Miami Heat Regular Season Thread 21-22 Vol. 3

[carnageta]

February 2022 Bam

33.7 min | 10 g | 22.7 pts | 11.3 trb | 3.3 ast | 1.7 stl | 1.5 blk | 27.2 PER | .256 ws/48 | Miami 8-2

And this is him w/o a refined skillset or a bag. Imagine when he starts advancing his scoring game.

I think it's safe to say that this has been the best month (statistically speaking) in his NBA career thus far. Best part about it is that it has directly lead to team success.

[Wiltside]

February 2022 Bam

33.7 min | 10 g | 22.7 pts | 11.3 trb | 3.3 ast | 1.7 stl | 1.5 blk | 27.2 PER | .256 ws/48 | Miami 8-2

And this is him w/o a refined skillset or a bag. Imagine when he starts advancing his scoring game.

This is what I want from Bam from here on out. He's good enough to be putting up these numbers consistently.

I don't want to see him reverting to the sometimes guy. When he asserts himself, it normally bodes well for us and him, despite the limited bag.

[dshearn]

February 2022 Bam

33.7 min | 10 g | 22.7 pts | 11.3 trb | 3.3 ast | 1.7 stl | 1.5 blk | 27.2 PER | .256 ws/48 | Miami 8-2

And this is him w/o a refined skillset or a bag. Imagine when he starts advancing his scoring game.

This is what I want from Bam from here on out. He's good enough to be putting up these numbers consistently.

I don't want to see him reverting to the sometimes guy. When he asserts himself, it normally bodes well for us and him, despite the limited bag.

It sure seems he is feeling it, and its feeding into his defensive as well. The Heat are getting the best of Bam on both sides of the court lately.

It is timely, since PJ seems to be going into a Crowder slump as of late.

[DayofMourning]

February 2022 Bam

33.7 min | 10 g | 22.7 pts | 11.3 trb | 3.3 ast | 1.7 stl | 1.5 blk | 27.2 PER | .256 ws/48 | Miami 8-2

And this is him w/o a refined skillset or a bag. Imagine when he starts advancing his scoring game.

This is what I want from Bam from here on out. He's good enough to be putting up these numbers consistently.

I don't want to see him reverting to the sometimes guy. When he asserts himself, it normally bodes well for us and him, despite the limited bag.

It sure seems he is feeling it, and its feeding into his defensive as well. The Heat are getting the best of Bam on both sides of the court lately.

It is timely, since PJ seems to be going into a Crowder slump as of late.

I alluded to this the other night. With PJ and Duncan off the floor we were going on runs.

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The upcoming schedule should help you gage where Bam is out offensively going against Vučević, Giannis, Embiidx2, Woods, Ayton, Allen and Towns.

[eddieheatfan]

The upcoming schedule should help you gage where Bam is out offensively going against Vučević, Giannis, Embiidx2, Woods, Ayton, Allen and Towns.

yup it all starts tomorrow

[somerandomdude]

This is what I want from Bam from here on out. He's good enough to be putting up these numbers consistently.

I don't want to see him reverting to the sometimes guy. When he asserts himself, it normally bodes well for us and him, despite the limited bag.

It sure seems he is feeling it, and its feeding into his defensive as well. The Heat are getting the best of Bam on both sides of the court lately.

It is timely, since PJ seems to be going into a Crowder slump as of late.

I alluded to this the other night. With PJ and Duncan off the floor we were going on runs.

Duncan is a no-brainer, but my theory on PJ is that he hasn't been the same since that injury and Spo's been using him a lot this stretch until the Spurs game where he only logged 19min (and probably shouldn't have played considering it was a B2B).

[Wiltside]

PJ was due for both mean reversion and a slump from playing too many minutes. He should be 20-24mpg during the regular season to stay fresh. 28-29 is too much for a guy his age.

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Have I missed what is going on? I gotta believe it’s been something real, but not having anything makes it hard to know which direction to feel for him/his family/etc.

Gonna be a really tough stretch if he goes missing again for an extended spell.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

I’m actually starting to think we’ll see Jimmy slide to PF quite a bit when Dipo comes back. Think they’d rather this than Morris to ease the load on Tucker but we’ll see.

Could see a lot of:

Lowry
Dipo
Herro
Jimmy
Bam

With Dipo and Herro being the first 2 off the bench

[somerandomdude]

It's certainly an option and would be one of our best lineups, but if it's about filling up the hole at backup PF, I think Caleb will get those minutes now and in the playoffs. I know he's young, but he's probably the one guy out of Strus/Vincent that inspires more confidence because of his defense.

