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Injury Report:
Miami Heat:
- Jimmy Butler (suspension) — OUT
- Josh Richardson (heel) — OUT
- Dru Smith (achilles) — OUT
- Isaiah Stevens (G-League) — OUT
Utah Jazz:
- John Collins (hip) — AVAILABLE
- Elijah Harkless (G-League) — OUT
- Taylor Hendricks (fibula) — OUT
- Oscar Tshiebwe (G-League) — OUT
- Cody Williams (G-League) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Terry Rozier, G
- Nikola Jovic, F
- Haywood Highsmith, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
Utah Jazz:
- Collin Sexton, G
- Keyonte George, G
- Lauri Markkanen, F
- John Collins, F
- Walker Kessler, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 8:00 PM EST
- TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)
- Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
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emilys ewing theory i guess didnt work lol
in bams 5 year career how many really good games has he had.cant think of to many 30 pt 10 rebound games.embid joker towns do it just about every night.bam is highly paid not deserving of max $$
Bam can anchor a defense, guard all 5 positions, set bone crunching screens, and hit a jum shot if you need one. But he ain’t giving you 30. You can complain about the one thing he can’t do or appreciate all the other things he can do.
agree to a degree.anchor a defense yes.bone crunching screens and illegal screens yes.hit a jump shot any nba player can hit a jumper or they wouldnt be in nba,he does alot of things but for me hes a little above average when u look at the great centers hes not even close to their level.hes overpaid again riley fs up.id want bam on my team but he better not be the 1st or 2nd best player
lets take a stab at this what player do u think pat gets.i say bradley beale
If he does that, he needs to retire asap.
I 100% disagree with that. No trade clause, aging player with 2+ years remaining.
not a good deal rc.hes a good scorer?
Not a fit and that bad contract
big 3 ty ware beale lol
I think, worst case scenario, he gets traded for an expiring contract. Maybe Julius Randle and a decent role player.
Best case scenario, Riley gets Van Vleet plus a young guy from Houston (Tari Eason?), or MPJ from the Nuggets. I’d be happy with Norm Powell and Terrance Mann.
Decent return looks something like Brandon Ingram or Wiggins & Kuminga.
I saw the following trade proposal that makes a little sense.
Bulls get: Michael Porter, Duncan Robinson, Zeke Nnaji
Nuggets get: Jimmy Butler, Torrey Craig
Heat get: Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic, Dario Saric
Rozier, Herro, LaVine, Bam, Vucevic
Burks, Jaquez, Jovic, Highsmith, Ware
Richardson, Larsson, Saric, Johnson, Love,
I don’t think Riley wants that Zach LaVine contract.
I think if the Nuggets want Butler, you just cut the Bulls out of that trade and get Porter on a smaller version of the Jimmy contract
I would go for that.
Jovic is more of a sf, not a good rebounder for his size. I would like spo to try a frontcourt of jovic,bam, ware in the near future.
We had that exact conversation here yesterday
A 7’, 6’10”, and 6’9” front line.definitely
Yes, that would be a good lineup for the modern nba, but idk if spo would do that. I like Highsmith, but I don’t feel like he’s starter material currently because he’s too afraid to take shots.
spo will never never do that
dunc vs collins ill take collins
If Jovic had any defensive ability, he’d be a real intriguing piece. His skill offensively is impressive, that said at this point by the time he learns defense (if ever), he’ll be due a contract extension, and either get over paid by Pat or showcase the improvement elsewhere.
hes to up and down so far shows glimpses but then shows crapiness
he’s young. He’ll develop as he gets older. This is just the realistic problem with building around rookies and draft picks. It takes almost a decade for them to round out their game
55-24 rebounds
35 11 at half no spobot adj
dunc closeouts lol might as well just stay where he came from lol
even ware is playing bad wtf
23 percent from 3 is terrible
This is amazing in a negative way. The rebuild can’t start soon enough.
It sucks but we gotta start somewhere
jjj haircut looks better kid
stop the game we give up we surrender
jjj doesnt get from pt a to pt b very fast.
let the athletes play see what we have we know what the other guys can do
dunc is such a limited player whos not a sharp shooter .josh christopher in a one on one game would win 21 0
d wade must be happy
This is pretty terrible don’t think I’ve seen a game this bad since that Feb/Patty Mills intro game vs Thunder
Last game was bad too
game before that one too
They won that one
guess ware is injured?
