Q: We need to recruit guys with innate skills and talent, and stop relying on hard work. – Darius.
A: What I found most interesting during this offseason lull is the emerging idea that some sort of serious overhaul of the franchise’s approach is needed after the Heat The Heat dared to fail to make the Eastern Conference Finals for the fourth time in five seasons. Granted, back-to-back play-in appearances aren’t exactly the path to playoff success. But the best way to re-engage with the kind of talent you’re suggesting is to bow out of the playoffs and enter the lottery, something the Heat haven’t done since 2019, when Tyler Herro has been written. In the meantime, it could be argued that with Jaime Jaquez Jr.Kel’el Ware and even Nikola Jovic that the Heat have exploited lottery-level talent without falling into lottery-level depths. Yes, talent matters. But so does effort. Through it all, including those three runs to at least the Eastern Conference Finals during the Jimmy Butler Since the pandemic era, the Heat aren’t exactly talent-deficient. What they’ve been lacking lately is recruiting and retaining players. What needs to stop is the attendance problem (and especially the lack thereof). That starts with Jimmy and Tyler.
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Q: So Jimmy Butler is going to leave the Heat next summer to sign with the Nets? And the Nets are going to stop rebuilding to sign a player who’s going to be 36? Come on. – Orie.
A: Hey, nothing else is happening, so someone is going to throw stuff somewhere. While the Nets will be flush with money under the salary cap next summer, if this is going to be broadcast as Sean Marks’ rebuild plan Brooklyn then someone else will probably rebuild there. After going through Kevin Durant, James Harden And Kyrie Irvingexpect something a little more reasonable and discreet from the Nets. Of course, sensitivity has hardly been a Nets touchstone over the past two decades.
Q: Jimmy Butler’s tour in China reminds me of Dwyane Wade there during the offseason. – Andy.
A: That’s what you get in the same sneaker deal, a deal that started with Dwyane Wade and then became part of the Marquette Alumni Club. The difference is that with the proliferation of social media these days, Jimmy’s tour is more like a travel journal. Jimmy’s passport tends to be full of stamps by the time he gets back for training camp.
