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Can Miami Heat SURVIVE Josh Richardson SEASON ENDING Surgery? Are Patty Mills, Delon Wright ENOUGH?



Can Miami Heat SURVIVE Josh Richardson SEASON ENDING Surgery? Are Patty Mills, Delon Wright ENOUGH?

God damn it bro we was feeling so good yesterday man uh hold on a second I’m not recording this whole video on Snapchat give me a second okay that’s better listen I was happy yesterday the Miami he beat the Detroit Pistons and yes I know that it was a close game but

It did put the Miami Heat a season High nine games over 500 but then within minutes of that final buzzer sound and I was over here recording the post game make sure y’all go check it out I saw that little Tweety BD I saw it and I saw

A tweet from the basement Barry who said Josh Richardson will be having shoulder surgery tomorrow and it’s out for the season the man just had a sneak that in there I love you Barry Jackson but I love my sleep too how am I supposed to sleep at night knowing the guy Jay Rich

Rook number two is going to miss the rest of the season oh that was a real gut punch for the Miami Heat and for us Heat fans as a whole because of course Josh rich has been a fan favorite for a long time and I know he left a sour

Taste in some Heat fans mouths this year that’s not something I really understood but at least of late he really seemed like he was finally starting to get into Rhythm and he seemed like he was going to be a really nice piece to add some guard depth to this team now I

Personally thought that Josh Richardson was having a nice season he was averaging 10 points per game 44% shooting from the field and 35% shooting from three I know those numbers aren’t the best they’re probably average at best but he was doing all of that while providing some really solid defense but

The reason that I think he was having a pretty good season is relative to his contract right the guy was getting paid a minimum contract and anytime you have a guy on a minimum deal that that’s giving you better production than Dwayne debond and Cody Zeller remember those

Guys those guys were bums and they sucked relative to their contract and they were barely getting paid too but to have a guy like Josh Richardson averaging 10 points per game on again decent enough efficiency and playing defense I think that’s the best that you could possibly ask for and he’s pretty

Good for The Vibes right obviously he was really good friends with bam and AO and he seems just to be a great locker room guy in general you really haven’t heard anybody say anything negative about him and I do know that earlier in the season he did get off to maybe a

Slower shooting start but again like I was saying earlier as of late before the injury he was actually playing hey it’s me Pat Riley and I’ve woken up from my Slumber because I realized you didn’t like the video and subscribe yet so make sure to do that

For me so I can get some rest thank you and I do think what he was providing was actually kind of important to the team because after losing Gabe Vincent you obviously lost a lot of that perimeter of attack defense and I think Josh richardon was a guy that was able

To come in and help supplement a lot of that obviously you’re still looking at cayb Martin and of course Jimmy and Bam as guys that can do that but Jay Rich was a guy that was very well at that that as well and it’s not like he was

Just standing on the three-point line shooting he could get to the mid-range a little bit and was scoring relatively efficient from that area also now first and foremost you pray for your boy to have a speedy recovery I know he’s in pain right now I think somebody tweeted

At him like a couple days ago and said how’s the shoulder and he just sent back something like it hurts so you know he’s not doing so great right now but hopefully the the surgery goes well and then I guess usually when a when a guy gets surgery they always say it was

Successful F right when have they ever said it’s not successful I guess like Victor leipo probably right when he tore the same quad twice I guess Alex Smith on the uh what was he on the the commanders back then yeah that was pretty brutal U but anyways you assume

Everything is going to go well with Jay Rich in the surgery and then hopefully he can start his recovery process and he likely will be back next year because he does have a three $3 million player option which he’ll probably accept he’s only going to be 31 years old old so he

Could test free agency if he wants to or maybe he UPS out and resigns with the Miami Heat for more years because we do know that he actually turned down more money from other teams because he wanted to be with the Miami Heats I think his Market unfortunately is probably about

As low as it was last time so I could see him returning to the heat whether it’s with that player option or resigning for another two or 3 years and of course I wish him the best and I think he was a pretty important piece as

I was saying but it’s not the most critical piece mostly just because this team is very deep right that’s not a slight on Josh Richardson since the heat got Terry Rosier they were really only fully healthy for a few games and in those games Richardson was barely

Cracking 20 minutes a night if that I actually remember he even got a dnp coach’s decision versus the Knicks so I’m not entirely sure if he would even be playing like if he’d have a solidified spot in the rotation once everyone is healthy and again that

That’s a big if because even going into the game tomorrow night versus the Mavericks Kevin Love is already not traveling Tyler hero is also out so I’m not sure if this team will ever be healthy and of course now that Jay Rich is out they they never really will be

But if they were hypothetically I’m not sure how big his role actually would be and then of course on top of that we got to talk about the couple of guys that they brought in so as everyone knows the Miami Heat brought in the lawn right

