***Our Annual - Predict The Heat 2021-2022 Regular Season***

[RexBoyWonder]

It's that time of the year again - time to get our hopes up before they're crushed by Iggie's jinxing.

Last year we were all (besides eddieheatfan) too optimistic and on average expected 6.5 more wins.

We still have a roster spot and 2 way contracts to add but the roster is close enough to our final form..So...
Did we get better this year?

Last season Prediction thread :
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2022216

How wisdom of the crowd effect works :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd


So without further ado, let's get after it - All answers should address the Regular Season :


1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?

[IggieCC]

52 WINS

2-4 ECFs loss to Brooklyn

[Dr_Heat]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? 49

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? 6

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?
Big Booty


10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
Fire Spo


13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
IggieCC gets banned

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?
Brooklyn, Lebrons, Brooklyn Kevin wins it

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?

1st round loss

[IggieCC]

IggieCC gets banned

1st round loss

[puppa bear]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)
51

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
Yes, 4th

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Bam 20.4
Jimmy 19.3
Lowry 16.2
Herro 15.8
Duncan 13.8

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?
Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?
Strus

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Strus

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
PJ - He won’t be the factor fans & the FO expect him to be, even he thinks we overpaid him (read between the lines in some of his leaving Bucks comments).

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
Mid season we’ll get the an offer for Duncan, by NOP that will be something like Ingram for Duncan/Herro/PJ - hopefully the FO jumps on it!

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
Spo playing Yurt7 during an injury to Dedmon & actually staying with him in the rotation.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
His willingness to change style to fit the roster is a sign of growth …

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
We will better defensively with Duncan on court than off. Simply due to who he plays with, though.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Bam calls out Jimmy for not giving 100% in a game, and Jimmy simply takes it on the chin.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
During a slow start, Rex makes 0 posts about trading Jimmy, starting the rebuild and tanking the season. Meanwhile, AirP turns on Jimmy and demands we trade his bum ass - at which point Grumpy ask for decorum and praises the decision to Herro and let Nunn walk.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Failure = not making the 2nd round
Success = getting out of the second round, or better

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Roster cohesion. If they’re on the same page we’ll be good, otherwise we could look bad at times.

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?
Net (once they get all the buy-out all-stars) beating the Clippers in the Finals.

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
Second round loss, 4-2 to a healthy Nets (who finished #1 seed).

[HEATVols865]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season) 50 wins

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? #3 in the East

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? Jimmy 22ppg, Bam 19ppg, Lowry 17ppg, Uncan 15ppg, Struss 14ppg

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)? Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)? Struss and Yurtseven

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Struss

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Herro

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? There goes my Herro…

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both) Spo actually playing Yurt and Bam

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? Fire him

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player. Struss with extremely high 3pt % shooting, top 10 in the league

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. Jimmy going off on Spo

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. Wanting Spo fired.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? Failure: miss the playoffs. Success: Champions

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Sporon

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions? Bucks, Warriors, Warriors

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end? Loss in the first round thanks to Spo’s sucky coaching


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[eddieheatfan]

It's that time of the year again - time to get our hopes up before they're crushed by Iggie's jinxing.

Last year we were all (besides eddieheatfan) too optimistic and on average expected 6.5 more wins.

We still have a roster spot and 2 way contracts to add but the roster is close enough to our final form..So...
Did we get better this year?

Last season Prediction thread :
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2022216

How wisdom of the crowd effect works :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd


So without further ado, let's get after it - All answers should address the Regular Season :


1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?

