2025 Miami Heat Regular Season Thread

[heater4life]

The idea of having both AD and Bam providing Ware with on-job training is interesting.

Nice 3-headed monster in the short term and hopefully in the long term makes for Ware maxing out on his potential.

Again, at the right price, I'd support this direction.

Same with Zion.

Out of all the names in the mill, Zion would be the target I’d got for. Risk is with injury as are with AD and Ja, but youth, athleticism, physicality all match what we’re doing here. Zion in this system would destroy teams.

What would you guys be willing to trade for Zion?

[3ammy3uck3ts]

I still hold out hope of trading for someone with a much cleaner injury history than Zion, Ja, and even AD. Zions body would fall apart running this offense. I’m tired of having to wonder every day if our best player is going to play that night like we did with Jimmy

[BadMofoPimp]

I think Kuminga goes to the Kings for some of their aging vets so that the Warriors can be a team of old guys for one last title run. Derozan would fit.

[Beenie]

The idea of having both AD and Bam providing Ware with on-job training is interesting.

Nice 3-headed monster in the short term and hopefully in the long term makes for Ware maxing out on his potential.

Again, at the right price, I'd support this direction.

Same with Zion.

Out of all the names in the mill, Zion would be the target I’d got for. Risk is with injury as are with AD and Ja, but youth, athleticism, physicality all match what we’re doing here. Zion in this system would destroy teams.

What would you guys be willing to trade for Zion?

Herro and Jovic would be my first offer.

I have no idea what Zion's value is right now tbh

[heater4life]

The idea of having both AD and Bam providing Ware with on-job training is interesting.

Nice 3-headed monster in the short term and hopefully in the long term makes for Ware maxing out on his potential.

Again, at the right price, I'd support this direction.

Same with Zion.

Out of all the names in the mill, Zion would be the target I’d got for. Risk is with injury as are with AD and Ja, but youth, athleticism, physicality all match what we’re doing here. Zion in this system would destroy teams.

What would you guys be willing to trade for Zion?

Herro and Jovic would be my first offer.

I have no idea what Zion's value is right now tbh

I don’t think he has value for Herro.

I say Terry, JJJ, Jovic, pick.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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[Beenie]

Out of all the names in the mill, Zion would be the target I’d got for. Risk is with injury as are with AD and Ja, but youth, athleticism, physicality all match what we’re doing here. Zion in this system would destroy teams.

What would you guys be willing to trade for Zion?

Herro and Jovic would be my first offer.

I have no idea what Zion's value is right now tbh

I don’t think he has value for Herro.

I say Terry, JJJ, Jovic, pick.

Is Terry even allowed by rule to be traded?

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Well, once we get the go ahead to trade Terrys salary who’s the next team trying to avoid the 2nd apron and wants to give away a borderline allstar player for salary relief?! We’ll gladly take them too

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Herro and Jovic would be my first offer.

I have no idea what Zion's value is right now tbh

I don’t think he has value for Herro.

I say Terry, JJJ, Jovic, pick.

Is Terry even allowed by rule to be traded?

As of right now no, we need that situation sorted out asap. It’s handicapping us right now if something were to come up

[greg4012]

At this juncture of the season, 2-player lineups featuring Bam and Jaquez have the 2nd best net rating in the NBA (minimum of 100 minutes). Very encouraging and IMO gives more credence to an eventual full-strength closing lineup consisting of Bam-Jaquez-Wiggins-Powell-Herro

https://www.nba.com/stats/lineups/advanced?CF=MIN*GE*100&GroupQuantity=2&TeamID=0&dir=D&slug=advanced&sort=NET_RATING

Jaime is part of the Heat's top 4 2-man lineups so far this season

Adebayo-Jaquez = 32.9 net rating (147 minutes)
Powell-Jaquez = 16.7 net rating (172 minutes)
Mitchell-Jaquez = 14.9 net rating (217 minutes)
Jovic-Jaquez = 13.2 net rating (229 minutes)

[3ammy3uck3ts]

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Another 1 hit wonder DPOY, love it.

[heater4life]

I don’t think he has value for Herro.

I say Terry, JJJ, Jovic, pick.

Is Terry even allowed by rule to be traded?

As of right now no, we need that situation sorted out asap. It’s handicapping us right now if something were to come up

I didn’t know. That’s bs. So you can’t offload the deal and you have to keep it in the books swallowing up cap space and a roster spot?!???!? The Heat should be suing the league.

