2024-25 Regular Season Thread Vol. 3

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Easy to imagine if they are the ones that made it a multibillion dollar org to begin with. Warren Buffet is 94 years old and still chairman and ceo of Berkshire Hathaway.

Thanks Dwyane!!!

What does that even mean?

Wade built this house and gave it meaning, there was a time when he needed to step down as well and he did. Not it’s time for Pat to do the same, he fumbled this build

[MettaWorldPanda]

Looks like we should’ve taken the Knicks up on their Bridges offer considering they came for Jimmy first

Yup this should have been settled in the summer. Just not played very well at all. Pat don’t know when to let go before it’s too late

[AirP.]

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[Umbooki]

Did we just manage to bring up Yurt in 2025? I’m going to bed. Happy Friday, y’all.

[MettaWorldPanda]

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Wiggins
Anderson
Looney (expiring)
Payton(expiring)
2027 1st rd pick
2028 2nd rd pick

52.1 million
17.1 million in expirings

to Heat for

Butler
Love

52.6

[greg4012]

the fug happened Jimmy!

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In my opinion, he was playing nice to not cause drama then. I think he did truly like being here and wanted to stay-on an extension. Probably thought a deal would of been done in short order.

Everyone says it's not about the money, but it is. He knows what he did for Miami. Without him, there was no finals appearances or crazy playyoff upsets.
Almost in every sport athletes say it's not about maxing out their worth, but their agents want to get them every dollar.

I haven't kept up on this in great detail, but I'll be amazed if the Heat were seriously considering re-signing him at top pay on this extension-if at all.

He was posturing for the bag. Nothing more nothing less.

[wAtChOut218]

Other part of this is Jimmy has been tiring behind closed doors. Doesn’t travel with the team, doesn’t participate in team events, missing regular season games he shouldn’t have, etc.

The Heat was fine with putting up with this when they were winning but aren’t gonna sign up for another 3 years of this especially if he can’t play 60+ games in the regular season

[batterybro42]

Well that’s about enough Jimmy Butler for me boys

Congrats to him. What a legacy he’s leaving behind as a malcontent me guy. He had a chance to re write that here in Miami, but he’s right back to what he was everywhere else along the way. I’ve never been more embarrassed to be a Heat fan, with this type of stuff going on and him being on the floor. Full stop it’s got to go. I don’t care if he’s traded or not just get him away from the team.

This is unacceptable in so many ways treating the Heat like some poverty franchise, when you were the one who wanted to come here for a culture and standard that was bigger than you. All for him to throw a fit like a child the first time he’s asked to prove something. Pat threw down a challenge and a pathway for Jimmy to get what he wanted. Playing like a top 10 player in the league that gets the money he wants and is currently getting was just too big of an ask from Pat Riley to give.

You know where would Pat Riley be without the great Jimmy Butler? What would his legacy be without a first round win against the Bucks in 2023? Would his 9 championship rings be enough to give him credibility and respect?

I get it Jimmy has been our guys here for a minute we rocked with him, but the notion that he has carried this team to the extent it’s portrayed is ridiculous. First finals run he had Bam, Herro, Goran, Iggy, Crowder, Robinson, and KO a STELLER SUPPORTING CAST that showed up big and carried water. In the next run he an arguably better roster including gems like Vincent, Strus, and Martin who largely carried through the Knicks and Celtics series, that the front office everybody loves to talk down out went out and found and developed. I’m over it all. Get rid of this guy make it clear why we are doing and watch this team start to play much better.

Last thing outside of Jimmy is stop trying to sell me on Bam being some sort of culture keeper or the guy to fill the shoes of UD and Zo. He doesn’t have the balls to check Butler, nobody on the team does. The one guy who I could actually see having that type of approach on this team is eventually Ware

Ware piece at the end has me rollin

The collective iq of this fanbase is low as hell, Jesus Christ

Bam literally just checked Jimmy mid game for taking a terrible shot 2 nights ago. The dude is stamped by UD but Heat fans and their agendas need to be pushed I guess.

The second a young guy on the team has a good game the asinine takes begin. Last year Jaime was “a 25 PPG scorer” now Ware is the culture bearer, next Jovic will be a bigger Luka and so on. I remember Heat fans were trading Bam in favor of Yurt

It has nothing to do with how Ware plays on the floor to me he is the only young guy on the roster with that type of demeanor to potentially be like that. Bam hasn’t been and never will be that guy. Your supposed franchise leader got waived off by Butler and not a word was exchanged about it between them. Your leader doesn’t need to be your best player. This wouldn’t be happening with Haslem around

[SoFlaKingReal]

Other part of this is Jimmy has been tiring behind closed doors. Doesn’t travel with the team, doesn’t participate in team events, missing regular season games he shouldn’t have, etc.

