2025-26 Miami Heat Regular Season Thread 3.0

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I like jrue but his contract is not something im interested in absorbing with a 27/28 player option of 37 million

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Looks like I missed the trade reports increase by one day.

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[carnageta]

Herro
Ware
Wiggins
3 FRPs

for Giannis and filler


Role with

DMitch/Kas
Powell/Smith
Larrson/Jaime
Giannis/<filler>
Bam/Jovic


Lack of wing depth and shooting would be worrisome so we'd need to address that.

[MartyCONLONNN]

I don't think we hear all this scuttle from NYC if Giannis wasn't quietly being made available to certain teams and hearing offers. I think he ends up in NYK and I still think we should keep an eye on Morant Heat because I think it's clear he will be moved for pennies on the dollar and we have the perfect expiring for what's being presented as best case for Memphis.

[batterybro42]

You go all in on Giannis and don’t ask questions

If you have a down year because a top 5 player in the NBA got hurt that’s an outcome you can live with. You’re only winning it all with out one of those type guys on your team anyways.

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Knicks trying once again to prepare for an eventual matchup with the Celtics

[Crazy-Canuck]

Herro
Ware
Wiggins
3 FRPs

for Giannis and filler


Role with

DMitch/Kas
Powell/Smith
Larrson/Jaime
Giannis/<filler>
Bam/Jovic


Lack of wing depth and shooting would be worrisome so we'd need to address that.

Worst shooting team in the league.
Don't have 3 picks to trade.
Zero chance they want wiggins.
Might not even want herro anymore due to injury issues.
Jjj will likely need to be involved.

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Knicks trying once again to prepare for an eventual matchup with the Celtics

Got to think the Knicks heard something.

I wouldnt be surprised if bridges gets moved for jrue and picks. He doesn't fit with what brown wants. Then Kat + picks for giannis. I wouldn't do it since it doesn't really help the bucks, but giannis might be calling the shots on this one.

Imo, if any of this is linked. Giannis wants to win now on a ready made team.

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Lock in Pat!!!

[SA37]

Herro
Ware
Wiggins
3 FRPs

for Giannis and filler


Role with

DMitch/Kas
Powell/Smith
Larrson/Jaime
Giannis/<filler>
Bam/Jovic


Lack of wing depth and shooting would be worrisome so we'd need to address that.

Filler = Thanasis, but Miami could use one of Milwaukee's plethora of 2-guards on minimum deals (Trent Jr or G Harris) if Miami actually gave up both Wiggins and Herro. Personally, I wouldn't give up Wiggins in this deal unless Miami had a secondary move lined up with a deal around Rozier's contract turning into some bench help.

In any case, this kind of package would be screaming for Golden St to send Milwaukee Kuminga and Wiggins heading to GS. GS would have to move Hield to make the money work, and he could be sent to Miami (he has 2 years on his deal beyond this season, so I don't know Miami would want Hield). This would likely require GS sending out a 1st, which would allow Miami to not have to trade 3 1sts.

Miami could potentially deal Rozier (and Hield) to a 4th team or check the buyout market for a C. Chris Paul starts to make a lot of sense as a PG if Giannis were acquired.

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The closer we get the more it seems Memphis is coming to the realization that this is just going to have to be a salary dump

[3ammy3uck3ts]

If Giannis does inevitably end up with the Knicks maybe we do need to jump in and try to snag KAT.

I can’t stand him though lol

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Ja; Garland, Donovan, who would you rather have between the 3 in order from best to worst? I get the feeling at minimum one of those Cavs guards will be available this summer at the latest (I’ve never though Mitchell was a long term piece for Cleveland) and the obviously Ja is there for the taking right now.

I guess assuming the Giannis thing doesnt happen

[Big Dee Chi-Born]

I just heard that Giannis has had 4 separate calf injuries in the last 19 months. Is that something we should be signing up for???

