What's Next for the Miami Heat?

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A few of the things we associate with "Heat Culture" are professionalism, work ethic and winning. Do we now replace the word winning with the word losing? The Miami Heat after being swept by the Cavaliers last night have now lost seven consecutive playoff games in a row dating back to 2024 by a combined margin of 190 points which is the worse 7-game span in NBA playoff history. And just when you don't think he can get any worse their last two loses were the worst in franchise playoff history (37, then crushing that record with 55 the next game).

[B]Offseason Outlook[/B]

By making the playoffs the Heat excluded themselves from a lottery pick in this year's draft and shot at Cooper Flagg. Now they're stuck with just the 20th pick in the draft. They have $65 in potential expiring contracts through Terry Rozier and Duncan Robinson. The Heat could potentially trade Robinson, Rozier and future picks for a star player, but they're probably going to have to add promising young center Kel'el Ware to get any traction (especially if they chase after Kevin Durant in Phoenix). The problem is, is that there's several teams ahead of them that can offer teams better packages for Durant (ie: Houston, OKC, etc) or a potential Giannis trade if he decides he wants out of Milwaukee if the Heat are trying to keep Bam and Herro as their foundation.

[B]Rebuild or Reboot?[/B]

The Heat might have to go the route of rebuilding and let someone like a Herro or Bam go to get back a core player and draft picks to build off of. This isn't the normal workings of how the organization is ran by the man with the silver hair, but he might need to look at the OKC or Houston approach and bite the bullet and build up from the bottom with the limited resources they have to reboot the roster. The Heat might need to step back versus star chasing and rebooting.

What do you think the Heat should do?

yok

Well I believe what's next is Cancun, but if they're worried about instability down Mexico way they can always go fishing in the Gulf of America instead.

They need to tear it all down, and do a full rebuild. Let Bam go to a better team. Put Riley in a retirement home. And somehow, for the love of God, get rr3 to follow a different team. You will never go anywhere with losers like that supporting you.

[QUOTE=White Hammer;14998395]They need to tear it all down, and do a full rebuild. Let Bam go to a better team. Put Riley in a retirement home.[/QUOTE]

I think they should do a full rebuild. Maybe keep Herro. He's still 25 and he's on a good contract for giving you 24/5/5 for about $30 million a year while other players with similiar stats are getting $40 million plus. But move him if they get a great trade offer for him.

Bam might be difficult to move depending on the package, but he's got the biggest upside for a contender. He's a Top 10 defensive player (finishing top 5 in DPOY voting the last five seasons) and he's turned himself into a respectable stretch big hitting nearly 36% of his threes when in his first several seasons in the NBA he wouldn't even attempt a three. There's still four years left on his contract after this season and after next season his salary is going to balloon to over $50 million a season and eventually on the last year of it, $60 million plus. He's a legit 3rd to 4th option and can be the anchor of a great defense.

[QUOTE=White Hammer;14998395]They need to tear it all down, and do a full rebuild. Let Bam go to a better team. Put Riley in a retirement home. And somehow, for the love of God, get rr3 to follow a different team. You will never go anywhere with losers like that supporting you.[/QUOTE]


:roll::roll:


did nazi that coming

Yes, keep Herro. Let him shoot to his heart's content. Even tanking teams should have exciting players.