The Heat was fine with putting up with this when they were winning but aren’t gonna sign up for another 3 years of this especially if he can’t play 60+ games in the regular season

That’s his schtick. He cashes the checks tho.

[eddieheatfan]

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Wiggins
Anderson
Looney (expiring)
Payton(expiring)
2027 1st rd pick
2028 2nd rd pick

52.1 million
17.1 million in expirings

to Heat for

Butler
Love

52.6

get rid of rozier too. guy is inconsistent as a heat player. if i were me, i would send jimmy to spend time with lebron and brony

[greg4012]

Ware piece at the end has me rollin

The collective iq of this fanbase is low as hell, Jesus Christ

Bam literally just checked Jimmy mid game for taking a terrible shot 2 nights ago. The dude is stamped by UD but Heat fans and their agendas need to be pushed I guess.

The second a young guy on the team has a good game the asinine takes begin. Last year Jaime was “a 25 PPG scorer” now Ware is the culture bearer, next Jovic will be a bigger Luka and so on. I remember Heat fans were trading Bam in favor of Yurt

It has nothing to do with how Ware plays on the floor to me he is the only young guy on the roster with that type of demeanor to potentially be like that. Bam hasn’t been and never will be that guy. Your supposed franchise leader got waived off by Butler and not a word was exchanged about it between them. Your leader doesn’t need to be your best player. This wouldn’t be happening with Haslem around

Seems you're projecting your own preferred personality/demeanor onto Ware in the absence of him showing much alternative.

[MettaWorldPanda]

Herro spoke about he and Ware hanging off the court everyday. Those two are becoming very close. Love to see it

[eddieheatfan]

Other part of this is Jimmy has been tiring behind closed doors. Doesn’t travel with the team, doesn’t participate in team events, missing regular season games he shouldn’t have, etc.

The Heat was fine with putting up with this when they were winning but aren’t gonna sign up for another 3 years of this especially if he can’t play 60+ games in the regular season

dude nice to see ya here. hope you bring it before the sardine insider does

[MettaWorldPanda]

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Wiggins
Anderson
Looney (expiring)
Payton(expiring)
2027 1st rd pick
2028 2nd rd pick

52.1 million
17.1 million in expirings

to Heat for

Butler
Love

52.6

get rid of rozier too. guy is inconsistent as a heat player. if i were me, i would send jimmy to spend time with lebron and brony

It’s not easy to just snap your fingers and dump someone like Rozier. He’ll be dealt next year when he has a good expiring contract to trade.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Ware piece at the end has me rollin

The collective iq of this fanbase is low as hell, Jesus Christ

Bam literally just checked Jimmy mid game for taking a terrible shot 2 nights ago. The dude is stamped by UD but Heat fans and their agendas need to be pushed I guess.

The second a young guy on the team has a good game the asinine takes begin. Last year Jaime was “a 25 PPG scorer” now Ware is the culture bearer, next Jovic will be a bigger Luka and so on. I remember Heat fans were trading Bam in favor of Yurt

It has nothing to do with how Ware plays on the floor to me he is the only young guy on the roster with that type of demeanor to potentially be like that. Bam hasn’t been and never will be that guy. Your supposed franchise leader got waived off by Butler and not a word was exchanged about it between them. Your leader doesn’t need to be your best player. This wouldn’t be happening with Haslem around

Got waved off how? Were they supposed to stop playing mid defensive possession and talk it out?

He’s been stamped by UD who’s been around him his entire career. He was voted as the team captain for a reason. He huddles the guys up and chews into them mid game when needed we’ve seen it but ignore it because it’s Bam and agendas, he’s called team meetings after lackluster playoff games and chewed the team out.

The dismissal of Bam by this fanbase is weird as hell considering he always bust his ass, is always available, comes up huge in the biggest moments of the season, will be top 3 or leading every major statistic in Heat history when it’s all said and done, etc. we have a franchise greet on the roster when it’s all said and done and you all just spend 90% of the time **** on the dude, I hope he asks out too and goes somewhere with a competent FO where he’s appreciated.

Ware as the torch bearer when you’ve barely seen him is insane

[MettaWorldPanda]

For the nostalgic factor I like the idea of Gary Payton Jr getting to play here. I think he would fit in like a “glove” next to Herro lol

[MettaWorldPanda]

The collective iq of this fanbase is low as hell, Jesus Christ

Bam literally just checked Jimmy mid game for taking a terrible shot 2 nights ago. The dude is stamped by UD but Heat fans and their agendas need to be pushed I guess.

