Ranking TOP 5 Miami Heat Draft Prospects | 2024 NBA Draft

Ranking TOP 5 Miami Heat Draft Prospects | 2024 NBA Draft

so we’re just a few days away from the first round of the NBA draft with the Mi heat of course pick at number 15 and after tons of internal deliberation and tons of debate and changing my mind a thousand times I have officially put together my list of the top five candidates that I think the M heat should Target in the first round now yesterday I put out a podcast and I kind of talked about some needs for the heat obviously they need size and they need scoring that makes it a bit difficult cuz most of the scoring is coming from your guards and most of the bigs aren’t really great go-to scorers and another thing that makes it difficult is there is so many variables of what this team might actually look like we hope to see a completely revamped team so does that mean that they trade Tyler hero or Terry wasir or Duncan Robinson which is where a lot of their big money is tied up outside of Jimmy and Bam of course so we don’t know because if those guys are gone their needs change it’s kind of tough to say that’s why I’m just going to say my five favorite prospects starting with number five I have Jared McCain is [Music] wak Jared McCain he’s been mocked in a crazy range I’ve seen him anywhere from like number 12 all the way to number 25 I’ve talked about him in a previous video and I know a lot of Heat fans aren’t big fans of his because he is it a bit of a smaller guard but he’s a prospect I really like because he is a straight up bucket and his shot is wet uh at his La at his freshman season at Duke he spent one year there he played 32 minutes a night averaged 14 points five boards two assist shot 46% from the field but 41% from three on six attempts so just an elite shooter and on top of that he was an 89% free throw shooter and some comparisons I’ve seen for him is like Emanuel quickley Seth Curry and also Brinn Forbes who us Heat fans obviously hate for for obvious reasons but at 20 years old he is a bit of a younger Prospect officially measured in at 6’2 with a 6’4 wingspan and he’s about 200 lb now he is an elite shooter in the pull-up transition game sort of like Ty hero he’s also excellent off ball because he didn’t really have the ball in his hands too much because Duke of course ran a lot of their offense through filipowski and they had a lot of nice other guards but he’s not just a three-point shooter he’s also really efficient in the mid-range although it’s on lower volume for now but most importantly the thing that I like best is he is Elite at getting to his spots and when a guy can get to his spots that’s a sign that he can really be a great scorer on any level and even though he’s 61 he doesn’t just rely on the jump shot he’s the guy that can sort of also play through contact and he’s not scared to use his body when getting into the paint because although he’s small and I think that’s a very very great skill to have especially at his young age when when you have a lot of these smaller guards you got to learn how to use your body to bump Defenders and get angles to finish at The Rim you got to have a great floater and Jared McCain does have that as well that’s why I think he’s he could be a really great scorer in the NBA as well now he doesn’t have spectacular defense or anything like that he doesn’t have a great handle but he is quick enough and does have you know a high enough motor highd enough energy that really makes him very solid on the defensive end so I don’t think he’s a guy that’ll be an absolute Turn Style sort of like Tyler here is because he has some great instincts and really great strength so he not going to be switchable or nothing like that but I do think he can hold his own guarding a lot of ones and twos and I think he has a great personality as well like he’s pretty uh he he’s been great on some interviews and he has the Tik Tok and everything and I just think it’ll be a guy that’ll fit really nice in the locker room as well so he kind of checks a lot of boxes for me and that’s why I’m a big fan of Jared McCain as my fifth favorite Prospect now moving on to my fourth favorite Prospect I have a guy that I know a lot of Heat fans like and that’s khil wear is a straight up [Music] Beast it I’m you I’m Shin had break real wear now wear also has a pretty broad range in mock I’ve seen him taken anywhere from like number 14 to like number 26 he spent two years in college the first at Oregon the second in Indiana and in which he played 32 minutes a night averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds with two blocks a night shot 59% from the field and as a seven-footer shot 43% from three now that was only on like just over one attemp so temp were your expectations because he was only a 63% free throw shooter which wasn’t great but uh he’s a guy that has nice form from the outside and I do think he has some potential to become Miles Turner type player maybe a Brook Lopez type player those are some comparisons that I’ve seen along with Jared Allen as