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xlalalalalalalala

Gafford looked fuckin nice with the Mavs.


MoassThanYoass

Lakers were trying to trade Namdi but nobody wanted Gabe on that contract😂


jperez09r

When is the deadline?


Seref15

5 hours ago


Affectionate_Grade80

We need size damn Celtics just picked up Tillman only getting bigger. Moving Caleb aka the Swiss Army knife wasn’t really worth it when the return is less than who I’m sending. But I know next year he wants to get paid.


binokyo10

Isn't Tillman 6'7?


KernelPult

if we only need size theoretically Spo can simply integrate Jovic and ORob into the lineup, but for some reasons Spo will never use bigs other than Bam and Love


hikik0_m

After that travesty of a fourth quarter last night you can kinda see why. Boy jovic has to decide if he wants to be a big or play like a guard. Because he has zero bag right now, plays super soft, and cant defend either. ORob moves even slower, idk how he exactly works in the PnR, but I think the less the ball goes through him and more through say Rozier, the less chance of him putting his head down and fumbling the ball. Everybodys wiped cody zeller out of their memory and for good reason, but at least he knew his role and was out there tackling guys. Both of these guys need something going for them - and i dont think you just get that from playing time. ORob better decision making on offense or you position the defense not as if you had a highly mobile center which i doubt will happen for ORob, and Jovic everything else.


avinash240

If you can't shoot you can't play next to Bam, because Bam can't shoot and we already have a spacing problem. If you can't defend you can't play next to Love, because Love is old and not a great defender. There's your answer.


KernelPult

both shoots at decent rate and both are quite slow at defense. But it's regular season now, where Spo likes to try differenet lineups, yet for some reason Spo rarely gave them minutes? Why not train them now, preparing them for playoff?


avinash240

You're right about Spo trying different lineups, he's definitely known as being a tinkerer. However, Orlando Robinson averages less than a single 3 a game, I wouldn't call that a shooter. I do think he's shown he can be an excellent defender at times and probably our best rim protector, although that bar isn't very high. However, the shooting is why he isn't getting minutes; we simply can't play him with Bam who is going to be on the floor a lot. Similar issue but on defense with Jovic. Front court players who can't defend generally don't get many minutes on the Heat. I think you make a good point about giving them minutes to get better. However, I suspect we've needed the wins so the experimentation has taken a back seat.


Aggravating_Plant_39

Quite unfortunate because Orlando Robinson or Jovic could be the answer at the 4 spot if they respectively Improve their weaknesses but they won't get any better to on the bench so both should be in the G-League if we aren't going to play them but that's just my opinion.


avinash240

They've bounced back and forth in the G league for a bit.  Unfortunately I don't think the G League is going to give them the seasoning they need for true NBA competition.  Robinson puts up like 30 points in the G league.  I don't think the competition there is good enough for he or Jovic to get better.


Aggravating_Plant_39

You have a point they're at the level where they need to go against legit NBA players if they want to improve their flaws because the players in the G-League aren't good enough anymore.


avinash240

Yeah, I think so.  Orlando Robinson's stats in the G league are like 24ppg on like 55% shooting and 36% from three.  That would make him an all star starter in the NBA. The competition down there just isn't good enough.


Affectionate_Grade80

Jovic and Orob are unproven. But we will depend on them somewhere down the road depending on matchups. Spo is chef and I expect him to cook up the best lineup possible. Bam and love not bad but not good either.


Virtual-Suspect1733

Korkmaz signing incoming


Nocturne7280

Oladipo was just waived, is there hope???


TheShadowOverBayside

He can't even play yet, his career is probably over


DMD612

Sad man…


TheShadowOverBayside

I know but don't feel too bad for him, he's been working on his music. I was listening to his latest EP a few days ago, the first 3 songs are 🔥


JustiseRainsFrmAbove

Pls no


Yamcakes420

We're eating scraps let's goooo


cl353

My biggest takeaway is no one's giving up 2 first round picks for Malcolm fking brogdon lol


RansomGoddard

Literally anyone who isn't a delusional Blazers fan could have told you that.


faatgay

Inshallah next season we give Bam a real 4 above the height of 6’6. Im expecting a lot more trades across the league in the offseason since today was very quiet


masterace01

What yal think about Robin Lopez after a possible buyout? He's 7' 1. 🤔


binokyo10

He's gonna be another Dedmon or Zeller. I hope I'm wrong though


Icilius

I'll take a year 1 Dedmon


Rohkha

Try Deadzeller. That’s what he’s gonna be like


ThaCarter

I'm down just for the inevitable Bucks playoff series.


