MorbidHEAT wrote:IceColdCubano wrote:MiamiLoyal926 wrote:
I hope we get a real chance to see what he has in him at the NBA level this year. And I don’t mean just have him be on the floor… I mean run an offense with his skill set in mind while he is on the floor.
I think its Spo's wet dream to have a player like Jovic and his skillset, you can tell he tried last year for a few games to implement point forward style in combo with Bam playing point center as well, and it was doing some good things but Jovic wasn't ready then, and also he got hurt. I think now you have a confident young player coming off a good summer league (were he was the main guy when on the floor), a good fiba tournament (were he was the second guy and closer for that team) This makes the Jimmy comment of loving him walking around with his chest out, means lots of confidence. I mean why wouldn't you, you got size, ball handling, shooting, passing skills in a PF NBA body.
It is Spo’s wet dream. Jovic is literally the best type of player you can put next to Bam. They are about the same height and can both play the point-big type of role. The difference is Jovic is probably a better and more natural scorer while Bam can score if he is aggressive but he is def a better defender. Jovic is going to get cooked on defense, but at the same time, the league doesn’t have a lot of traditional power forwards like Charles Barkley that can power you down. The game is more of a finesse and forward game now as opposed to power. Finesse and footwork can be taught. Hopefully he at least becomes a decent defender one day.
We have a few different lineups we can go to that are def intriguing. I think this is the most interesting one. That would make us a pretty decent sized team with 3 out of 5 good defenders at any given time.
Herro
Caleb
Jimmy
Jovic
Bam
Herro
I'm low key most interested in seeing what Miami does with him physically. Our guys are generally strong and just looking at the change in mass. If he can maintain his current levels of quickness and keep on the weight he'll be able to bang with a lot of the 4s in the league.
IceColdCubano wrote:Grumpy Heat Fan wrote:The biggest missed opportunity wasn't Beal, it was Kevin Durant to the Suns. We should have made that deal happen somehow. KD on the Heat solves -everything-.
Honestly, one thing I've noticed about Riley, is that he's become too conservative in trades. Doesn't want to give up too much for franchise changing players like he used to.
The old Riley would send half the roster for a Shaq, or a KD.... and then fill in the roleplayers later.
This current Riley overvalues the roleplayers and assets, and as a result nothing gets done.
I think Riley is just too chill and happy with his career accomplishments. Sure he wants to win another before retiring, but he doesn't seem to be in a rush about it. Old Riley would give his heart and lungs to acquire a KD, or a Lillard, or whatever.
Maybe, its because of the old Riley that the New Riley had to emerge, going all in put Miami in a vice grip in the future to expand and get Superstars. If not for Wade, the Big three doesn't happen(outside of cap space they didn't have anything over other teams), or the big 3 could of ended happening elsewhere. If not for Jimmy making it real hard on Philly(We didn't have the assets to get him Mini) and saying Miami or nothing plus Wade pushing here. Imagine Philly that year resign Jimmy instead of the other guy, and sending Ben to another team. When you really drill down into the weed of things, It could of been Shaq the last big signing they had if not for Wade's influence and some luck.
I kind of went of track, but where I was heading was that they saw how hard it was to revamp after sending out multiple assets for many years being handcuffed. I think they realized that their development program is really good, same thing with scouting and drafting talent. Why not expand and focus on keeping picks to grow from within instead. Yeah its a change in philosophy, but what if thats the Spo movement when he is ready to take the rains and become the GM, pushing youth and developments. The great thing about having Assetts and young players in your clip, is when a top 5 star comes on the Market you have the ammunition to pull a trigger.
If you have 4 FRP's in your arsenal and a litenamy of young high upside talent, you can afford to send 2 good to great young players and couple of picks to get you a Superstar.
For real though. We've shown that we've got the developmental aspect working pretty well. We don't always get great picks but these guys have higher ceiling than your typical undrafted guys make sense to keep your draft capital and wait for the right fit.
Still think Riley would go in on someone if they were younger vs older and that's the hold up right now.