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Playing .600 ball to start the season feels good.

[Voltron914]

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Well, once we get the go ahead to trade Terrys salary who’s the next team trying to avoid the 2nd apron and wants to give away a borderline allstar player for salary relief?! We’ll gladly take them too

this is beautiful. Herro should benefit from playing with him and hopefully learning from his game too. Tyler is not a pg but he has had high assist games so i think he will open it up for Norm even more and vice versa

[Daffy]

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I'm going to keep it honest with you. I'm starting to think these things are fronts and gimmicks from Jimmy. Every team he picks someone and does this. Right now in GS his guys are Hield and Kuminga. I don't think he ever really cares. Just a way to fit in and get good media cred.

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[greg4012]

Miami's team defensive rating was top 3 in the NBA through the first 7 games of the season (in which Bam played them all fully). This was while maintaining the fastest pace in the NBA. Limited sample, but an unprecedented combination.

Bam missed 6 full games with foot injury and only played 8 minutes in the game he got hurt. During this 7 game stretch, Miami's team defense performed as the 19th ranked defense in the NBA (still maintaining the fastest pace of play in the NBA).

As a result, before last night's game, Miami's team defensive rating for the season had dropped to 15th in the NBA.

1 game into Bam's return and Miami is back in the top 10 in defensive rating at #9 (while still maintaining the fastest pace in the NBA).

Bam's impact on defense and importance to this team is nothing new and is undeniable. But, I will be very interested to see if Miami can maintain a top 10 defense on the season while continuing to play at one of the fastest paces in the NBA. I'm not sure that's ever been done before.

Small sample obviously, but a fascinating dynamic to monitor.

[SA37]

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Another 1 hit wonder DPOY, love it.

What many that deep data-loving folks who get off on defense fail to understand that defense is a team effort. It doesn't matter how good a single individual is on the defensive end, they can't impact the game the same way a great offensive player can affect the game.

There are some on RealGM who would swear Gobert-Draymond-T Camara-Derrick White-J Holiday go 82-0 and win every game 62-61. And these same people will rant about how perennial 1st team all-NBA guys are overrated. There was a poster who was basically saying Jokic wasn't as good as everyone thought because he was averaging 4TO/game

Mobley is a good player, but he is VASTLY overrated on these boards.

[SA37]

Miami's team defensive rating was top 3 in the NBA through the first 7 games of the season (in which Bam played them all fully). This was while maintaining the fastest pace in the NBA. Limited sample, but an unprecedented combination.

Bam missed 6 full games with foot injury and only played 8 minutes in the game he got hurt. During this 7 game stretch, Miami's team defense performed as the 19th ranked defense in the NBA (still maintaining the fastest pace of play in the NBA).

As a result, before last night's game, Miami's team defensive rating for the season had dropped to 15th in the NBA.

1 game into Bam's return and Miami is back in the top 10 in defensive rating at #9 (while still maintaining the fastest pace in the NBA).

Bam's impact on defense and importance to this team is nothing new and is undeniable. But, I will be very interested to see if Miami can maintain a top 10 defense on the season while continuing to play at one of the fastest paces in the NBA. I'm not sure that's ever been done before.

Small sample obviously, but a fascinating dynamic to monitor.

IIRC, I think my prediction for this season was Miami would have a top-10 offense, but not a top-10 defense. So, I am hoping Miami has the 11th best defense

[greg4012]

Miami's team defensive rating was top 3 in the NBA through the first 7 games of the season (in which Bam played them all fully). This was while maintaining the fastest pace in the NBA. Limited sample, but an unprecedented combination.

Bam missed 6 full games with foot injury and only played 8 minutes in the game he got hurt. During this 7 game stretch, Miami's team defense performed as the 19th ranked defense in the NBA (still maintaining the fastest pace of play in the NBA).

As a result, before last night's game, Miami's team defensive rating for the season had dropped to 15th in the NBA.

1 game into Bam's return and Miami is back in the top 10 in defensive rating at #9 (while still maintaining the fastest pace in the NBA).

Bam's impact on defense and importance to this team is nothing new and is undeniable. But, I will be very interested to see if Miami can maintain a top 10 defense on the season while continuing to play at one of the fastest paces in the NBA. I'm not sure that's ever been done before.

Small sample obviously, but a fascinating dynamic to monitor.

IIRC, I think my prediction for this season was Miami would have a top-10 offense, but not a top-10 defense. So, I am hoping Miami has the 11th best defense

Sounds like you need a Herro