Miami Heat (6-6) @ Detroit Pistons (9-3) Sun Nov 12, 2017, 4:00 PM

[Sign5]

Crazy stat: Whiteside is 42nd among CENTERS in touches-per-game. He isn't seeing the ball enough for someone his caliber of talent. He is last among Cs with 20+ minutes-per-game in touches. Tyson Chandler is seeing more touches per game.

Pretty obvious if he sees the ball more frequently he wouldn't be looking to force shots up every time he gets the opportunity.

The dude probably misses Wade on the simple fact that hes the only guy til this day that could actually pass/ lob Whiteside the ball

This team overall just doesnt have the highest IQ, little things like exploiting mismatches are ignored.

Don't have the stats in front of me but I'm certain he's getting the ball much more than when Wade was here, passing him the ball was always hard because he's hard of passing

I'm not talking about the amount of touches he receives im talking about the easy passes, lobs and entry passes that Wade made look so easy and which our guards still have difficulty making.

Whiteside has great hands so you'd think it'd be easy but its been a wrinkle in the offense since Wade left.

[Bishop45]

The dude probably misses Wade on the simple fact that hes the only guy til this day that could actually pass/ lob Whiteside the ball

This team overall just doesnt have the highest IQ, little things like exploiting mismatches are ignored.

Don't have the stats in front of me but I'm certain he's getting the ball much more than when Wade was here, passing him the ball was always hard because he's hard of passing

I'm not talking about the amount of touches he receives im talking about the easy passes, lobs and entry passes that Wade made look so easy and which our guards still have difficulty making.

Whiteside has great hands so you'd think it'd be easy but its been a wrinkle in the offense since Wade left.

You responded to the corresponding @_rate post saying that Whiteside didn't get enough touches by talking about how things were when Wade was here, I assumed you guys were talking about the same thing

[gom]

Yeah. Whiteside misses Wade's passes even more than we do. Sometimes he still gets a good one, though.

My goal this season is to finish in the playoffs. How deep of a run do you guys think we can make with this team?

If we finish in the top 4, I can see us getting into the second round. We have to get a lot better to beat elite teams, even in the East. Also, I'm expecting the 76ers team to be massively improved during the season. Ben Simmons is very impressive.

[Mos_Heat]

I'm not even sure we are a playoff team. Need some major improvements on offense. 6th worse offense brehs, that's pathetic

[Bishop45]

If we don't improve, we're fighting Wiz and 6ers for a playoff spot. Not mad if we make it or not... Well, no, I'll be mad if 6ers have a better record than us.

If both us and 6ers miss the playoffs and we have a better record then I'm fine. Healthy basketball and possible trades is all I could ask for

[Hallstar]

If we don't improve, we're fighting Wiz and 6ers for a playoff spot. Not mad if we make it or not... Well, no, I'll be mad if 6ers have a better record than us.

If both us and 6ers miss the playoffs and we have a better record then I'm fine. Healthy basketball and possible trades is all I could ask for

If we miss the playoffs again, we would have missed the playoffs 3 times since the Dragic trade and now sending a lottery pick to the Suns for our trouble. That's not an acceptable outcome

[Bishop45]

If we don't improve, we're fighting Wiz and 6ers for a playoff spot. Not mad if we make it or not... Well, no, I'll be mad if 6ers have a better record than us.

If both us and 6ers miss the playoffs and we have a better record then I'm fine. Healthy basketball and possible trades is all I could ask for

If we miss the playoffs again, we would have missed the playoffs 3 times since the Dragic trade and now sending a lottery pick to the Suns for our trouble. That's not an acceptable outcome

Meh, Playoffs or bust isn't a concept to me, either we're in the running to make moves to contend at some point or we're not

Long as the outlook is progress>>>