad before CP3 arrived and taught him there was more to being a basketball player than putting the ball in the hoop. Herro is every bit as athletic. It's just a matter of desire and commitment. If Herro has it, he can become a much better player than he currently is. If not, he is destined to be a one-way offensive threat who will never be all he could have been. I never said he was as good as Booker. I only said he was similar. If Booker is top 10; Herro could conceivably be top 25-30 if he develops a defensive game.
I checked out a couple of his podcast episodes (everybody and their terrier has one these days I guess 😅). Well spoken young man. Knows 6er Maxey from back in the day seems like
Glad to get a tall pg in Hampton, heat has the best development program, so hopefully are magic works on him.
That jovic weights program should do him good
Definitely, should help him with his D too.
whos he gonna guard think he needs to be a pf not quick enough to cover the brothers
Agree he probably has to play the 4 off the bench but no idea who the brothers are. Do you mean the Jokic brothers? :/
yes nikola has a brother that dudes bigger than the joker.maybe spo can coach him up
I believe he is referring to the African-American chaps.
;)
whats up trade man what u got cooking for us today
There is a lot of time between yesterday and the coming post season. Just one day (i.e, yesterday)will not define Heat's regular season or the post season for that. I remember that last season the pundits picked either Lakers or Warriors to come out of the West neither did. In the East Buck and Celtics were picked to come out of the East and neither did.Sure the Bucks on paper appear to have the most potent offense of any NBA team today. However, there are so many intangibles including coaching, team chemistry, health, mid season trades etc, that may decide who coms out best. Hopefully, it will be the Heat. Call it blind optimism if you like.
thats why they play the games
True! Better for HEAT, but not the best. Only superlatives will get HEAT across the finish line first. Hopefully, HEAT can convert better into best.
Not necessarily. After 2022 playoffs we saw we needed some half court spice, guard depth, and size. We came into 2023 underachieving, but good on at least guards and size. We lost both half court potency and guard depth in a super hurry in the first round. We shoulda been dead in the water
Just sayin, no dame no chip is silly. Hell I'd actually happily sell out on the hell of if jimmy had two ankles, the finals would look very different
Unfortunately, HEAT lost Dame, the missing piece. The Bucks now have that missing piece.
If they're shooting for the best duo in the NBA then they are definitely among the top.
If they're thinking about winning a championship it takes a team and coaching. You need guys who can step up when someone goes out or down.
Crown them now if you want but they still have a lot of work to do.
No doubt it was a good move by the Bucks.
When it's all said and done the Heat will be right there contending.
With a key piece who's available now but is controlled by someone who doesn't want to deal with us we could be whole.
He would fit perfectly. I don't even want to mention his name. Think of relaxation and no work.
Dame might legit put the bucks up hard. He fills giannis' weaknesses in ways jrue doesn't. But he's also never gna do what bucks rly relied on jrue for really. Nobody expected 30 on .400 from outside from jrue. They expected him to lock the sh*t up out of cp3 tho
Hell, remember when bucks saw lebron and entertained starting giannis at pg?
Maybe. But you shouldn't forget that holiday isn't a scrub...the bucks D will take a huge hit , plus the depth for that team has gotten worst. Secondly they have a rookie coach, we don't know if he turns out to be mazzula or udoka, if they play us we will be share to find out ,and take advantage.
Agreed. For some reason nobody mentions that the Bucks traded their starting backcourt for Lillard. As you mentioned, their depth and defense just took a significant hit, two very important areas come the playoffs. We'll see how they address that from now to the playoffs (trade deadline and playoff eligibility waiver deadline).
Yes that's spot on, and it's funny because everyone is ready to crown them kings of the east smh. But like you said we'll see if they address it or not.
The post regular season will square everyone up, hopefully the better for the Heat.
Oh no! We're doomed! Pack it all up. There goes the Heat organization in to the dustbin of history along side the Flint Tropics.
Time to fold the franchise. There's no salvaging this bucket of detritus
it suks we are becoming the buffalo bills of the nba
Contenders
The Milwaukee Bucks and Miami Heat are among the teams to keep an eye on for free agent guard Cameron Payne, league sources told HoopsHype.
Source: Michael Scotto @ HoopsHype
I'd sign him. Payne seems always engaged with the whole team regardless of how effective he is on the court himself. If he sucks, he can help herro, lowry, and hampton catch a stride
with that awkward looking lefty shot and little body no
Good pick up. We gna need the depth
our dame stopper.we havent had a young big athletic pg since maybe kevin edwards.hope he can start .know of him cant wait to see him play cause we got nobody else at pg he wins by default
Weren't you just asking about our PG? Tranquillo, hombre. Let Spo cook.
looks the part lets see him in action.sure he can guard.gimme 10 -12pts 5-7 assists we good.just dont let the opponents pg off
If Spo can unlock him, this is the kind of guy to play next to Herro off the bench when staggering minutes
6'4" pg lets go!
Hint: RJ, down here in South Beach, we let our play do the talking. Welcome aboard!
how do u get from uranus to south beach?whats the length of that flight