Miami Heat are now the 9th seed in the East...

[Human Error]

It doesn't feel right that our 2 best players at the moment are Hassan Whiteside and Tyler Johnson. Everyone but Whiteside and Johnson should be blamed, Spoelsta for being outcoached everynight and saying such stupid things like "Defend with heart, then offense will take care of itself"(how can offense take care of itself? you need to build an actual game plan, idiot), Bosh for thinking he's Kyle Korver, Wade for not having done anything to improve his conditioning during the offseason, Chalmers and Cole for being awful, etc etc.

[Dragic4Life]

[LEFT4DEAD]

But 2 superstars though...

[coin24]

Yeah they look awful lately.. Maybe it's time to get rid of cole and chalmers, maybe send Spobot back to the video room also..

[ninephive]

First the Spurs blow up the Heat roster after last year's finals. Then they knock them out of the playoff race this year. Now they're converting Heat fans to Hawks fans. Well, the last one was kind of inevitable.

[jrong]

It doesn't feel right that our 2 best players at the moment are Hassan Whiteside and Tyler Johnson. Everyone but Whiteside and Johnson should be blamed, Spoelsta for being outcoached everynight and saying such stupid things like "Defend with heart, then offense will take care of itself"(how can offense take care of itself? you need to build an actual game plan, idiot), Bosh for thinking he's Kyle Korver, Wade for not having done anything to improve his conditioning during the offseason, Chalmers and Cole for being awful, etc etc.

Wade's problems have nothing to do with lack of conditioning. If reports are correct, he spends more time on basketball than anyone on the team. He's in the building hours before anyone else, according to Miami media accounts.

Also, his contract isn't hurting the Heat at all. He's off the books by 2016.

His problem is he has no meniscus, no knee cartilage and is just plain old. Recurring hamstring problems are "old man injuries."

But, the Heat's biggest problem going forward is Bosh. It's not just that his play is completely unworthy of a max contract. It's that he's not even leading the team when Wade is out. When Wade was hurt near the beginning of the year, Chalmers was the best player. This time it's Whiteside. And last night, Whiteside was out, and Bosh still wasn't close to their best player.

Forget about this year, next year or even 2016. The Heat need to worry about being cellar dwellers through 2018. They'll be paying him max money until 2019. And his performance is only going to decline from here.

The Heat aren't getting anyone worth note in 2016. What's their pitch? A 35 year-old Wade (if he doesn't just hang it up by then) and a 33 year-old Bosh and Whiteside? For that matter, what's their pitch to Whiteside to get him to stay, considering he'll be unrestricted?

Miami needs to get out from under the Bosh deal or they're going to be terrible for five years or more.

[ArbitraryWater]

Dresta, tell me more about LeBron limiting Bosh's game, not letting the other Miami Heat players "thrive"...

[305Baller]

Bosh is a solid 2nd/3rd option. He can't elevate a team but the cap will go up and a core of Whiteside/Bosh/Deng/Wade should be enough for a mid-seed through the next few years.

Spoelstra is re-learning what it is to be a coach in this league now that he doesn't have the spoils and we will see how he adjusts.

This year it's not happening because Bosh is not elevating the team so there needs to be an adjustment until Whitesde takes the reigns.

[OmniStrife]

They would be 3rd seed in the West though...


oh wait.

[tomtucker]

they should be way better with that roster they have......Deng has really not played very well, he was way better in chicago.......but that can

[305Baller]

[QUOTE=tomtucker]they should be way better with that roster they have......Deng has really not played very well, he was way better in chicago.......but that can

[boozehound]

It's 60% through the season.
Miami will be in the playoffs.

meh, I think its a legit possibility that they end up on the outside. They are basically neck and neck with brooklyn, pistons, boston (probably fall off), and the pacers for the last spot. The pistons have been very solid since smoove left (even with jennings going down) and the pacers are going to get paul george back. Its possible that brooklyn blows it up and slides, but there is a realistic chance that the heat dont make it.

[boozehound]

But 2 superstars though...

it was a joke that they got selected to the all star game IMO. Maybe not bosh, but wade for sure.

[pmj]

I felt like Bosh was a terrible signing at the full max this summer. They really do need to get out of that contract while Bosh still may have some value. It's only going to get worse and be untradable if we wait.

I would also trade Luol, Chalmers, Cole for anything resembling future talent or picks. They have no future here. You can always get people like Johnson to come in and play in the meantime while you are looking to acquire more talent.

[tomtucker]

Mentally/physically weak from exhaustion of 4 straight finals. Also, Bosh has failed as the #1. Also, they don't have a point guard.

yeah, guess so........sad shit .......