Just what a couple weeks ago now from the buyout market after he was bought out from the Washington Wizards he’s something that uh most Heat fans were excited about like one of the rare things Heat fans were actually able to agree on now I think he’s only played

Like two games since he had that one game where he had to start whether is versus the Kings where everyone was suspended I think that might have been it I I don’t remember but he was pretty good right and we know what he brings up

Brings to the team he is that guy that can be your point of attack Defender he’s very good on that perimeter definitely better than Josh Richardson in that area so I know we talked about losing gay Vincent and Jay Rich was to help make up for that well if and when

The heat do need to guard other perimeter players Delon Wright will be there now I will say back in the day J Rich was very good on that side of the ball but now that he’s on the wrong side of 30 he’s not as good as he once was

But Delon Wright even at the same age I believe as Josh Richardson he is Elite at that and when you’re talking about going into the playoffs against Damen Lillard or jayen Brunson or all the guards that the Celtics have it will be critical to have a guy like dlon right

Even if you have to play the Hawks and God forbid a playing tournament let’s say the heat stay in that well I think the heat are five right now or or six but let’s say they fall into that seven or eight range and have to get matched

Up versus the Hawks now you got Theon right to play against his former team right and maybe help play a lot of Defense on Trey young because back when he played the Hawks a lot of your primary Defenders back then was Gabe Vincent and was PJ Tucker and of course

Those those are two guys that you don’t have anymore and if you also remember that series The laon Wright was clamping up Tyler hero I’m not going to lie to you so it will be nice to kind of have dwn Wright on our side this time and in

That game versus Kings he was very good on ball as well hit a couple threes was able to run the offense a little bit you know his he’s not a guy that’s going to be a huge you know Assist guy but I think he did like having a assist a

Turnover ratio this year of like 4 to1 which is very very good and theoretically he may be a better player than Josh Richardson and then the other guy we got to talk about is Patty Mills who the heat just signed like yesterday I dropped like an instant reaction video

To it had to go to my car at work cuz I was excited about it a lot of Heat fans were but there was also a lot of Heat fans that weren’t excited about Patty Mills because they said hey is this guy even going to play what’s the point and

No he’s likely not going to play but any guy that you signed last minute on the buyout market like that is probably not going to play but Patty Mills you know if he does play I think he’s still a decent player at 35 years old phenomenal

Shooter 39% for his career a high assist low turnover guy obviously very smart but in the locker room is where I think he will provide a lot of value the guy is an NBA champion one of the the best leaders in the league one like the the

Teammate of the Year award just last year or the year before that it just generally known as a nice guy who is also a great great leader and obviously this team has those you got Kevin Love who we’ve heard his impact in the locker room has been great you have Jimmy

Butler you have Eric spola I know Udonis Hasam is not in the locker room every day anymore but I’d like to believe that he’s still involved a lot well we know he is we see him at the games all the time but just having another guy like

Patty Mills I does think goes a long way and when you inevitably do have some more injuries as you get closer to the playoffs and maybe in the playoffs Patty Mills is a guy that you know you can rely on he’s been there before and he’s

Not GNA mess up what you have going on and I think he’s a piece that could pretty easily plug in and fit a very valuable role on this team he might even need to come and let’s say there’s some times in the playoffs where the offense gets bogged down and you need someone

Who can run an offense Patty Mills is that veteran guy that could do it we used to say that about Kyle AE whether you believed he could or not that’s a different story but he’s not here anymore so now you have Patty Mills that can kind of provide a lot of those same

Things some things that I wanted from Guan dragic they didn’t want to bring him back but Patty Mills is two years younger than dragic and at their age that kind of is a big difference so now we just talked about Delon R and Patty Mills and what they could bring to the

Team but truthfully both of those points may be irrelevant cuz the Miami he just played the Detroit Pistons yesterday they had no Tyler hero and D Wright still couldn’t crack the rotation no I don’t want to say couldn’t crack the rotation it’s not like he wasn’t good enough but spoler just didn’t

Necessarily find a need for him so I’m not sure that either one of those guys would have played a lot just like I’m not sure that Josh Richerson would have played a lot either now there will be times where you will need those guys we talked about Delon wght if you’re

Playing one of the better guards in the playoffs and we talked about Patty Mills if there’s injuries or you just need a reliable guy who could play right now now but if everything is healthy it’s supposed to has all of the pieces that he wants I’m not sure we’re going to see

Either one of those guys too often so that begs the question well what is the Miami Heat’s guard rotation now this is not going to become a Tyler hero should he start should he come off the bench video even Barry Jackson put out a tweet saying something like we know there’s no

Way that you could bench Tyler hero but that he kind of should and he basically said all that by saying how amazing Duncan Robinson is in in the starting lineup y’all know my opinion I love Tyler herro he’s a great player but Duncan Robinson should be in that