Broken heart
bam has 2 diff colored sneakers is that legal
i love the heat but its gonna be hard to watch this soon.almost like trying to watch the marlins
Would be easier to take if I thought they’d have a shot at a legit free agent or draft pick, but Pat’s washed, and so is his team.
Bam out played by Kessler by a wide margin. Captain Bam may think they’ll be fine with the guys they have, but I think Pat should move him too, run out the season with Ware.
guess hes saving ware for next season
Running it back without any talent maybe wasn’t the wisest decision Pat’s made. Should have traded Jimmy last year. This year, he needs to blow the whole thing up. I know he won’t, but Heat fans are doomed to watch this mediocre-bad team, without the hope of the draft lottery saving us. Without free agency bringing in a talent infusion.
This team is in purgatory.
Don’t need to blow up the whole team, build around herro, bam, jjj,jovic, and ware. Trade jimmy,terry, and dunc. Try to get that okc Pick back, since we’re fringe play in team now.
I mean I guess if your excited about being mediocre, sure keep the ‘core’ intact,
Also not sure if you’ve watched Jaime this year, but he’s regressed in nearly every category. Same with Bam (and his giant contract).
This team is missing a superstar, they aren’t a Jimmy Butler away, they are a Giannis or Jokic away. A Edwards away. Pat ain’t got the pull he used to, and those guys aren’t coming.
It’s an end of Era, I’m not excited about being mediocre, but you already know Riley won’t blow it up. Also I agree that Jaquez has regressed, but most players do in there 2nd year, so gotta give him one more year before deciding to trade him. Also I would like to see a bam and ware front court next season. I’m not expecting us to get a superstar anytime soon, so for now we gotta build through the draft, and continue to get more cap space. It was the same after lbj left, so just rebuild.
Yes, the only solace would be if we don’t make the playoffs, we keep our first round pick.
Even if they keep it, the early wins will hurt their lottery chances at a game changer that they desperately need.
If we keep playing like this we’re def headed that way.
thers not a lebron type player that wants to play here?
Most nba whales want to go to Super Teams, what’s super about this team. They lack talent in the starting line up, the bench is weak too.
Jimmy’s suspension clearly messing with this team.
wares his 3rd best player where is he
put keshod ware in hh jovic very limited players
And try Christopher, nothing to lose like you said.
Need another starting lineup.
Sexton doing too much.
Rebounding is killing us. Just 1 rebound in the last quarter.
wonder y utah has such bad record they have some nice pieces
This team still thinking about Jimmy and its affecting there game.
excuses theyre not very good w/o jim but werent that good with him
It Is what it is, trade Jimmy, and try to get our draft pick back from okc.
bam ware bam ware bam ware bam ware bam ware together forever
Can’t be worse than that right
been a while hows the insurance business?
Not too bad, been busy with the gambling business why I haven’t been in game threads. Wanted to see if I had any touch for fantasy picks. So was watching all the games but managing parlays and such. Broke even think I prefer just enjoying the games
Hope you had good holidays
36 15 rebounds holy sht
rothstein just say it were lacking talent dude ill say it for him
sad sad sad jimmys smiling ear to ear
Yeah, he could’ve helped us with another 9 point 6 shot game.
if he cared and tried were a top 6 team /w/o him doubt we make playoffs
Problem is, he didn’t.
yup what happened.your getting paid 50 mil.
jovic is like my wife rc hot and cold
Relationships, like bb, can be challenging
yes the current heat team is gonna be very challenging its up to pat to fix it
Send SunMan in.
sunman s excellent prospect he should send the heat all his trade proposals real good stuff from him on this site man does his homework doesnt have time to cruise the seas to busy trying to make team better
this kessler is huge ware is kind of huge to
man this suks im not happy pat better get an all star type player
maybe ware will ask to be traded lol he must be wondering why this coach plays me 4 minutes and then pulls me
they got at least 2 7 footers on the ct and we got 6 9 bam oh well
sad days when your best player quits on u.hes a douche jimmy but he wants to win
Despite the record, they have some good players. But we have to do better Butler or no Butler.
it is what it is
2nd shot fest for the jazz
dunc hevkuva swipe away there
wonder where yurtseven is prob europe
utah has to be the biggest team in nba
We’re going to enjoy a little bit of a Ewing effect, as other teams suddenly find their Butler-centric gameplans to be out of date, and don’t know what to do with the young guys getting more minutes. Hope we can take advantage while it lasts.
ty and dunc for collins no jjj and dunc for collins?
Make it so