well and for obvious reasons I think any three of those guys would be great fits on the Miami Heats so I would I would really like khil wear if he could bring those things down to Miami he is a younger player to just turned 20 years old I mentioned he was 7 foot but he’s got a 75 wing span weighs 230 lbs so he does have legit size and he uses that size and his Elite athleticism to be a great rim protector he is an amazing shot blocker and the heat as is have very little interior presence on the defensive end so I do think that’s a hole that he can sort of fill in there and obviously the heat aren’t great rebounders either but kware is a double double machine so those things there’s really no questions with at all athletic as hell picking lob monster great rebounder all things that the heat need and on top of of that it looks like he can shoot too I mean he’s got really really great form in a shot so obviously that’s something you need from your big position considering Jimmy and Bam aren’t known as three-point Shooters yet I’m still waiting to see if bam expounds expands upon that three-point shot that he shown last year but even if he does or doesn’t kware is a guy that I think could play next to Bam pretty well now if you’re watching this and you’re saying hey this guy could rebound block shots shoot the three 7 foot why the hell is he your fourth favorite Prospect and not number one well that’s because there’s been a lot of rumors about his lack of a motor and lack of energy and truthfully he really doesn’t seem like a heat culture guy uh I’ve read that he lets his offense affect his defense sometimes he takes like entire halfs off and that’s just not like not something I like to see in the heat system CU one thing I like about the heat is a lot of times they go after guys because of their mentality and they know that when guys have a strong work ethic that’s how they turn them into to a great player if you have all the talent but you don’t want to work hard there’s not much you can do it there do there and I think it really limits you know their potential a lot that being said I’m just reading rumors the Heat have actually interviewed him I’m sure so if the heat do draft him I would be very very excited because it means they don’t feel like there’s a lot of concerns with his motor and if that’s the case they think they can develop him and he has all the tools just to be an amazing player right now and in the future but that’s why he’s my fourth favorite Prospect my third favorite Prospect is the sniper out of Colorado Tristen the Silva is a sniper I’m Shin had break is Tristan the Silva now he’s a guy that I’ve seen ranked anywhere from like 16 to 27 he is an older Prospect just turned 23 years old after spending Four Seasons in Colorado and in his senior season he played 34 minutes a night average 16 and5 on 49% shooting from the field and 40% shooting from three in each of his final two seasons and that’s on four and five attempts respectively 84% free throw shooter so just lethal when it comes to letting that thing fly I’ve seen some comparisons as Kyle kosma Kyle Anderson now I like I would like both those players in the heat obviously Kyle Anderson’s not as good of a shooter as kosma or Tristan D Silva but he is very good defensively and also a very versatile player so if that’s something D Silva can bring to the table I would really really like him a lot especially considering he measured in a little over 68 with a 610 wingspan and almost 220 lbs so he is a guy that has legit real size to him projects to be kind of a you know stretch four starting power forward next to Bam I think he’d be pretty good in that role the only reason I I have some hesitancy there is cuz Nico yovic obviously was the starting four last year and he finished the season pretty pretty strong I only think he’s going to get better and therefore not do anything to lose that spot so the only reason I don’t have Tristan D Silva higher is because I do think he’ll be sort of a bench SLR player for quite some time considering yic is even younger than him but I do think the Silva has all the capabilities just to be an elite role player right now obviously he’s an excellent shooter he shot 62% from three on handoffs 42% from three on screens 41% on cast and shoot 39 off the dribble so he can score from three in all of these different aspects and that’s something that he can bring to the table right now but he’s not just a one-way player he’s a guy that also has a very high queue on defense he has the foot speed that’s good enough to be a relatively switchable Defender be good on ball be good off ball he’s not any Elite athlete or anything like that but he is a guy that can hold his own on the defensive end and he brings that with all the incredible shooting stuff that sounds like a role player that really any team can use especially the miam heat because he can’t contribute right now now my second favorite Prospect is let me tell y’all a secret come here donon Holmes II might be my favorite player in this draft I’m not going