[twix2500]

I’m actually starting to think we’ll see Jimmy slide to PF quite a bit when Dipo comes back. Think they’d rather this than Morris to ease the load on Tucker but we’ll see.

Could see a lot of:

Lowry
Dipo
Herro
Jimmy
Bam

With Dipo and Herro being the first 2 off the bench

Dipo will be play point guard majority of the time. Heat like to have no more than two rim pressure players aka pulls defenders to the rim and surrounded by 3 pointer shooters.

Spo lately been using Herro as a small forward. With Gabe at 2 guard and Lowry at point. I think you will see Dipo sub for Lowry. Strus is getting pushed out because he lacks as a ball defender in place of Gabe. Another words Dipo, Gabe and Herro will likely be on the court together a lot.

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[twix2500]

It's certainly an option and would be one of our best lineups, but if it's about filling up the hole at backup PF, I think Caleb will get those minutes now and in the playoffs. I know he's young, but he's probably the one guy out of Strus/Vincent that inspires more confidence because of his defense.

Caleb is not young he has played over 100 games and is 26 years old. He is a smart player and understands his role in spo scheme.

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[somerandomdude]

I mean, 26 isn't old, but I guess young isn't the right word in the context of this discussion.

Experience is the correct term and that's basically what I'm trying to get at between him, Strus, and Gabe.

At the start of the season, neither Caleb, Strus, nor Gabe were expected to play in the playoffs if our roster was fully healthy, but Caleb is the one guy who might see time because of his defense.

BTW, 117 GP isn't a lot of experience; only a bit more than a full season's worth of games, but Caleb plays like he's been in the league for a few years.

[IceColdCubano]

This next week and half is certainly a test for our team.

I think because the Bulls have players out they are giving Lowry a chance to deal with whatever family issues he is dealing with, and comeback to play against the other teams with full rosters. Could also mean that Dipo and Moris could potentially be ready for minutes albeit even just a few.

I think we can create some separation from the other top 5 Eastern competitors this is the moment to stand strong. PJ definitely needs his minutes reduced to finish the year and get him some recovery. They cannot be too significant either, perhaps some games off most likely since ultimately you want PJ not to get rusty or out of sync.

Bam is ramping up at the right time, if he can maintain this aggressiveness against our rivals this week and keep it going into the playoffs we will be a hard to beat. Same thing for Hero, if he starts getting back to the months where he was star level efficiency and his 3pt shoot at elite levels we will have our bench scoring at the right balance to keep us in games where our starters are slow getting into rhythm.

I think Duncan's minutes will slowly reduce as the season ends. Hopefully that gets him fired up and back into scoring in bunches from behind the arc in the little minutes he is given. This is of course should be a byproduct of Dipo being productive and active in our game plan. Those staggered lineups we were just seeing recently of Lowry, Hero, Caleb, Vincent, Yurt we could be seeing Dipo there instead of Vincent which means we would have a serious ability to get huge leads against any bench we play.

[somerandomdude]

I pray Duncan's minutes will slowly reduce as the season ends.

Fixed it for you.

But yeah, I think this will be an interesting development to watch.

If Duncan is struggling, does Spo really throw away +14mpg in the playoffs?

Because if he does, and we don't win a championship, this is something that's gonna be looked back on as one of the big reasons as to why we didn't win. It'll be compounded by the fact that Spo has given Duncan all the chances in the world at the cost of 3 guys on the bench who earned a chance at the starting position, one of whom was giving us exactly what we paid Duncan Robinson to do.

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[twix2500]

I mean, 26 isn't old, but I guess young isn't the right word in the context of this discussion.

Experience is the correct term and that's basically what I'm trying to get at between him, Strus, and Gabe.

At the start of the season, neither Caleb, Strus, nor Gabe were expected to play in the playoffs if our roster was fully healthy, but Caleb is the one guy who might see time because of his defense.

BTW, 117 GP isn't a lot of experience; only a bit more than a full season's worth of games, but Caleb plays like he's been in the league for a few years.

Yeah its not old, however he is entering in his prime. He has played over 100 games in his career. His role is limited and he knows how to play his role. I would say he isn't learning his role, he plays it to a Tee. I would class him as a developed player. The only experience he needs is playoff experience.

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[somerandomdude]

I like The Athletic's power rankings better, but I might be biased

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