Miami Heets at Minny TPups 4/16 8pm (EST)

[IceColdCubano]

DemonOP sharpening his fangs tonight. Its a trap!!! In the midst of another losing streak comes another loss dressed in a winnable smile from OP!!!

[MettaWorldPanda]

Need to scrap the damn Achuiwa and Iguodala front court. If Spo goes back to that tonight the TV is getting changed to wrestling. If Dragic comes back also please avoid that dumb ass small ball backcourt of him and Nunn. To compound that chit Spo plays Herro at small forward with those two. Another small ball garbage concoction of Spo. We have the pieces, he just needs to keep the chit simple

C Bam Adebayo C Dewayne Dedmon C/PF Precious Achuiwa
PF Trevor Ariza PF Nemanja Bjelica PF/SF KZ Okpala
SF Jimmy Butler SF Andre Iguodala
SG Duncan Robinson SG Tyler Herro SG Max Strus
PG Kendrick Nunn PG Gabe Vincent

Injured players

PG Goran Dragic
SG Victor Oladipo



*Bam and Dedmon should be the only two players getting Center minutes. If Spo insist on playing a wing player at the 4 then he has to have Dedmon in on those lineups at all times protecting the paint. For Example

C Dwayne Dedmon 7'0
PF Trevor Ariza 6'8
SF Andre Iguodala 6'6 or 6'9 KZ Okpala
SG Duncan Robinson 6'7 or SG Tyler Herro 6'5
PG Jimmy Butler 6'7

This could be a lineup Spo could try as you basically have 4 switchable wings but you keep Dedmon down low to board and control the paint. You could also mix Tyler into this lineup to give the lineup another player who can create.

In this bench lineup when Butler needs a rest, Spo should give a long look at a Bam and Bjelica combo trying to recreate what we had with KO as the opposite big to Bam. Allow Bjelica to essentially play a big two guard role. Without Butler in the lineup we deploy a big front court and use either Iguodala or Ariza at the SF giving us a primary lock down defender on the wing. Nunn and Herro should be allowed to create all of the scoring in this lineup with Bam chipping in. Iguodala can facilitate and Nemanja just has to keep things honest on the boards allowing Bam to roam the perimeter and of course hitting his open 3's on any kick outs.

C Bam Adebayo 6'9
PF Nemanja Bjelica 6'10
SF Andre Iguodala 6'6 or SF Trevor Ariza 6'8
SG Tyler Herro 6'5
PG Kendrick Nunn 6'2


The nine man rotation above looks extremely reasonable and never puts us in any type of height disadvantage or leaves us offensively or defensively exposed. Let's see if Spo wizens up because what we have bee seeing lately has been atrocious.

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[IggieCC]

5pm? SMDH


sadly this op will have significantly better chance of winning than HeatFknLose

There is a 0 winning % for any OP after one of your GTs. And it does not get much better 2 or 3 games after one of your Demon GTs either.

[Bishop45]

Should be home by 8, gnna try to watch

[IggieCC]

Should be home by 8, gnna try to watch

Where are you rn?

[abark]

Need to scrap the damn Achuiwa and Iguodala front court. If Spo goes back to that tonight the TV is getting changed to wrestling. If Dragic comes back also please avoid that dumb ass small ball backcourt of him and Nunn. To compound that chit Spo plays Herro at small forward with those two. Another small ball garbage concoction of Spo. We have the pieces, he just needs to keep the chit simple

C Bam Adebayo C Dewayne Dedmon C/PF Precious Achuiwa
PF Trevor Ariza PF Nemanja Bjelica PF/SF KZ Okpala
SF Jimmy Butler SF Andre Iguodala
SG Duncan Robinson SG Tyler Herro SG Max Strus
PG Kendrick Nunn PG Gabe Vincent

Injured players

PG Goran Dragic
SG Victor Oladipo



*Bam and Dedmon should be the only two players getting Center minutes. If Spo insist on playing a wing player at the 4 then he has to have Dedmon in on those lineups at all times protecting the paint. For Example

C Dwayne Dedmon 7'0
PF Trevor Ariza 6'8
SF Andre Iguodala 6'6 or 6'9 KZ Okpala
SG Duncan Robinson 6'7 or SG Tyler Herro 6'5
PG Jimmy Butler 6'7

This could be a lineup Spo could try as you basically have 4 switchable wings but you keep Dedmon down low to board and control the paint. You could also mix Tyler into this lineup to give the lineup another player who can create.

In this bench lineup when Butler needs a rest, Spo should give a long look at a Bam and Bjelica combo trying to recreate what we had with KO as the opposite big to Bam. Allow Bjelica to essentially play a big two guard role. Without Butler in the lineup we deploy a big front court and use either Iguodala or Ariza at the SF giving us a primary lock down defender on the wing. Nunn and Herro should be allowed to create all of the scoring in this lineup with Bam chipping in. Iguodala can facilitate and Nemanja just has to keep things honest on the boards allowing Bam to roam the perimeter and of course hitting his open 3's on any kick outs.

