Miami Heat Regular Season Thread 21-22 Vol. 3

[BenoUdrihFTL]

Dragic is completely washed.

Longing for the old dragon to magically reappear is a fun fantasy, but unrealistic to put it gently. Cant recall a two consecutive game stretch in which he played well last season.

And he is a complete liability on defense, more so than either Herro or Duncan.

No thanks.

He played pretty well in the first two playoff games last season, albeit his 18 points in game 2 coming in a 34 point loss lol. He led the team in scoring game 1 with 25 in what would've been a win if not for a Yimmy brick at the FT line late in regulation

[SoFlaKingReal]

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This is a cringy tweet by Woj....very obviously a shill tweet directly from the Bucks.

[heater4life]

Dragic is completely washed.

Longing for the old dragon to magically reappear is a fun fantasy, but unrealistic to put it gently. Cant recall a two consecutive game stretch in which he played well last season.

And he is a complete liability on defense, more so than either Herro or Duncan.

No thanks.

[marson]

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What a dodge by Kyrie lol. PJ almost land on his knee.

[goodboys lats]

I'd want to get Dragic just so the Bucks don't get him. His legs have to be fresh and would give us even more insane depth. Put him in when Duncan/Strus/Gabe don't have it going. If he proves enough to get more playing time, then we have an upgrade who knows our system and the majority of the players including Lowry.

[BenoUdrihFTL]

If we do grab Gogi, we'd just have to make sure not to play him with Herro. There wouldn't be enough basketballs for them to make up for the amount of points they'd give up on the other end together lol

[3ballbomber]

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Dipo wld make it tough for us to go after Goran. He'd be buried deep in the bench. Unless he loves us so much he wouldn't mind any lack of mins he gets. I care about dude & hope he makes the right decision for an opportunity to end his career w/ a ring, where ever that may be. But his best bet is Bucks or us. Either way I wish him the very best

[3ballbomber]

I agree with ya'll. Bringing back Goran would be a great insurance move in case Lowry, Herro, Gabe or Dipo are unable to go come the postseason. The east is going to be absolutely brutal this year as so many good teams are in the playoff picture. E.g. a trip to the finals may look something like: facing Toronto in the first round, facing Philly in the second round, and then facing Milwaulee in the ecf. Absolute murderers row of opponents. A lot of high level play is going to be required and injuries are bound to happen.

Lets bring back Gogi and lets add a healthy Morris and Oladipo to the roster in a couple weeks, and we should be ready for anything that comes our way.

The PO's is a very diff beast & you just mentioned 2 teams we could absolutely beat in a 7 gm series. Philly just acquired Harden Harden couldn't even play along side KD & Kyrie.... cld you imagine the chemistry w/ Embiid

W/ the depth we've shown, the way we've been playing & us top of ladder the East no longer is as tough. Our only real threat is the Bucks.The rest ain't sh*t. I've nvr been afraid of the Nets, even less w/ Harden (they'll be better w/out him). I respect the other teams but ain't afraid of 'em. We got one hell of a unit

[3ballbomber]

I highly doubt Herro can ever get to Mitchell's level, there's just too big of an athletic gap there.

Hopefully Herro can improve as a defender and passer and be a great second option on a good team.

Mitchell has that first option god given gifts.

Bro I would bet literally every thing I own that Mitchell has a higher peak than Herro by a wide margin. I’ll actually say he’s better now than Herro will ever be and that’s not even a knock on Herro, Mitchell is just that good. You’re comparing a guy who has had the Jazz at the top of the West like the last 3 years to a guy coming off the bench who is currently inefficient in his role and on a team who is actually better when he’s OFF the court. There’s no debate.

I can’t even address the stuff being said in the last 2 pages about Mitchell vs Herro because it’s just crazy to me. “Mitchell is what he is now” dudes 25 lol. “Locker room issues” he’s Bams best friend and we all know Jimmy doesn’t care to take that most shots as we’ve seen already with Herro. Herro is a good young player but damn, people on here really think he’s going to be the best SG in Heat history for whatever reason.

This doesn't mean much coming from a guy who's wanted to trade our players to satisfy his weird urges. So tell us again how you're dissatisfied w/ yet another one of our players. And please continue to disrespect our players we've groomed, developed & that has helped us reach the top of the East.

[3ballbomber]

Donovan Mitchell!?!?! Oh muh gurd!!!