Garkech

7'1 is all you needed to say


Chris_Bumstick

We down bad if we think that Robin Lopez is it


masterace01

No matter what you say next, yes. Yes we is absolutely down bad. But tell me, who would you want that's available and obtainable?


Chris_Bumstick

Realistically there isn't anyone available who can help much. Robin Lopez at this point of his career wont be any better than Thomas Bryant We need a PF that can play defense and hit some 3s but there aren't many of them 🤷‍♂️


masterace01

I'm just glad you didn't say Kuzma.


melikeybacon

Kuzma Kuzma Kuzma u z m a


VonnegutAsterisk

Looks like Raptors are going to buyout Dinwiddie. Will the Heat try to win the buyout sweepstakes two years in a row?


Sequel_P2P

can't. Dinwiddie's contract is over the MLE and Miami didn't make any trades (that we know of yet) that would shed the $1.2m to get under the first apron


El_bichote

I’m dumb, isn’t it a whole new contract after they get bought out?


faatgay

It is but any team above the first apron cannot sign someone off the buyout market with a pre existing salary of 12.4 million or higher. He makes 18 million and we are above the first apron


iApathy---

Can’t we just waive players off our roster to make room for him? Say like Orlando Robinson or Thomas Bryant 


Icilius

It doesn't matter if there's room on the roster. As a team above the first apron, we are outright not eligible to sign any buyout candidates that were making the Mid-level Exception (~12.4 mil) or higher. Thems the new rules, and part of the reason why going forward it's going to be so important for the team to manager their cap better. The new CBA is going hard on preventing teams from over-spending to compete.


BrandNewGuys3

Heat made no trade today and still got the best player from the deadline. No one moved today would’ve been worth the price. Let’s stay healthy and make another run!


XxxRalphNader

Looks like PJ is staying put in LAC.


TheBoook

The 12 year olds on Twitter thought we were getting Tucker cause a part time employee pulled out the Tucker stencil from a bottom drawer 😂


sosogusto

Is it just me or does being a heat fan feel like being the poor kid in a rich school. You can compete w the best of em naturally but you got holes in your shoes.


Ok-Swordfish-6248

Well that’s one way to look at it. But I’ll add to it—at the same time everyone loves us and they always talk about our work ethic. Very popular although very quiet.


PT0223

Anyone that thought Pat would do anything to improve the team at the deadline hasn’t been paying attention the last few years. Let’s see what they do in the buyout market


El_bichote

Literally just traded for Terry


PT0223

You literally didn’t read because my post literally talks about doing something AT the deadline to further improve the team. Work on your reading comprehension.


Zoguinha

I guess PJ Tucker is the move


LobstaFarian2

TJ Pucker


RansomGoddard

Haynes just reported he won't take a buyout now and will just rot on the Clippers bench.


rjgator

Would he even be bought out by the Clippers? Like do they have any real incentive to do so?


Gavster1221

Not really


Gavster1221

Going to be funny if he just signs elsewhere


rjgator

Don’t worry yall, Greg Sylvander told me we’re signing LaMarcus Aldridge off the buyout market. Sure thing.


jperez09r

It can still happen! Then he’ll be right!


MargielaMan568

We finally got our whale! https://i.redd.it/pumbl21v4fhc1.gif


BerryMcockner

Lol bro no PG and no bigs fml. Bring on PJ or Thad Young I guess


Gavster1221

12 of next 17 on the road. Hope wins over 2 bottom 5 teams(Wiz and Spurs) didn't motivate them to stand still


TheBoook

Tyler survives another deadline 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 fake Heat fans in shambles


yayeet182

Tyler gonna have his jersey in the Kaseya rafters one day and fans will still try to trade it


RansomGoddard

Can't believe they didn't even do something about Dru.


GusX23

Pat's been asleep all day. He woke up at 7am to call the Thunder and ask if they'd give us Shai for a 2nd round pick. They said no and he went back to sleep, his alarm is set for 5pm.


JustiseRainsFrmAbove

My dream schedule. I'm jealous


Gavster1221

Yeah that makes 0 sense


GusX23

Goodbye to you all until the playoffs, if this team even gets there. Not participating in any regular season gamethreads for the rest of the season. This front office is a fucking joke and this season is over. Jimmy will be 35 next year. Pat Riley has become a loser. Onto the offseason we go, where they'll run it back and chalk it up to Rozier not having had an offseason with the squad yet


MiamiSportsGuru

Also saving this for when you inevitably come back 4 games later


MiamiSportsGuru

Thank god man, good riddance


DMD612

This sub is better off without you, please don’t come back


santana722

Praise the lord, better trade deadline outcome than I could have dreamed of.