How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)
42 wins (just because of lowry, i think that our age at SF and PG will get noticed plus there's going to be injuries and covid protocols to consider yadda yadda yadda

Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? 8th seed, again because in my mind we are just a tad better than last year

Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

jimmy 18 points

lowry 15 points

herro 19 points

robinson 13 points

dedmon 10 points

Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?lowry with 7 assist per game

Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?yurtseven with an ave of 14 points per game

Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? HERRO

Who will be the biggest disappointment? haslem

What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? none

What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)spo will try to run lowry at center and dedmon at PG for some unkown reason

joking aside, yurtseven will be our surprise. positive the negative surprise is that dipo will re injure himself at some point

What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? what a ****

Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

haslem will be caught passing on the bong to the players

Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

michael beasley will be spotted along with winslow at the heat concession stands

Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

the boat of shambles will make a comeback at the end of the season



What will you consider a success/failure this year?
dipo re injuring himself and lowry and jimmy playing like asses

What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? SPO

What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

the bucks in the east and the fakers in the west

Bonus playoff question- How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?1st round exit, treadmill team

[SA37]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)

48-34

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

Yes. 5th seed.

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Butler 22ppg - Adebayo 19 ppg - Herro 16ppg - Lowry 13ppg - Robinson 12ppg

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?

Herro

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Strus -- he'll become a consistent rotation player

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

of player who will play, PJ Tucker; Okpala will continue to disappoint his fans

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

I don't see Miami being able to make a significant trade.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Robinson struggling with his shooting; he'll shoot under 40% from 3

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

He didn't use Dedmon or Strus enough

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

Aside from Robinson shooting under 40% from 3, Miami will use 10+ different starting lineups during the year

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

Miami's players urging Adebayo to be more aggressive on offense

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

Grumpy will remind us about Nunn all year and the fight to make game threads will continue

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Showing Miami has a good enough roster to at least compete with the top teams in the East in a series

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Miami's ability to get consistent production off the bench

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

Brooklyn and Golden State with Brooklyn winning the championship

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?[/quote]

Miami will get to the 2nd round and lose to Brooklyn 4-2.

[HeatFanLifer]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)

47

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

Yes. 6th.

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?


Yimmy: 20
Lowry: 18
Bam: 17
D-Rob: 14
Herro: 12



4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Lowry until he gets hurt

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?

Omer

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Strus

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Herro

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

Team is staying as is.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Team will not be in the top half of D Rating in the league

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

He’s a robot incapable of adjustment.

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

Bottom 5 in league for team rebounds.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. [/color]

Yurt7 starting

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

Ban Iggie. This is more of a statement than a prediction.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

ECF’s or bust

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Lowry’s health and game management

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

East: Milwaukee
West: Clippers
NBA Champs: Bucks

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?[/quote]

4-1 elimination in first round

[carnageta]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)
50-32

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
Yes, 4th seed in the east.

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Jimmy Butler - 22 PPG
Bam Adebayo - 20 PPG
Tyler Herro - 18 PPG
Duncan Robinson - 15 PPG
Kyle Lowry 14 PPG

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?
Kyle Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?
Herro

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Close one between Herro and Strus. However, with the addition of Lowry I'm going with Tyler.

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
PJ Tucker.

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
A worthless trade to save a few dollars. Classic Mickey.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
Oladipo's return (positive).


10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
'Spo is a doo doo coach'.

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
Jimmy Butler shoots above 33% from three-point range over the course of the season.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Max Strus posterizes Giannis.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
I have no idea.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Success if: home court advantage in first round of playoffs and make it to at least the second round.
Okay season if: no homecourt in first round but make at least the second round of the playoffs.
Failure if: miss the playoffs or get bounced in first round in devastating fashion.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Injuries. This is an older team (Lowry, Butler, Tucker, etc.) that is also planning to rely on an injured player for production (Oladipo).

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?
Eastern champs - Milwaukee. Western champs - Lakers. NBA champs - Milwaukee.

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
We'll make it to the second round and lose in 6 to the Bucks.

[IggieCC]

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

Ban Iggie. This is more of a statement than a prediction.

