2023 Miami Heat Regular Season Thread - Westbrook and Love edition

[3ammy3uck3ts]

Grizzlies will smack us with or without Morant (again) so it doesn’t matter either way.

Ja is a dumb fuxk

extremely talented tho... could become best in the world if he could get his head on straight and put the focus on basketball.

Doubt it, extremely reliable on athleticism, can’t shoot, and is one of the worst defenders in the league

[dean456]

After the way we have performed this season I am less optimistic for us making a big time move for any star level player.

If we are going to improve this team it has to be a LAL type trade that brings in multiple guys that fit and can be productive with our 2 stars.

For this to happen we need to hope and pray we end up out of the play in and that ATL, TOR, WAS, and CHI pass us. We are currently 4 games ahead of the Bulls. We have 2 games vs ATL, and 1 vs CHI, TOR and WAS to finish the season.

If we have Lowry's expiring, Herro, a lottery pick and some future FRPs to dangle for potential moves that could land us 3-4 guys that can help greatly.

Right now Bulls and Pacers are sitting at the 7th and 6th best lottery odds, if we were to get the Bulls 7th place slot we'd have a very good chance to land a top 4 pick (7.5% at no.1, 7.8% at no.2, 8.1% at no.3 and 8.5% at number 4) and we'd be guaranteed a top 10 pick.

[Jfh20]

Grizzlies will smack us with or without Morant (again) so it doesn’t matter either way.

Ja is a dumb fuxk

extremely talented tho... could become best in the world if he could get his head on straight and put the focus on basketball.

Doubt it, extremely reliable on athleticism, can’t shoot, and is one of the worst defenders in the league

guy put up 39-10-10 other night... thats like goat type stuff.... and he would be doing that consistently if he focused on ball and not clubs/nightlife.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

extremely talented tho... could become best in the world if he could get his head on straight and put the focus on basketball.

Doubt it, extremely reliable on athleticism, can’t shoot, and is one of the worst defenders in the league

guy put up 39-10-10 other night... thats like goat type stuff.... and he would be doing that consistently if he focused on ball and not clubs/nightlife.

That’s just another night for ball dominant players in the league these days and still doesn’t account for him being one of the worst defenders in the league

[Jfh20]

Doubt it, extremely reliable on athleticism, can’t shoot, and is one of the worst defenders in the league

guy put up 39-10-10 other night... thats like goat type stuff.... and he would be doing that consistently if he focused on ball and not clubs/nightlife.

That’s just another night for ball dominant players in the league these days and still doesn’t account for him being one of the worst defenders in the league

Still one of the most talented players in the league. a bonafide superstar. the heat could only dream of having a player like dat on our roster.

[Rapaz]

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[ShulaDon92]

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The Hamburglar

Just buy him out. this is bad

[Beenie]

I would like to see Bam used more as an alley-oop threat. We don't see that much anymore since the Wade and Dragic days.

We've lost offensive talent, clearly.

He’s at his best when offense is created for him.

Playing along side a skilled PG/ playmaker would unlock his full potential

Bam’s not the type of player who is a great iso scorer and, imo, will never be that.

[MorbidHEAT]

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Get you a ring Dragic……Dipo is so washed

As a general rule, I never root for another team, even if we suck, but I'll make an exception in this case. Hopefully The Bucks take the chip.

I was really pulling for Dipo, even if he left us after having a great season. However, yea...he's done. He'll probably opt in for next year as his final chance.

[3ballbomber]

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It says a lot about the mentality of players today. I've always said cats are paid way too early before even proving themselves properly. You had to earn this same money back in the day. This is the result. Competitiveness has suffered in the league - you just have to look @the state of the All Star game. I don't see anybody holding others accountable. I see Bam constantly smiling, laughing & hugging opposing players after losses. There's no toughness, no grit. You see Duncan continue to walk out on the court each game as if everything's ok....mother f*cker you were one of the hottest shooters in the f*ckin league and you just allow yourself to waste away w/out looking at yourself in the mirror and go out and work even harder to regain your form & glory in turn f*cking up our chances to move you for a better player.

For me it starts w/ our leaders....Spo, Bam. Jimmy can only do so much. Love him but Tyler's soft too. Focuses way too much on his IG celeb life & f*cking his girl. Riles needs to jump in & reestablish wtf it means to represent that Heat jersey.

I don't mind us losing games. What irks me is nobody's doing anything to adjust & address our mindset. I could give you hundreds of people i know who are hard workers & hate their jobs that will go out every night and kill for their team if it meant not struggling to pay bills.

[wade44]

Bro Too many guys who already got paid and didn't prove enough yet

[SoFlaKingReal]

jimmy talking about being bored with the process lol

[IceColdCubano]

jimmy talking about being bored with the process lol

Sounds like its time to move on then.

[3ammy3uck3ts]

I would like to see Bam used more as an alley-oop threat. We don't see that much anymore since the Wade and Dragic days.

We've lost offensive talent, clearly.

He’s at his best when offense is created for him.

Playing along side a skilled PG/ playmaker would unlock his full potential

Bam’s not the type of player who is a great iso scorer and, imo, will never be that.

Playing alongside a good guard would definitely help, trae at PG would unlock another level to Bam.

As for isolation, of players on the league with 2 or more isolation possessions in the league Bam ranks 14th on points per possession and is our times best isolation player, barely above Jimmy.

[wade44]

jimmy talking about being bored with the process lol

Sounds like its time to move on then.

Can you blame him though. Instead of getting real help we stuck to our own bubble grown talent and it bit us right in the ass

[DayofMourning]

jimmy talking about being bored with the process lol

Sounds like its time to move on then.

Can you blame him though. Instead of getting real help we stuck to our own bubble grown talent and it bit us right in the ass

I agree with all this. Time to move on from Jimmy with that god awful extension bout to take up half our cap.

Its also on our front office for whiffing at finding him a running mate.

[ShulaDon92]

jimmy talking about being bored with the process lol

Jimmy is just honest. This happens when teams are together a few years.

[wade44]

Sounds like its time to move on then.

Can you blame him though. Instead of getting real help we stuck to our own bubble grown talent and it bit us right in the ass

I agree with all this. Time to move on from Jimmy with that god awful extension bout to take up half our cap.

Its also on our front office for whiffing at finding him a running mate.

Yes. Had years to do it and struck out at every turn. Got half the people on this site who could run a better ship than our FO has the past few years

[wade44]

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[ShulaDon92]

A healthy barrage of threes got us the lead.