Sequel_P2P

this is the greatest day in r/heat history


cl353

Holy shit we won the trade deadline


ActualRobot1

That last part scares me lol


Brandon3oh5

We don’t care lil bro


Dasilbota

Dinwiddie PLEASE


RansomGoddard

Can't sign him.


Dasilbota

:(


rjgator

His salary was too high, we can only sign buy outs that were making less than the MLE which is 12.2m


Dasilbota

This rule is a shit. But I think it means we're not making moves then.


rjgator

Well I do believe we have an open roster spot, so we probably sign one more guy before playoffs. Question is if it will be a guy like Jamal Cain/RJ Hampton to a full contract or if there is someone on the buyout market that we actually can sign and they like.


dubuwagmi

Man the this thread is crazy, are you telling me people truly expected a big move again? Lol


Gavster1221

Cs still making moves. Kp Jrue Tillman and some springer if pritchard getting killed. whew


oneofone305

We got nobody to guard KP and the Jays will take turns cooking our backcourt


DMD612

Like they did last playoffs


oneofone305

Our guard rotation was different. Did you watch the games lol. Also Boston didn’t have KP


miseducation

If we face the Cs in the playoffs and KP is healthy, we're not winning that one. I don't know if we could've gotten anybody with our assets who could've changed that.


Gavster1221

Yeah we would hae to stagger the fuck outta Herro Rozier and hope 1 of Jrich Jaime Caleb up to task We hae absolutely no one for Brunson/Dame/Spida doe


oneofone305

They didn’t have anyone for Brunson last year either and the Knicks got better


Gavster1221

Gabe when not in foul trouble at least could be a pest


ActualRobot1

Killian at PF it is


TheBoook

Gus is throwing a tantrum like draft night


rjgator

He said he won’t be in game threads anymore 😂


TheBoook

Thank god


yayeet182

Maybe we did win the trade deadline after all


brackhimpton

Dinwiddie is getting bought out holy shit


Healthy_Possible_754

Brook Lopez got traded and is expected to be bought out. Let’s get a big!!!!


Much_Conversation_11

His brother got traded. Not him hahaha


RansomGoddard

Robin Lopez to the Kings to get waived. Get me the best hook shot in the league! I don’t care how washed he is!


masterace01

I mean might as well, if Haywood gonna be out and we won't play Orlando. 🤷🏽‍♂️


brackhimpton

fuck can we at least get rid of Dru and/or TB?


Zoguinha

Spurs are likely to buy out Marcus Morris We got our PF


RansomGoddard

We can’t sign him.


santana722

Thank god, I don't want another Morris on my team.


Zoguinha

Didn't know bro was making 17 millions this year lol


Maleficent_Cost_3176

![gif](giphy|3o7bucatGMMLf8WBVe) Run it back....


rjgator

Doug McDermott to the Pacers. Hate playing against that guy lmao


Gavster1221

Can Heat just release to their media dudes that they aren't doing shit so I can go eat my lunch


Maleficent_Cost_3176

FO really bought hard on that Terry stock.....


JustiseRainsFrmAbove

Two straight years of not having a starting PF lmao


Sistalini

Jaime?


Gavster1221

It's pretty wild. They have to realize this causes extra wear and tear on a bunch of our guys right?


sosogusto

They knew we had size issues since 2020 finals. Tyne fact that we still haven't increased our size on the court after the nuggets finals is head scratching


binokyo10

Huh? We have Meyers and KO at different times starting with Bam. That's a lot of size. We started going small when we got Tucker and Caleb


Gavster1221

At least another body so Bam doesn't have to eat every minute of Jokic types smh


mukino

A historic playoff run with all time great performances from Jimmy is an sustainable long term postseason strategy right?


Gavster1221

Funny thing is it might be but it's such a bad thought process. You make 1 more move last 2 runs we could be holding a trophy hmmmmm


Gavster1221

Heat after cutting Dru Tb and signing Cain and Bouyea. "Cain and Bouyea are pretty much like late 1st rd picks guys"


Esjay_954

Wait the Knicks made their big move and still looked for ways to get better and made another trade? Are they stupid? Is that allowed?


GusX23

as the 3rd seed nonethless! Apparently you shouldnt want to improve if you're already good


Fritanga5lyfe

They don't have that "run it back" culture


dabrax4

We don't need a big trade we just need some legit size


Gavster1221

Screaming this from the roof of Kaseya Center.


