Big O & Ira Winderman – The #MiamiHeat are Maximizing Their Draft Picks 010924

Big O & Ira Winderman – The #MiamiHeat are Maximizing Their Draft Picks 010924

This is the Big O Show this is the Big O Show ride Ira you know uh before you came on I was talking about this because you get to learn things about coaches as as time goes on you get to see their Tendencies and who they are and things like that and while there’s a lot of things personally to like about Mike

McDaniel you know one of the things that he has to balance as a head coach sure you got to call plays and all that but you have to have an awareness of what’s going on in the game itself and decisions that have to be made and it’s it’s it’s actually an incredibly

Difficult thing to do in football to be calling an offense or a defense and then also be a head coach it’s really really tough you got to have an awareness like the chub thing went right under his nose that man my team’s down by 30 let me

Take out a whole bunch of people you know what I mean and SPO has to do those kind of things if blow out one way or another hey man I got to get you know Jimmy out I gotta get you know there has to be a level of awareness and I think

That that’s where McDaniel needs to grow a lot you cover a guy that has awareness like a freaking cat man you know it’s he has he has a radar that he just understands anything and everything that is going on emotionally physically technically whatever’s going on and that’s just that that’s not an

Easy thing to juggle no it’s not there’s a couple of things because I want to be fair with with SPO with Mike McDaniel SPO has to juggle 16 players it’s a small there’s a TI of rotation honestly and I don’t mean to demean there’s probably less play calls in the NBA now

Than ever everything in football is scripted it’s a chess match in the NBA a the best coaches know to let the players play so there’s that the one thing I will say is this football every team now has that game quality control assistant they have that guy standing next to the

Coach they have so many people helping also so I gotta tell you I don’t put it as much on Mike McDaniel maybe except maybe how he hires that when you have the chub situation there be there should be someone in his ear at that moment hey

What about these guys get them out there should be someone in his ear hey we’ve only had three rushing plays in the second half that’s our strength maybe we need to get back to that so I think as much as and Eric spos has been great at this hiring the right people because

Look at the people spos hired Joan Howard goes on to Michigan David fizdale has been a quality assisant coach at least in all his stops uh Dan Craig went to the Clippers their defensive coordinator you have to hire the right people also I think that’s oh listen we

Were freaking out when he made his first round of changes when he got rid of all the veterans and wanted to bring his own we were kind of like nervous like wow he’s getting rid of rosin and all these cats and asins and all and like he’s GNA

Bring in his own guys isn’t that a little risky and and he’s turned that over like two or three times and it just and you know and you know the reason why it works is because everyone’s interviewing his assistants Chris Quinn the latest hot name had a

Bunch of interviews this past summer I think it was interesting what Mike m Daniel did when he realized that you need that experience and went out got Vic fangio I think we both agree has done a really good job over the second half of the Season bringing together

This defense I mean hell it was held together by like Scotch tape the other night and he still found a way honestly what was a quality defensive effort against one of the biggest game makers Playmakers in the you know in the NFL even on a flukish deflection off a

Helmet that ends up at the back of the end zone and a special teams touch down right and you could say hey the week before not so good against Lamar Jackson who is good against Lamar Jackson he’s that kind of player so you say that but

I still would rather have Vic fand on my side going into a game like this this weekend against Kansas City and at least give me a chance so I think a lot of this has to do you have to hire the right people as well and you know bigo

You’ve seen this that’s his skill as well to get those people in that position to help make you better I’m with you there all right last tonight um you know I got the game I wanted okay I I I love uh I love what bam did nine of

12 super efficient 22 points the 12 rebounds all that Tyler with 28 I thought listen I know it’s the Rockets it’s a beatable Team all that kind of stuff but considering everything that you’re missing it was a a really cool game by your top players well I’m going

To take it a step further it was but it’s spoler said after the game it was also a really cool game by their X factors The Other Guys in there what you were seeing on a consistent basis now is a team that a couple of main guys but

They also have all these supporting guys the haime hawz is that Heyward heith comes back last night Duncan Robinson seven assists that’s what this team needs they are teams with Superstar power we saw the Clippers last week with Harden and George and kawh Leonard they’re built that way the heat are not

Built that way but even last week in the game against the Lakers eight man rotation eight guys in double figures that’s what this team needs that’s what’s going to make them the most successful so yes they know who their Leading Men are but everyone is contributing very rarely have there been

Guys in the last two three weeks step on the court for the Heat and not put their imprint on a game that’s good coaching that’s good gming that’s putting everything together and one thing I want to point out because I know you always ask me what I’m working on but I almost

Could use some help from your listeners out there the Heat last night started four of their own homegrown first round picks we always talk about the heat trading away their first rounders we talk about the heat not valuing the draft holy crap what this team has gotten out of the