[BenoUdrihFTL]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)
52-30

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
4th seed

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Yimmy 22
Bam 20
Lowry 16
Herro 15
DRob 14

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?
Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?
Herro

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Herro; his scoring volume will be about the same but he'll be more efficient and smarter on both ends

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
Marqueef gets more DNP-CDs than we're expecting

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
Heavily protected 2055 SRP for Frank Kaminsky

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
Top 5 defense and top 10 offense

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
Fire Spo

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
Our 3 leading scorers will all have a TS% >60

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
Opening night game is delayed for 90 mins during warmups after KZ launches a brick that shatters the backboard

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
Dude with the BBW fetish gets banned for posting xxx content during our playoff run

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Success: ECF and above
Neutral: 2nd round loss to Nets or Bucks
Failure: anything less

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?
Health (looking at you Dipo)

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?
Nets over Nuggets

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?
ECF loss to healthy Nets

[dolphinatik]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season) 46

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? 6th

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? Jimmy 21, Bam 18, Tyler 16, Robinson 13, Lowry 15

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)? Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)? Garret

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Robinson

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Olodipo

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? KZ, Dipo traded for next to nothing

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both) rebounds will go up, 3pt shooting will decline

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? didnt play Omer/Garret/insert young player here enough

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player. Herros effeciency goes up/Turnovers will go down

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. Omer Dedmon Bam lineup

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? failure if Bam doesnt settle into a role he can dominate

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? whether Spo can break relying on same 5 players to give others a chance

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions? Nets/Lakers/Lakers

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end? ECF loss to the Nets as Harden is too much

[Majestic7]

Heat win 50 games. 2nd seed. ECF!

[IceColdCubano]

It's that time of the year again - time to get our hopes up before they're crushed by Iggie's jinxing.

Last year we were all (besides eddieheatfan) too optimistic and on average expected 6.5 more wins.

We still have a roster spot and 2 way contracts to add but the roster is close enough to our final form..So...
Did we get better this year?

Last season Prediction thread :
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2022216

How wisdom of the crowd effect works :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_crowd


So without further ado, let's get after it - All answers should address the Regular Season :


1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)
49
2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?
Yes, 5th seed
3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?
Jimmy, bam, Lowry, hero, Duncan in that order
4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?
Lowry
5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?
Hero will have the biggest improvement but Duncan will be right behind him.
6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?
Hero
7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?
KZ when playing for an injured player will have some very bad games.
8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?
None, perhaps a buyout player.
9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)
Hero improvement with a full offseason, Bam will also improve his midrange slightly to the point it will be noticeable.
10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?
He is an above average planning coach, but bad at mid game adjustments.
11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.
2-3 additional FGA from Bam at the mid post to the high post.
12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.
BAM starts the season Ansy to show improvement and ends up throwing duds the first 10 games then levels to his ceiling again.
13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.
Expect fire spo or what was pat thinking middle of the season if this goes terribly south.
14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?
Eastern conference Finals losing to the Nets/bucks is a success. Losing in the first round again shows this team isn’t even close
15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?

[HeatFanLifer]

People who don’t answer question 13 should be given an incomplete. BenoFTL prolly has the best prediction so far, with my answer prolly being the most true.

[HIF]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)

44

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

of course. 4th seed

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

those who score the most

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?

Herro

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

KZ

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Whichever big starts alongside Adebayo

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

We gonna get a whale

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Jimmy Butler is traded

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

The same they always write - people don't change.

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

More team assists than we've had in a looong time

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

Airhead pretends he's always been a Heat fan

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

HIF fails to make a post for 2 consecutive months.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Success - still being alive at season's end.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Riley/Andy

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

Heat, Lakers. Heat Crush Lebron in Finals

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?

champions - with millions of new bandwagonners.

[IggieCC]

People who don’t answer question 13 should be given an incomplete. BenoFTL prolly has the best prediction so far, with my answer prolly being the most true.

Spoiler:

prolly

Spoiler:

[AirP.]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season)

48

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be?

3rd

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be?

Two different seasons in one, before Oladipo then with Oladipo(when the rust is off), players ppg will drop once Oladipo is back.
Also, Tucker being in the starting lineup means more scoring for others, with a decent scoring PF those numbers drop.

