ATL Boy wrote:Hopefully we avoid Miami in the first round. Don't get me wrong, I still think we'd beat them in 6 but it would be a lot easier to play another one of those teams contending for the 8 seed.
Miami definitely got better this year with the Dragic trade. They gave up a ton to do it though. They lose two first round picks for the right to bid on overpaying Dragic. They are going to have to give Dragic 18-20 mil per year, for 4 years, to keep him. That means they will be paying the combo of Dragic and Bosh around 40-45 mil per year over the next 4 years while having very few draft picks.
I think their lack of depth will be the downfall this year. That bench is non-existent and Wade can't play 38+ minutes per night anymore. I'm not sure if Deng can consistently play that much either and they will need those kind of minutes from them in the playoffs.