Draft since 2017 you got bam maio in 17 you got Tyler herro in 19 then you got haime hawz last year and even in 2022 Nicole yovic is looking like a better pick I could not find a time in the Heat’s history when they played Four homegrown first rounders on the court at

The same time until I go back to the Steve Smith Glenn rice Ronnie cyy Alec Kesler and Willie Burton even during the other eras they might have had three first round picks on the same court when they had Dwayne Wade and Karan Butler but it really shows this team has also

Maximized the draft in the last six seven years why because they’re smart what what what has changed with them that they unearth so much undrafted talent and the drafted Talent now has been more consistent than it’s ever been in the Riley era because they’ve held on to the picks because

They understand in this salary cap your favorite thing luxury tax world you can only spend so much hey it was a hoot going out and signing Chris Bosch and LeBron James the economics have changed in this sport you might be able to trade for him you can’t just sign outright so

They’ve kept more of those picks their scouting has always been immaculate on the college l you like I mentioned going back to the rul Butlers and the Josh Richardson at number 40 out of Tennessee when he was taken at 15 yeah there have been some blips the Justice Winslow pick

Uh precious tuua but more and more we’ve seen this team they know and I’ll tell you why also because they know who a Miami Heat player is the outlier is probably yovic a little different player but you can see the second year in the heat developmental grinder how he’s

Changed and moved more in line with who they are and that’s really heartening I I I didn’t even notice it when the game started must be but he must be heat culture mentally yic is what I’m saying mentally they must take a step further he’s heat intellect the Heat have Smart players

Who know how to play the game those European guys who play over there those I mean we’ve seen it with donic we’ve seen it with joic they’re some of the smartest IQ basketball players because that’s what they prioritize over there over the athleticism so yis came in

Knowing how to play the game he came 19 he came in as a bean pole he had to learn to toughen up last night was a nice step not sure he plays with a full rotation but the heat I think more than anything are getting high IQ players to

Come in so they don’t have to deal with a bunch of for lack of better word dumbasses and getting him in the right spot that wasn’t always the case they had drafted before some players no offense to Michael Beasley not condescending he was a great athlete but

When it came to learning and functioning the game he was so much of the focus of state that he never really had that sort of idea he grew into that a little now the heater getting players are saying this is our system this is how we play

Here you have to answer our test it’s almost like they give an IQ test now before they draft yeah I I think there have been moments in in heat history and that’s one of those moments and whiteside’s another one of those moments where they fell in love with the ability

And the potential and they said all right maybe we can mold the rest even if he’s at the moment not built like a Heat player and then they couldn’t and they found that out and it looks like now they’re just trying to find the Heat player and then they know they’ll make

Him a better basketball player I don’t know they’re not GNA be the most athletic team they’re not going to run the fastest they’re not going to jump the highest but they’re going to play the game the right way and it’s interesting because before I came on you

Were talking about the Dolphins and you have to be built for certain situations the heat always build themselves with hey in the playoffs mistakes kill you you have to play a smart playoff style all of this around the NBA let’s see how much we can score sort of like the

Dolphins were let’s see how many three-pointers we can short sort of like the Dolphins always going to the passing game the heat are always built for the playoffs I think that’s the next step in the iteration of the Dolphins is you have to no matter how much fun you’re

Having against the Denver Broncos and scoring 50 points you have to pull back and say to yourself is this going to be winning in the playoffs is this going to be the style that wins in December that’s what teams that go deep into the playoffs learn went through there all right um

Before I get to the injury question are the Heat at 14 or 15 on the roster the heat are at 14 on the standard roster so they have an open roster spot but they’re so tight against the luxury tax that even adding a guy on a 10day contract for 150,000 translates almost

To a half aill million dollar in total payout with the luxury tax that’s why they’re staying at 14 they will get to 15 by the playoffs you have to be on the standard roster to be playoff eligible so whether it’s Jamal Kane or one of the other two-way players they’ll get moved

Over right now there’s a roster spot I still think there’s some sort of trade coming because they’ve looked at what the Knicks have done they looked at what other teams have done and more than anything bigo they’re looking at what the Celtics are doing I know they’ve

Beaten the Celtics before but Boston is even better this season so I think to keep Pace with Boston there still might have to be another tweak to this roster okay so then my question is Goron retired and talked about how the only team he wanted to play for was Miami and

There was negotiations and they couldn’t come to an agreement Miami I know they have several ball handlers but they don’t have like really another point guard and the one you do have is old and injury prone at this point he’s currently injured was it because of the luxury tax