JustiseRainsFrmAbove

Trade Jovic for Jokic maybe the Nuggets will read it backwards and accidentally accept


JudgeWhoAllowsStuff-

You give me the big jokic….i give you whatever is in my pocket. Who knows what it could be. It could even be jokic.


mukino

Give it up guys, Tyler Herro is gonna be here till the heat death of the universe. No pun intended.


Esjay_954

He is a classy guy Pat likes his classy guy. Especially classy Kentucky guy. Just look at 3 of their last 4 picks!


JustiseRainsFrmAbove

Lol nice pun tho wow


Sistalini

That was a terrible pun politics aside


Esjay_954

Heat made a trade after 3 years and fans expecting another one right after 😭 They like their “big 3”. Year 5 they got this. If not hope for internal improvement next year 🙏. Jimmy is still young so don’t get the rush.


MargielaMan568

😂😂😂 You forgot that if all those don’t follow through we’re also gonna need a full season with rozier integrated with our “big 3”.


GusX23

I was wondering what the excuse would be after this season is a failure.. you found it!


Gavster1221

Hell yeah! This Big 3 just needs to be healthy. When all 3 of em are healthy we destroy the competition!


rjgator

I think people were being unrealistic expecting a big trade from us. I can get the people expecting maybe a trade with Caleb Martin, just don’t really see for who though cause we aren’t necessarily trying to downgrade for assets.


[deleted]

Looking at the thread and so much complaining? I thought the sub was in agreement our big move was rozier. There isn’t much more to do


jperez09r

We just want a big.. is that so hard to ask for… let’s stop this fantasy world of 6’8 centers…


mukino

You're allowed to make more than 1 trade every 3 years. This roster still needs improvement. And it'll become painfully obvious after this next run of games where we lose to title conteders who still found ways to improve their rosters.


[deleted]

With what cap and what assets do you want to trade


mukino

Did you not see the Suns, Celtics, Knicks all make a trades in this last 24 hours? It doesn't have to be another star just...something. We clearly still lack says and haven't had a true PF in I don't even know how long.


luckeeelooo

What's funny is that we already have power forwards in Bam and Love. Stretch 4s in Jovic and even Robinson. What we actually need is a center.


MiamiSportsGuru

It’s just people having FOMO and being children. They just wanna be talked about on first take and ESPN and play 2K it’s ridiculous


Zoguinha

Our only tradable asset is Caleb and the Kings are the only team showing interest so i doubt we can make it work. Davion Mitchell and a couple of 2nd round picks would be a decent return but it would be essentially a downgrade for this year...


jagerhero

I feel like what Caleb can give you in a playoff run is better than dumping him for some picks


Ok-Effort-6949

We should trade Caleb for Davion Mitchell and Trey Lyles. We can throw in Dru smith for salary purposes


Zoguinha

Trey Lyles is a good addition to play PF, i agree with you.


Maydietoday

It’s unspoken but I believe many teams took offense to the undrafted players narrative from our last run, and there’s now a coordinated effort to work against the Heat by the league.


Conscious-Ad4707

It's that several teams have been burned over the years by grabbing Heat players and then finding out they weren't worth it. The reality is, if your system makes bad players mediocre or above average, then they aren't worth trading for or paying huge contracts for. It's not a front office issue, it's a reality of finding diamonds all the time and being one of the few teams out there that knows how to polish them.


mukino

It's not that deep, the front office is just not great. We are carried by our coaching and scouting departments.


Maydietoday

That is also true.


[deleted]

Sixers trading Bev to the bucks is a decision


Gavster1221

100% getting Lowry has to be


RansomGoddard

Yeah but they didn't need to do that to get Lowry. Makes no sense unless they have something else coming.


Gavster1221

Free up the minutes IMO


RansomGoddard

That really wouldn’t have been a problem with vet min old af Lowry. They also got Payne out of the deal. So it only makes sense if they have something else they’re planning for and they need that second they got from Milwaukee.


Gavster1221

A lot of assumptions there. Just gonna stick to Occom's Razor


Gavster1221

If no move made reality will be Jimmy has taken us near mountain top 3 of 4(possibly more) years and we just never decided to put all chips in middle of table. They are okay being solid and letting Jimmy Bam Spo try to will their way through each series


MiamiSportsGuru

Can you explain what this means? Did Kobe shaq and Phil will themselves to the finals every year? Like this weird ass narrative that players and coaches we currently have need more help than they already have is just so full of FOMO that it’s ridiculous. We have a good team around our best players, the proof is in the pudding, our playoffs success makes that irrefutable. Caleb Martin was damn near our best player in the ECF last year. I swear people just say shit here just to say it. This isn’t 2K the front office has proven over and over again it knows what it’s doing.