[MorbidHEAT]

In fairness, the team has not inspired any confidence to its base. It has been semi-successful in spite of itself. The worst part in my opinion is that it doesn't learn. How many trades for franchise changing players have we passed on over holding hope in capturing the whale like Giannis? We appear to be doing the same thing now with Ja Morant. We can rehab Ja Morant on and off the court to get him back to where he was a few years ago before the gun incidents. He would change this franchise. We again will likely hold out for the whale. It's been a frustrating few years. Having said that, I still gladly and proudly wear my heat cap or beanie everywhere I go.

It's not its Heat fan base. There has always been a base of fans who root against the Heat. A lot of them are Knicks fans or fans of other teams or players since the Big Three formed. Because of social media, some of y'all get confused, thinking the Heat critics are Heat fans, and you join people who root against the Heat.

I do not want to get into your personal critique of the Heat. It is okay to have a personal critique to say, "Oh, they should have done this or that." But you are joining other team fans' motives and agendas, whose sole purpose is to spoil the image of the Heat. Think about it: you watch the Heat build teams that went to two NBA Finals and a conference title game, becoming the NUMBER ONE seed within a four-year span. The Heat went from Bustice Winslow, Whiteside, and Minion to a title contender overnight. But you let non-Heat fans convince you not to be proud of that. It started with the Big Three; the silly complaints were, "Oh, they didn't do it the right way like the Spurs." So now the Heat built contenders with internal development and drafted players around someone who NO FRANCHISE BELIEVED IN, a.k.a. Jimmy Butler. Many in here didn't believe in going after Jimmy Butler. Now it's, "Oh, they don't sign the blockbuster players, so I can't enjoy the success." That is a crazy, corrupted mindset that you let a Knicks fan feed you.

Amen. I do think some of our fanbase is a bit spoiled on top of that, the Heat are at absolute worst a top 5 franchise in the 21st century in terms of success and fans here bitch as if we are some perennial mediocre squad that can't do anything right. Instead of being impressed they bounced back from the big 3 era and reached two finals, they go "oh you easily could have won if you just did x y and z, buncha bums!" Its very entitled behavior.

I don't understand this mentality and I never will. The Heat don't perform for free. Tickets cost money and they are more expensive every year. Fans pay a lot of money every year for them to go out there and put the best team available on the court. If they want to reduce ticket prices on off years or on their money saving years, then fans have to shut up and take it. While ticket prices remain high and while it cost $100 to get a soda and popcorn at the arena, then fans should demand excellence and be upset when they don't get it.

There is a difference between accountability and loyalty. They can be held accountable by a loyal fanbase. The fact is that over the last few years they have had plenty of opportunities to improve a team that had no business being as good as it was. They either passed on every chance or failed every chance. There should be accountability. It isn't entitled behavior to call them on it. It's entitled behavior to expect to not be called on it just due to a history which you have already been paid for and collected on.

[dolphinatik]

Ja is the bigger talent, garland least risk. Donovan ain't ever coming to Miami. Not getting ja is a crime. Imagine bulls not getting Rodman or Pistons not getting sheed because they had red flags. Both were key.

[carnageta]

Ja; Garland, Donovan, who would you rather have between the 3 in order from best to worst? I get the feeling at minimum one of those Cavs guards will be available this summer at the latest (I’ve never though Mitchell was a long term piece for Cleveland) and the obviously Ja is there for the taking right now.

I guess assuming the Giannis thing doesnt happen

Garland doesn't move the needle at all. He isn't better than Tyler Herro.

I'd personally want Donovan Mitchell. He's Bam's boi and he'll only be 30 with several more years of high-level play left in him. He's also one of the best playoff performers in the league. A core of Bam and Donny + a strong supporting cast is a 50 win team and a contender in the East.


Now if we were trading Bam and doing a full rebuild kind of thing, then I would take the flier on Morant - who's younger than Mitchell with perhaps more upside potential (if things work out).

[Beenie]

If Giannis goes to NY, Mia should fire sale some vets.

I guess if Ja could be had for peanuts, they should still make that move. Could always flip him down the road.

But the primary aim should be to go young and to accumulate assets.