Can the Miami Heat Realistically Get Kevin Durant This Summer? | Locked On Heat
The Miami Heat face a pivotal moment as they navigate the aftermath of Jimmy Butler’s trade to the Golden State Warriors. With Butler’s impressive stats—45 points and 18 free throw attempts in just two games—questions arise about the Heat’s future and their ability to maintain their storied culture.
Explore the potential impact of Kevin Durant joining the Heat, and how Pat Riley’s strategic moves could reshape the team’s championship aspirations. Wes Goldberg and David Ramil also discuss Terry Rozier’s struggles and the possibility of lineup changes.
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Keep KD. We’ll get a couple years of him scoring a lot and not having a good enough team around him to get anywhere before he asks out here too.
Heat front office sold these reporters the pipe dream of Luka & Fox in the 2026 offseason, now they’re pivoting to KD cause it’s was all delusions. This front office is lost. They’ve been lost since LeBron left
Why tho
Honestly as a straight FA .. might not be a bad idea.. He can fit very well and wont have to exert as much energy on both ends with the young talent
Keep KD at around 30mpg, while loading alot of the load on Herro,Bam,Wiggins, Rozier
Riley’s biggest mistake: they should have maxed Jimmy & negotiated Bam to a reasonable deal. They could have spent the same amount of $ they were willing to, but redistributed it so Jimmy got what he wanted & Bam was on a good contract instead of being overpaid
KD is a #1 option on a bad team
KD is a #2 option on a good team
Where was Wiggins initial surge for the Heat?😂
I'd rather see DeRozan & Poole on the floor together with Josh Hart giving max energy instead of highsmith, Herro & Bam… Bam plays like a washed Joakim Noah (2015 Bulls)… Imagine Poole, Duncan, Derozan, Niko & Ware starting with gabe Vincent & josh hart coming off the bench.
Tyler just turned 25 years old. How can you possibly say he will never be a real number 1 option? He’s been clutch since he came into the league and the leap he has taken this year in spite of the Jimmy Butler tanking BS and Bam’s struggles has saved our team this year. Put some respect on that man’s name.
Who cares, KD will be 37 yrs old this year.
Yannis or full on rebuild. A Vet true point PG a must with KD. BAM hasnt a 3 pt. Push. Stretch5 trending.
Haslem went out of his way on the OG podcast to basically say that KD would win an all-star 1v1 tournament.
Kd Bam Tyler, isn't a Championship Core… I'd be Really Surprised, if he settled for that, at the end of his career. Kd just saw Tyler in the Playoffs, against Boston, getting Exposed. He will have options like Dallas, Minnesota, Cleveland, Knicks etc
Wow yah really came off sounding like some jealous ex's, but what can I expect from a pair of Pat stan's !!! 💯😆 Unlike Pat stan's, I'm actually rooting for Jimmy Buckets to get his 💍 with the warriors. Because I know it's going to be hilarious to see the cope from all of you Pat stan's when this team gets sweep in the first round by one of the top 3 team's in the east. Sleepy Pat and the FO failed to get a REAL second star next to JIMVP, and that's all because of Sleepy Pat EGO to try an win every trade. And no Sleepy Pat will not be able to build another contender, not as long as Pat is charged.
Don't be a Hater David 😂😂😂 You sound like a SCORNED LOVER😂😂😂😂 PS Tyler will Never be a no. 1 on a winning team… C'mon Bro. Thank you Wes👍🏾 9th Seed
Give it up Wes…get over it, Jimmy Butler did his job while he was here!…he got paid, that's why he's more engaged…I'm with you David 100%…GOOD LUCK TO JIMMY….
This is what I don’t get. there was this false narrative that The Heat said that they were not going to give Jimmy the extension. No they just said that they were not sure yet.
As a Heat fan – can we stop talking about jimmy butler on podcasts for views / clicks. It’s over let’s move on
Ethan Skolnick who carries water for the Front Office, polled the other long-time beat reporters and said none of them believe Riley was going to give Jimmy the extension even if he played all the games. I think when Jimmy realized this as well, that's when he finally blew up.
Heat Culture left when UD and Jimmy left. The heat Roster is soft as tissue paper….But I'm watching Jimmy playing with another killer and they look good. Something i seen with Jimmy and Derrick Rose before the injury…Bam could've been that if he wasn't friends with EVERYONE. Reason why Jimmy asked for Dame. Give me a killer and i can take care of everything else. Miami didn't want to mske big changes. Its our lost in the end
Jimmy had a job regardless of who his coworkers were
Jimmy had a job regardless of who his coworkers were
Body language on our new guys is all wrong. I thought it might get better after they got a chance to play but still dont see it i hope they come around here soon😮