C Bam Adebayo 6'9
PF Nemanja Bjelica 6'10
SF Andre Iguodala 6'6 or SF Trevor Ariza 6'8
SG Tyler Herro 6'5
PG Kendrick Nunn 6'2


The nine man rotation above looks extremely reasonable and never puts us in any type of height disadvantage or leaves us offensively or defensively exposed. Let's see if Spo wizens up because what we have bee seeing lately has been atrocious.

Makes too much sense to work

[IggieCC]

where you at bish?

[dolphinatik]

Need to scrap the damn Achuiwa and Iguodala front court. If Spo goes back to that tonight the TV is getting changed to wrestling. If Dragic comes back also please avoid that dumb ass small ball backcourt of him and Nunn. To compound that chit Spo plays Herro at small forward with those two. Another small ball garbage concoction of Spo. We have the pieces, he just needs to keep the chit simple

C Bam Adebayo C Dewayne Dedmon C/PF Precious Achuiwa
PF Trevor Ariza PF Nemanja Bjelica PF/SF KZ Okpala
SF Jimmy Butler SF Andre Iguodala
SG Duncan Robinson SG Tyler Herro SG Max Strus
PG Kendrick Nunn PG Gabe Vincent

Injured players

PG Goran Dragic
SG Victor Oladipo



*Bam and Dedmon should be the only two players getting Center minutes. If Spo insist on playing a wing player at the 4 then he has to have Dedmon in on those lineups at all times protecting the paint. For Example

C Dwayne Dedmon 7'0
PF Trevor Ariza 6'8
SF Andre Iguodala 6'6 or 6'9 KZ Okpala
SG Duncan Robinson 6'7 or SG Tyler Herro 6'5
PG Jimmy Butler 6'7

This could be a lineup Spo could try as you basically have 4 switchable wings but you keep Dedmon down low to board and control the paint. You could also mix Tyler into this lineup to give the lineup another player who can create.

In this bench lineup when Butler needs a rest, Spo should give a long look at a Bam and Bjelica combo trying to recreate what we had with KO as the opposite big to Bam. Allow Bjelica to essentially play a big two guard role. Without Butler in the lineup we deploy a big front court and use either Iguodala or Ariza at the SF giving us a primary lock down defender on the wing. Nunn and Herro should be allowed to create all of the scoring in this lineup with Bam chipping in. Iguodala can facilitate and Nemanja just has to keep things honest on the boards allowing Bam to roam the perimeter and of course hitting his open 3's on any kick outs.

C Bam Adebayo 6'9
PF Nemanja Bjelica 6'10
SF Andre Iguodala 6'6 or SF Trevor Ariza 6'8
SG Tyler Herro 6'5
PG Kendrick Nunn 6'2


The nine man rotation above looks extremely reasonable and never puts us in any type of height disadvantage or leaves us offensively or defensively exposed. Let's see if Spo wizens up because what we have bee seeing lately has been atrocious.

what is this rubbish.. no making sense allowed. must small ball. small ball is life

[heatwillbeback]

No Iggy tonight with a hip issue.

Have to think this definitely won’t hurt us. Will probably help us. Force dedmon to get some run and hopefully he impresses.

[GopherIt!]

No Iggie tonight...

Have to think this definitely won’t hurt us. Will probably help us.

Truer words have never been spoken.

[JLop]

No Iggie tonight...

Have to think this definitely won’t hurt us. Will probably help us.

Truer words have never been spoken.

What Iggie Iggy are we talking about here?

[Bishop45]

Should be home by 8, gnna try to watch

Where are you rn?

Leave me alone!

[contract]

Need to scrap the damn Achuiwa and Iguodala front court. If Spo goes back to that tonight the TV is getting changed to wrestling. If Dragic comes back also please avoid that dumb ass small ball backcourt of him and Nunn. To compound that chit Spo plays Herro at small forward with those two. Another small ball garbage concoction of Spo. We have the pieces, he just needs to keep the chit simple ...

We have to play small because our talent is small ... but guys have to perform. Our shooters need to hit their shots. If they can do what they get paid to do, everything changes.

[Bishop45]

Vernon Carey playing some real mins, looking good Dom

[Wiltside]

Can we just run with

Dragic / Nunn
Robinson / Herro
Butler / Strus / Okpala
Ariza / Bjelica / Achiuwa
Adebayo / Dedmon

If we need more defense in the second unit, flip Strus and Okpala.

[eddieheatfan]

awesome start so far,gotta keep it up for 48 mins

[Wiltside]

This “switch everything” defense drives me nuts

[eddieheatfan]

welp that escalated quickly.jpg

[JLop]

FG 76.9% 3PT 50% FT 100.0%