Starting lineup next to Terry Rosier preferably but you know you can swap him and Tyler either way but if you want to just talk about the rotations in general and this is not going to be a whole video about rotations because I can make a whole you know 20 minute length

Podcast on that and I will as they start to get healthy and we get closer to the playoffs in April but let’s say we want to talk about the playoffs and spos to plays eight guys right well let’s count the locks in the rotation that have to

Play right you got Terry Rosier Tyler herro Jimmy Butler bam those are arguably your four best players you know they’re going to play on top of that do we count Nico yovic he’s been the starting four for the last week or two now he’s played very well and most

Importantly they’ve been winning so you think spal will keep him in the rotation but it’s tough to say because earlier in the year he wasn’t playing but if you want to go based off the way things have been lately we’ll count niic that’s five he has to play jameh Hawkins then

Hawkins has been playing like 30 minutes a night he was playing the entire fourth quarters for a large stretch to the season and he’s he’s pretty awesome a little bit older a little bit more reliable I think he’s a lock in the rotation you got to count kayin Martin

He’s obviously does great things on both side of the uh both sides of the ball and has been playing very well lately as well and then of course you got to count Duncan Robinson who’s been amazing this year I know y’all seen the the he he Professor double behind back move he had

On a sir Thompson he’s obviously having an incredible year so that’s eight guys right there and that doesn’t include Kevin Love who’s been out with injury who’s really the only backup big man that I think I said you haven’t included Hayward heith who played a lot of the

Season at the starting four I wouldn’t consider him a backup big but if you want to call him a backup four fine so where does spoler get these get it down to eight or nine guys it’s going to be almost an impossible decision I pulled up the roster right here just because I

Don’t want to forget anybody because they got so many pieces I mean bam is obviously a loot like we said Jimmy a lock and Tyler but you got Thomas Robinson he probably won’t play but you might you might need some size so does Orlando Robinson does he get any playoff

Run either I don’t know who who else did we not talk about here of course we didn’t mention Patty Mills or Delon Wright two guys who I think are certainly good enough to get into the rotation so point is just by looking at this roster real quick they easily have

10 or 11 guys that are capable of playing problem is if you play your eight best guys you got no size and that goes back to a whole issue in the the off season with roster construction where they should have focused on getting someone who is actually big but

They didn’t so we got to deal with who we got with now so if you want to look at the guards though I would say that Terry Roser Tyler herro and Duncan Robinson those have to be your locks outside of that I can’t guarantee anyone so that means that guys like d Wright

And Patty Mills may not play anyway so it’s possible that this whole video was pointless but I still wanted to get it out because no one poos you there’s going to be a time where Delon Wright checks into the game and game seven versus Celtics in the second round and

He’s going to play 40 minutes and probably drop 30 a 30-point triple double no one supposed to that’s the great thing about this system right and this coaching staff because the guys they bring in are guys that Udonis has them one of my favorite quotes he ever

Said is guys that stay ready so they don’t have to get ready that’s what this team preaches and they and and they like that because they know that when you need a guy when his name is called he will be relied upon and he will deliver and that’s one of my favorite things

About this team and I think in the playoffs that’s very important because you got other teams trying to game plan and and trying to do match ups and stuff and when you got the heat throwing in guys who haven’t played in weeks because they have the depth for that that’s I

Think does go a long way in the playoffs a lot of times people say that stars is what wins in the playoffs and yes it’s true a lot of times a team that has the better player wins but I do think that depth is severely underrated when it

Comes playoff time because all these guys bodies are banged up they’re all hurt and when you have that many guys it’s hard to game plan because you only have a set amount of time in the playoffs you got a game every other day when you win a series you got a next one

Sometimes two days later and it’s hard to game plan in the playoffs and when the heat have this much depth and they got a coach that’s as good as game plan as he is I think that’s where the heat will really thrive in the playoffs anyways I’ve been talking a lot this

Video just kind of talking off the Dome here because I got so many thoughts so I want to hear what y’all have to say down below let me know if you like the Patty Mills pickup let me know if you think him or dwn Wright would play and let me

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16 Comments

  1. I was never a fan of Dru Smith, but I feel bad for him getting cut after getting a guaranteed contract and that devastating injury. Its a business though 🙏

  2. They will be fine without Richardson,look they have been good without Herro
    Put Herro back on the bench,where he belongs.

  3. You’re falling off little by little I know you see the numbers on your channel….real recognize real and your not it….I said this before and I’ll remind you the real heat fans can see right through you……you did all that crying all season and look at my heat now……it’s time for you and whatever is left of your followers to jump back on the wagon it usually gets full at this time of the year…..bashing your team is never cool just came by to rub it in alittle btw and help you with a view that you desperately need at this point

  4. Patty mills will play, he is consistent during playoffs, he can take charge and quite good at clutch defense, its probably the reason why he was signed.

  5. J Rich would have started for defense and height against the best point guards. We'll miss him in the playoffs for sure

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