Was it because they didn’t want to do that because I can’t imagine that Goran dragic was asking for the world of money to play for the Miami Heat the team he wanted to play for it was it was a minimum yeah it was a minimum so it

Wasn’t that even he mentioned in that story that I posted the other day in his interview in Europe he he’s had some knee issues you don’t want to bring in a guy who’s already injured so that he weren’t sure he had that full level of fitness but here’s the deal and it’s

Sort of a crushing blow for the player and for the team when Drew Smith was injured he was an partial guarantee for a specific reason the he knew by January 7th Sunday they could have cut him and brought in a veteran which I always think was the plan but once he had the

Season ending injury his contract became guaranteed for the season so he became on the books regardless I think that heat were totally whether it was Goran drage maybe a John wall another veteran they were saying let’s see what happens with this Drew Smith kid but let’s also

Keep our options open the season ending injury the NBA Chang the rule it’s unlike the NFL where if you get injured goodbye screw you deal with it on your own the NBA guarantees contracts when you’re out for the season so I think the Drew Smith thing more than the roster

Size more than the luxury tax closed the door for Goron I think if Drew Smith doesn’t get injured they thank him maybe they shift him back to a two-way contract they send him to sou Falls and they would have brought a player I think that’s when it ended for Goran drage or

Another veteran point guard unless KY Lowry misses extensive time now at the hand which more that’s what I’m saying is this a good MO is this a good decision just because you’re you don’t want to spend a couple of extra dollars on a point guard it’s a lot of extra

Dollars and it puts you in the second tier of the luxury tax which means in the off season you can’t make trades because of the new rules I understand big oh you like to spend Mickey Harrison’s money I understand Mickey Harrison has a lot of money but I’m not so sure

That gor and dragic at 37 is who you want to replace a 37 year old point guard in Kyle a I’m not seeing you replace anybody I’m not seeing you bring in anybody they’ll fill that 15th roster spot eventually they have Andy ellisburg knows how to manage this and he knows

How to manage the cap that’s why they guaranteed all their two-way players kind of date they’re waiting to save money or something yeah the date will be probably sometime in March when they can sign a player for the balance of the season have him eligible for the playoff

Roster and it’s got to be a decision also because if you’re at 14 unfortunately Drew Smith counts you can’t cut him which could happen later in the season to get a roster spot you have to look at also who you’re cutting so you’re saying a veteran point guard

And you might be right but maybe you said to yourself you know what Jamaal Kane’s come around enough with his three-point shooting maybe we want him on the playoff roster he wasn’t last year maybe RJ Hampton shows you something let’s be patient here Big O

And you say to yourself you know what we have another the kid in our developmental pipeline we’re going to take a look at this kid longer maybe he’s the other guy Cole schwier The Amazing Spiderman had 37 points for the sou fall Sky Force on Sunday I think you

Keep your options open because you’re not even Midway through the season if you’re asking me Ira wierman today on January 9th will the Miami Heat have the same roster at the end of the season I’m going to tell you no there will be subtle tweaks that will take into

Account yes the luxury attacks but also meshing and melding this roster this team has always picked up players late in the season Hey Kevin Love could not have worked out better at the buyout deadline last season I think they’ll make a similar move this season to shore

Up the playoff roster Big O it’s all about the playoffs and really only about the playoffs I’m about Eric spola and make his life a little easier bro to me this comes from them knowing they got the greatest Chef in the entire entire freaking world and they know that he’s

Going to overcome more than most get more than most out of whatever they give him and he knows that he can get you know blood out of a rock he’ll be able to squeeze out of it you know what I’m saying that’s what I think it oh well no

ER Eric will get by without the point guard when brother make his life easier give him a point guard man give him one that can be there for him and help him out a little bit I I I I just think they take I think that franchise and the

Ownership group specifically takes Eric spola for granted I really do and I think when you look at the Heat stats at the moment Kyle Lowry’s averaging four assists per game Jimmy Butler’s averaging 4.9 Tyler herro 4.5 uh you have Josh Richardson with more than three assist bam at 39 so they

Know that it’s not about a specific point guard they know in their style of playing other guys are going to be handling if Eric spoler needs something by way who’s the guy that makes all that happen by the way I’m just wondering who’s the guy that makes all that happen

If he’s going to keep playing it by committee he doesn’t want a bold dominant point guard he doesn’t want a pound the rock kind of guy also so he wants his he has no choice the chef is making the best meal that’s what he’s doing if if you gave him somebody that

Could run the offense it would probably take some burden off of them and less game management by okay you handle now for 10 minutes and you handle for 8 minutes and you handle for five and you I mean Jesus Christ dude it’s it’s it works it works because Eric spoler God