to lie to you I’m told you I’m shining had to break donon Holmes II who I’ve seen ranked a little bit lower than some of these other guys he’s really in the early to late 20s range he spent three years at Dayton uh and in his Junior season there he played 33 minutes a night and average 20 points nine rebounds three assists 54% from the field and 39% from three that’s on Two and a Half attempts a night and he shot 71% from the free throw line on nine attempts tonight yes nine attempts tonight the reason I’m you know emphasizing these shooting splits so much is because he is a 69 player with a 7-1 wingspan weighing 236 lbs so the boy got legit size to him as well putting up real shooting numbers again two and a half three-point attempts a game the form is looking beautiful has great R follow through elbow win all that stuff you love to see does all of that while getting to the free throw line nine times converting at High RS and getting two blocks a game he is just an absolutely elite shot blocker as well similar to KH wear except he also seems to be a more reliable shooter at least with a bigger sample size now not as big KH wear was a true seven-footer officially at the combine donon Holmes measured in at 69 but again he does have a little bit of a bigger Wings span being 7-1 so he is a guy that I think could play center in the NBA right now some comparisons I’ve seen is Jaylen Smith the the young kid from the the Pacers who I really liked coming into the league he hasn’t done much though but he was sort of looked as a potential you know shot blocker also could stretch the floor stretch five type of guy but another comparison I’ve seen that I love is Naas Reed and I think for obvious reasons we all know how great Nas Reed would be on of Miami Heat if you know if they could have got him you know he was undrafted by the way if y’all didn’t know which pains me cuz the heat are the kings of finding the undrafted gems and they couldn’t get Nas Reed that part that part kind of sucks but anyways donon Holmes he’s the lead at the pick and roll and the pick and pop because of his athleticism and his shooting of course he converted 60% of his field goals at The Rim or excuse me 60% of his shots were at The Rim so you know let let me not just make you think he’s a stretch five he’s the guy that can score inside but of those 60% of his shots that came at The Rim he converted at a 67% clip so he’s an elite finisher inside has great hands and I think that’s very important from the big position he’s not a guy that has you know great post footwork or anything like that but it’s 2025 like nobody posting up no more other than KEH hameh hakz Jr but anyways he is good enough in the post to sort of punish mismatches so they’re not just going to be able to so you know opposing teams can’t just hide their worst defender on him because he will take advantage of them and as far as defensively he’s a great switchy defender cuz he has the foot speed and the size he’s great in the pick and roll I love what the ringer uh gave their you know they gave like a one-word sentence to describe him and they said he’s a throwback big who can block shots and finish slobs with the benefit of modern switch ability that sounds exactly what the miam heat need because they need a throwback big who is big for the sake of being big meaning he could rebound and block shots but in this modern system in the way spoler likes to switch his Defenders and the way the heat needs spacing that’s also what donon Hol Holmes provides great shot blocker he need he should cut down on his turnovers a little bit I think he had like a 2 to2 or I guess that’s 1 to one assisted turnover ratio but again he’s not going to be a guy that has the ball in his hands a ton with the Miami Heat but he will be a play finisher for a lot of our guards and of course bring all the things of the defensive end that we just love and for that reason Don Holmes is my second favorite Prospect in the NBA draft now my first favorite prospect that I want the mamy heat to get in this draft is Isaiah CER is is a tank break isia CER who is an absolute tank and he also has a very wide range of you know where he could be drafted as do the rest of these guys just cuz it’s so it’s such an up in thee a draft I’ve seen Isaiah CER go anywhere from like 10 to like 20 pretty much but I am a big fan of him coming out of USC where he played 30 minutes and nights in one season scored 16 points per game got your four assists finished 41% of his field goals and only 34% from three that was on three attempts a game that’s sort of his biggest you know concern is is can he shoot cuz 34% isn’t bad it’s not as bad as some of the guys like nicoa topic or Ron Holland but it’s also not the great either and he did shoot six free throw attempts a game and only knocked those down at 67% but I do think he has potential to become one of these guys that I’ve seen comparisons for like Jeff Teague Eric bledo Colin sexon uh Tyreek Evans and those guys are I think exactly someone that the miam he could use he’s still young