Butler 22 ppg (could be less if others can score better this year... talking mostly Herro and Oladipo)
Bam 20 ppg
Herro 18 ppg (wouldn't be surprised if it's 20+ if he's looking only to score off the bench)
Lowry 16 ppg
Oladipo & Robinson 14 ppg

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)?

Lowry with Strus for the bench. Oladipo was already in the rotation last season.

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)?

Herro, he'll be a good scorer and still be a very bad defender.

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year?

Strus although people will really push Herro because he's scoring more.

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment?

Vincent or possibly Tucker since people will fixate on his ppg.

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)?

Probably no sizable trade till possibly next offseason.
Longshot? Miami goes after Bagley III trading Tucker and a couple of young players.

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? (positive or negative or both)

Some will say Herro scoring, I think Strus being a better scorer then expected.

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over?

Get rid of Spo because they want Herro and his horrific defense starting.

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player.

Could have 3 guys near 20+ ppg by end of the season although Oladipo coming back may drop them too much. (Tucker's non scoring is part of that)

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season.

Oladipo coming back and taking shots away from Herro.

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s.

This question is nonexistent, if people can pretend buildings don't have a 13th floor because 13 is unlucky, I can do the same for this question.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year?

Being mentioned as a contender by the end of the regular season. Going from a big 3 of Winslow, Richardson and Bam to a legit contender in 3 years really should be a success. If they're not considered a contender without major injuries, that's a failure and that's on the FO.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year?

Butler and Lowry being able to win close games.

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions?

Eastern Champs... Brooklyn
Western Champs... Dallas (they have moves to make)
NBA Champs... Brooklyn

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end?

Second round although defensively they can match up with Brooklyn better then most teams can. I think Miami's weak links get exploited to the point where the fanbase may turn on offensive only player's they've liked for a while.

2022-2023 is the season Miami will have their best shot at a championship with this current cast. Oladipo should be back and ready to go, a major trade with a package of Tucker and one or both of Robinson or Herro may happen to fix the situation at PF, Miami can and will go into the tax, they won't be hard capped and Brooklyn's stars should all be declining.

[contract]

1) How many wins will the Heat have in the 2021-2022 season? (back to a 82 game season) 50

2) Will we make the playoffs this year? If yes - what seed will we be? Yes ... 4th seed

3) Who will be our top 5 leading scorers, and what will their PPG be? Butler 19.5, Bam 19, Lowry 18, Robinson 15, Herro 14

4) Who will be our best overall new addition (new to the rotation)? Lowry

5) Who will be our best overall young/inexperienced player? (Herro/Strus/Omer/KZ/Vincent/2 way guys like Garret/Deeky)? Herro

6) Which player will make the biggest improvement from last year? Robinson

7) Who will be the biggest disappointment? Oladipo ... gets hurt again

8) What trades will we end up doing during the year (or even before the season starts)? Tyler Herro -----> Justise Winslow

9) What will be the biggest surprise of the season? Herro hits the NBA Finals Game 7 winning shot for the Clippers

10) What will our board posters write about Spo once this season is over? Same as always. He's washed, stupid, can't coach ...

11) Predict a nice/interesting statistical nugget you can see happening with the team or a player. We finish top 5 in 3pt shooting defense.

12) Predict the weirdest moment of the season. UD hits a 3 point shot in our home finale. He's got to retire then, right?

13) Predict a RealGM Heat-board development you expect to see with a long time poster/s. It is revealed that Grumpy Heat Fan was right about everything all along ... just like he kept telling us.

14) What will you consider a success/failure this year? Success is reaching the NBA Finals. Failure is not making a big trade to get us there.

15) What will be the biggest factor to impact our success or failure this year? Lowry. If he doesn't fall off and stays healthy, this team will be good.

16) What are your picks for Eastern champions, Western champions - and finally NBA Champions? Heat vs Warriors ... and the Warriors win.

17) Bonus playoff question - How far will we get in the playoffs and how will our season end? Soul crushing defeat in the NBA Finals.