The second a young guy on the team has a good game the asinine takes begin. Last year Jaime was “a 25 PPG scorer” now Ware is the culture bearer, next Jovic will be a bigger Luka and so on. I remember Heat fans were trading Bam in favor of Yurt

It has nothing to do with how Ware plays on the floor to me he is the only young guy on the roster with that type of demeanor to potentially be like that. Bam hasn’t been and never will be that guy. Your supposed franchise leader got waived off by Butler and not a word was exchanged about it between them. Your leader doesn’t need to be your best player. This wouldn’t be happening with Haslem around

Got waved off how? Were they supposed to stop playing mid defensive possession and talk it out?

He’s been stamped by UD who’s been around him his entire career. He was voted as the team captain for a reason. He huddles the guys up and chews into them mid game when needed we’ve seen it but ignore it because it’s Bam and agendas, he’s called team meetings after lackluster playoff games and chewed the team out.

The dismissal of Bam by this fanbase is weird as hell considering he always bust his ass, is always available, comes up huge in the biggest moments of the season, will be top 3 or leading every major statistic in Heat history when it’s all said and done, etc. we have a franchise greet on the roster when it’s all said and done and you all just spend 90% of the time **** on the dude, I hope he asks out too and goes somewhere with a competent FO where he’s appreciated.

Ware as the torch bearer when you’ve barely seen him is insane

Stop bunching in the whole fan base. It’s only a few. Bam is clearly the chosen one

[AirP.]

If you’re seriously going to equate this guy having the highest level of success in his career and collecting 230M in the process with being a “battered woman” then I really hope these are your last few days on this team forum too.

It will be.

So, if a guy has some good times with a woman and even gives her a bunch of expensive gifts and money, she can't be battered? That's an odd way to think.

Any chance she was also abusive in this terrible analogy?

Absolutely.
It's a terrible analoygy out of context, since the orignal person cut off what they posted that I was replying to.

At this point, Butler was in a situation he's been trying to get out of, the longer he's in it, the more difficult his chances at whatever max money he could have gotten. Normally I'm fine with an organzation doing this but the system has changed which Spoelstra mentioned in training camp and now Butler and Bam have to "figure it out". It's not going to mess with Bam's money if the system works against him with him being 27, it will work against Butler who's 35 looking for one more payday. Neither are 3pt shooters but they're supposed to space for the most part which is both of those player's weakest part of their games. It's costing Butler and his family millions of dollars to just be used as a roleplayer. I get most don't have sympathy for a guy with that much money, but in his situation he has a reason to feel betrayed.

Spoiler:

First it was oh he’s upset because the team didnt shoot down the initial report (that he himself leaked to Shams) then it was “I appreciate the statement from Riley” that he wasn’t going to be traded. Now the straw that broke the camel’s back is the imaginary officials that implied he didn't play hard. Like a broad looking for any reason to go out the door, for every solution there will be a problem.

[batterybro42]

The collective iq of this fanbase is low as hell, Jesus Christ

Bam literally just checked Jimmy mid game for taking a terrible shot 2 nights ago. The dude is stamped by UD but Heat fans and their agendas need to be pushed I guess.

The second a young guy on the team has a good game the asinine takes begin. Last year Jaime was “a 25 PPG scorer” now Ware is the culture bearer, next Jovic will be a bigger Luka and so on. I remember Heat fans were trading Bam in favor of Yurt

It has nothing to do with how Ware plays on the floor to me he is the only young guy on the roster with that type of demeanor to potentially be like that. Bam hasn’t been and never will be that guy. Your supposed franchise leader got waived off by Butler and not a word was exchanged about it between them. Your leader doesn’t need to be your best player. This wouldn’t be happening with Haslem around

Seems you're projecting your own preferred personality/demeanor onto Ware in the absence of him showing much alternative.

Time will tell but that’s my observation from watching him play and carry himself in college, summer league, and this season. If he ends up being good enough for his words to carry some weight I think there is a good chance he will be a leader here.

[oreon]

Wiggins
Anderson
Looney (expiring)
Payton(expiring)
2027 1st rd pick
2028 2nd rd pick

52.1 million
17.1 million in expirings

to Heat for

Butler
Love

52.6

Just 1 first rounder and we gotta eat 3 years of Wiggins. Nope. It gotta be atleast 2 first rounders and involve a 3rd team to get an expiring for Wiggins. I'd rather let Butler walk and get some cap flexibility than this