so he doesn’t quite fit the the older Prospect ideology that I like he’s only 19 years old he’ll turn 20 in October though and he officially measured in at 63 with a 65 wingspan and was only listed at 204 so he’s not super big either and again I every time I’ve talked about Isaiah cier over the last month I mention how hypocritical I sound because you know he he is Young their shooting concerns all he’s kind of small all these things that I typically don’t like in a prospect but I just really really believe in his potential because of things such as his frame although he is a little bit shorter he is jacked sort of like you know we said Eric bledo he has the muscular frame to get into the paint at will that is what he’s a lead at and when he gets into paint he could body through guys or he has the craftiness to finish with all kinds of circus layups and that is a very incredible skill to have at his young age and that he needs someone that can get into the paint cuz outside of Jimmy Butler and I guess Terry Rosier they really don’t have nobody to provide Rim pressure or dribble dribble penetration and that is something that he is very very good at he’s Unstoppable downhill he he picks up the pace and heat were one of the slowest teams in the League last year he fixes that as well and he also we talked about his finishing in the paint he’s a very good facilitator once you get into the paint also he’s a guy that could sort of you know find the shooters on the outside he could find your Duncan Robinson he could find your bam atab bio if he continues to spot up from the from the corner and three and you don’t get a lot of those great looks without dribble penetration and that’s something that Isaiah CER does provide and I know there’s the shooting concerns his form is inconsistent but at times it looks well it’s not as bad as like I’ve seen Devin Carter in my opinion definitely not as bad as nicoa topic who sort of alligator arms it and Isaiah carer did shoot 37% from three off catching shoots and that’s probably where the primary of his three-point looks would come from so I do think that there is a lot of potential there he is a below the rim guy only had six dunks last season so he’s not super athletic or anything like that but he does have good enough foot speed laterally and of course the frame and size to be an elite Defender and that is the part I mean not maybe not the main reason but part of the reason I am so high on him because I think he could score in the NBA right now but I do think he has the potential to be an absolute hound dog on defense and that’s something that the might he could obviously desperately use so that’s why is K is my favorite Prospect I guess I can name some honorable mentions you know it’s a good transition to talk about Devin Carter who is known for his hound dog defense already but his shooting concerns me a little bit more than Isaiah CER I know Devin Carter shot good his last season of college but it was a smaller sample size compared to his previous three seasons that he spent at at uh where is he at Providence I think I there’s some uh a lot to like about him too you know the the son of Anthony Carter so he has that heat culture in him he’s an elite rebounder for his size although he is very small He’s only 6’3 but I just for one it seems like he’ll actually be gone before the heat get there because he’s been flying up the ranks a lot of them have him top 10 now but the shooting concerns are just too much for me to have him higher than some of these other guys on the list uh I also like Eve Missy who’s probably my third favorite big in the draft behind Ron Holmes and kware he’s basically a Clint capella mold to a and if the heat do go for size I want a guy that’s an elite defensive player that way when bam is on the perimeter guarding guards how he does you have someone that could sort of still be in the pain to contest The Bigs rebound and Eve Missy is Elite at that now there’s two guys who I think could potentially fall to the Heats and if they do you kind of have to take them one of them is Rob Dillingham I have a lot of concerns because of the size and everything like that but he’s just too good an offensive player to pass up on and the other one is Dalton connects that is my favorite pick in the draft if we’re you know saying anyone at all I like him the best I think he’s a big time player who makes big time plays in Big Time games is as Elite as it comes when shooting the ball I just don’t think he’ll be around at 15 at all he’s mostly ranked around 10 so there’s a chance if some guys like Zach you know go higher and connect Falls I just don’t think he’ll make it there but anyways that’s all I got to say for this video so let me know what do y’all think of my list do you like my top five and if not who would 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Timestamps:
0:00 What type of player should Heat target?
0:59 Jared McCain
4:00 Kel’el Ware
7:32 Tristan da Silva
10:08 Daron Holmes II
14:23 Isaiah Collier
18:21 Honorable Mentions
20:18 Closing Thoughts