Because he works it works because he works so what’s happening is he might not be getting the top cut of filet or steak for Mickey Harrison but what does he do as I’m going to leave now and go to practice ER house bro well no Eric spoler what he

Does is he he tenderizes during practice so he makes him work but he takes that tough cut of meat he sits there with the Cleaver and his tenderizer and by the time he’s done with practice they roll out on the court tomorrow against the Oklahoma City Thunder who have a

Gazillion first round picks and he still finds a way he F I think I honestly think bigo SPO prefers it this way he loves challenges I think that’s what after now second decade doing being an NBA coach he enjoys the challenges yes the big three was great but you could

See how that wore on him I think Eric spoler loves years like last season when he can roll up his sleeves and say I’m gonna take my Gabe Vincent I’m gonna take my Max stru and I’m gonna beat your Tatum and your brown and I’m gonna beat

Your Brunson and your Randall I’m gonna beat your auntie Tumo and your holiday and he finds a way I think Eric spoler lives for that I think Eric spoler is the best freaking coach in the NBA bro by far it’s not just in the NBA the planet the universe period best

Heat head coach ever just heat history yes again heat history best Heat coach ever and that to pass Riley brother that that’s some right there man uh all right so what’s what’s going on with lousy and uh and with Butler with KY Lowry we’ll find out more practice today

The fact Lowry I’m sorry go ahead I’m sorry the fact that he didn’t have his hand banned dur and ice is a good sign he he’s only missed four games this season he really has pushed through I expect him again again it’s a contract year of course you’re gonna push through

So I’m optimal more optimistic there what happened with Jimmy Butler’s interesting because he basically has a turf toe which who you know is a concerning injury in all the sports that’s why when his agent told me the other day not to worry and is fine I

Told him that’s fine but I want you to put your name on it I’m not going to do the sources said Jimmy will be back I told told Bernie Lee if you feel that strongly you tell me that he did if his agent came out that strongly I would

Expect Jimmy back at some point during this home stand and then move forward and the one thing we know Big O Jimmy’s Gonna Miss 20 games a season Jimmy Styles his own season the way he wants I know that you have concerns down the road but that’s who he is he saves

Himself for the playoffs and except for that one year in 2021 when they were swept by the bucks he finds a way to be at his best at the best possible time so for in Jimmy we trust no I I I get that I mean I know he’s a badass when when

When it come when push comes to shove there’s no doubt I know what he is that that we we can never complain about that with Jimmy uh what are you working on the Sentinel so folks can again I did that story about Kyle a if he’s out like

Tyler hero is really honest after the game he says I know Kyle’s our point guard but no offense I handle the ball more so it’s a different way they run their offense here that if Kyle sits out a game or to whether RJ Hampton comes back from his stomach illness they’ll

They’ll have enough to handle that although the Thunder about as good as it gets in the NBA and then I did write in my ask Ira today about the the draft and I just can’t recall the last time going back to the pre- rilly ero when you had

Four heat homegrown first round picks on the court at the same time remember rul buler was a second round pick Josh Richardson a second round pick so it’s really fascinating because it was only after a reader asked the question after the game I was like wow you’re right

Four heat first round picks started the game last night against Houston so it does show how this team evolves because all great teams have to evolve from going out and signing any and every free agent to getting it done more inhouse because of a salary cap League I think

You have to be impressed with the heat I know you’re impressed with poster I know you’re concerned about the spending of the money but the front office and The Scouting staff in terms of person right up there also with anyone in the NBA do we have a first first round pick again

This year they do and they have to use it because next year’s could go to Oklahoma City finally that pick that was deferred and put off for a while so they’ll be another pick it’s a really crappy draft this year I can see trading it you know is that the one then they

Have all their picks from their after the one to Oklahoma City they’re taking care of down the road so they have that and that’s why when people say oh they should throw a pick in here or there no you need to package them we’ve seen one NBA first- round pick does nothing for

You in the trade you need at least two probably three so they’re also in good shape down the road as well and they’re drafting well so you might find yourself because I think they will haime H at number 18 I mean you can’t beat that for

Value no he I think he’s gonna be a star dude I think that for sure NBA first team all rookie and you know what he’s right up there with w banama and with Chad holgren we’ll see tomorrow he’s still could make a run for rookie of the

Year I think it’s going to be interesting yeah yeah definitely definitely and and if you’re playing big games games yes and you draw theti and he’s part of those big moments yes Rookie of the Year bro for sure for sure sure because San Antonio is not GNA be playing any kind of meaningful

Basketball in except the hype machine has been wmy and he’s still gonna get the national TV games so we will see yeah yeah no doubt follow him on Twitter at Ira heatbeat Ira we will catch up next week thank you sir catch you next week in our acurate Penbrook Pines

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