Seriously though, don't really care.

Cld you imagine a world where our organisation trades all Herro, Duncan, Strus & Yurt for just Mitchell. Who the hell are we? Portland or 76ers?

[marson]

Yeah I agree with 3ball. I'm not trading half of my roster to a fringe all star. He is good but not that tier 1 Curry/Durant level good.

[rate_]

Yeah I agree with 3ball. I'm not trading half of my roster to a fringe all star. He is good but not that tier 1 Curry/Durant level good.

He has shown to elevate his level of play in the playoffs. His last 2 playoff runs were really good and he's been showing this promise since his rookie season. His scoring prowess would fit like a glove on this team that lacks an elite volume scorer. Given that he's young, I would pull the trigger.

[DayofMourning]

Spida is a quality player, but I'm not convinced I'd get rid of half our squad to get him. Many times it's better to have all those quality players over a B level all star.

I mean, just look at his and Herro's age 22 seasons:

Donovan vs Herro age 22 season

That's just two of the players proposed. We'd then have to give up 3 more guys and picks? Whoa now.

[rate_]

Mitchell's last 2 playoff runs, with career playoff averages on the bottom

[DayofMourning]

Mitchell's last 2 playoff runs, with career playoff averages on the bottom

Spida has definitely turned it up in the past few playoff series.

Look at that age 22 playoff series though. Woy.

[DayofMourning]

Just to add that it's very likely that Spida will always be better than Herro. However, let's say that Herro becomes 85% of Donovan. Would you guys still do the proposed trade?

[somerandomdude]

Damn, I didn't realize how bad we were in crunch time execution.

@ 29s
* Jimmy passing up a good look at a floater
* Instead, he passes to Bam, but puts it in a spot where Patty Mills can reach out and poke the ball away
* Bam wouldn't even have had as good a look as Jimmy

@ 53s
* Kyle Lowry with a half-court pass to Jimmy that results in a turnover
* But Jimmy baited Lowry into it by calling for the ball
* The pass was completely unnecessary

@ 2m31s
* Much like Herro against the Raptors, Lowry fails to recognize that he had Gabe Vincent to his right
* But Gabe also failed to get open quickly
* The end result was a risky pass to Jimmy, which had to travel over Jimmy's defender and was quickly met with a 2nd Nets player

If Spo's intent was to blow the lead to get some crunch time XP, I definitely agree that we needed it.

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[carnageta]

I agree with ya'll. Bringing back Goran would be a great insurance move in case Lowry, Herro, Gabe or Dipo are unable to go come the postseason. The east is going to be absolutely brutal this year as so many good teams are in the playoff picture. E.g. a trip to the finals may look something like: facing Toronto in the first round, facing Philly in the second round, and then facing Milwaulee in the ecf. Absolute murderers row of opponents. A lot of high level play is going to be required and injuries are bound to happen.

Lets bring back Gogi and lets add a healthy Morris and Oladipo to the roster in a couple weeks, and we should be ready for anything that comes our way.

The PO's is a very diff beast & you just mentioned 2 teams we could absolutely beat in a 7 gm series. Philly just acquired Harden Harden couldn't even play along side KD & Kyrie.... cld you imagine the chemistry w/ Embiid

W/ the depth we've shown, the way we've been playing & us top of ladder the East no longer is as tough. Our only real threat is the Bucks.The rest ain't sh*t. I've nvr been afraid of the Nets, even less w/ Harden (they'll be better w/out him). I respect the other teams but ain't afraid of 'em. We got one hell of a unit

Toronto and Philly would absolutely be grueling series. I'd favor us in both but I'm not going to deny that they those teams aren't threats. The Raptors have given us problems all year long and have 2 perennial all-star players (FFV and Siakam) followed by a deep roster and an extraordinary coaching staff. Sixers have the best current big-man in basketball and just acquired a top 15 player. They are absolutely a problem. Both teams are.

I like our players and I like our team, but the east is a beast this year.

[eddieheatfan]

i'm so hyped for this year's playoffs so much so that i cant hardly wait but on the other hand it would meant that there wouldnt be any much heat basketball left and that summer is approaching and i just hate summers here in miami

[balla345]

And I am sure none of those teams are looking forward to playing the Heat. I pray we are healthy because if we are we would be a really tough out. I need to see us with Dipo and Morris because they desperately fill in some of our weaknesses right now.