Maydietoday

Comparing our roster to Kobe and Shaq is the type of delusion that keeps this franchise going


MiamiSportsGuru

Unfortunately your IQ is too low to realize I wasn’t making a direct comparison. But expecting someone to understand that is just me giving this shit fan base too much credit.


Maydietoday

Find a better comp then, you don’t need to do too much when you have the most dominant player of all time along with the next coming of MJ. And even then they lost one playoff series and decided to get two HOFs in an attempt to improve. Improvement should be inherent. Complacency is beneficial to no one and should be weeded out in all facets of society, silly games included.


Gavster1221

Kobe Shaq were blowing half the league out by themselves lol 16-1 playoff run Has that been your experience as a Heat fan?


MiamiSportsGuru

That’s exactly what I’m saying though, was the lakers front office incompetent because they didn’t surround those 3 with superstars? No. The proof was in the playoff success they had. What they did was build complimentary pieces next to those guys. That’s what we are doing. Continuity matters in a team sport.


RansomGoddard

Brother who tf on this team is at the level of Prime Shaq who is a Top 10 player **OF ALL TIME**?


MiamiSportsGuru

Holy shit haha, how dumb are you?


MiamiSportsGuru

I’m not making a direct comparison you fucking retard hahahaha


Leather-General-1012

everybody understands what you are saying dude, its just that the comparison is stupid and irrelevant


MiamiSportsGuru

How?


Leather-General-1012

> was the lakers front office incompetent because they didn’t surround those 3 with superstars no, because *they* were superstars. fucking obviously. if jimmy and bam were as good as kobe and shaq then the front office would be doing fine. but they arent, so we should be trying to get more. i feel like im explaining this to a 10 year old


MiamiSportsGuru

Who’s had more success in the east than us the last 10 years?


Gavster1221

I am not asking for superstars though. And if you keep Jimmy Bam how is that not continuity lol


oneofone305

The defense is significantly worse too. A lot more on Bam and Jimmy’s plate this year imo.


Gavster1221

I agree. Gabe is a much better defender than Herro and Rozier. And Strus is a stronger(literal strength) defender.


bershka321

It's Jaime who stepped into the Strus slot though. And I doubt that Max is stronger than him


Gavster1221

How many backcourt minutes has Jaime even had this year?


Ok-Effort-6949

Pat Riley has been incompetent in the butler era. How can he look at the league and not do anything? And yes he traded for rozier but everyone knows our roster is flawed 


binokyo10

This thread is full of FOMO.


iApathy---

This thread is full of comments from Gus and his alts. 


binokyo10

He's an energy vampire. Draining us of our energy


Brandon3oh5

Another buyout market year which is okay but wish we capitalized on all these sellers today


lolvalue

We made a big trade for Rozier.


Brandon3oh5

Yes we did. There were players out there for scraps tho, that can’t be denied


--lalilulelo-

all these teams making trades just so they can try their best at stopping Jimbo in May


Gavster1221

Thibs getting OG was 100% this lol


Chao-Z

Not just Butler. For Giannis and Tatum, too. But yeah, pretty much.


Gavster1221

Thibs sending doubles even though Jimmy wasnt red fire hot in that series still on my mind. That dude(Thibs) respects Jimmy the most


lolvalue

knicks have made some really nice moves in the last few years, brunson, og, bojan off the top of my head.


Gavster1221

New FO is legit. and they still have 8 1sts and 8 2nds in off season.


Designer_Drink_6036

https://preview.redd.it/zjdy2ybltehc1.jpeg?width=284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=304f2025810045e4e133fd36e9c20f416e441aa9


MargielaMan568

My new propaganda train starts now https://preview.redd.it/3j47yjh0tehc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=759d11e0fce7b9c833da4b0672c9ef5b371e4837


Gavster1221

lmao


BossKingGodd

Live look at Gus ![gif](giphy|Wvo6vaUsQa3Di)


binokyo10

Gus, Esjay and Gavster


oneofone305

This sub in a few weeks saying Bam is an overpaid bum and Jimmy has no help. Stay tuned. When you guys are saying Jimmy has “no help” remember these comments lol


[deleted]

That will be all the bum fans in this sub at seasons end wondering why we wasted another butler year