Biggest Miami Heat Questions for After the All-Star Break | Locked On Heat
Can the Miami Heat secure a playoff spot after the All-Star break? With the team currently sitting 9th in the Eastern Conference, the stakes are high for star players like Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo. This episode explores the Heat’s playoff chances, rookie Kel’el Ware’s impact, and the evolving player hierarchy.
Wes Goldberg and David Ramil analyze the team’s strategy, debating whether Andrew Wiggins can solidify his role as the third-best player and discussing potential tanking scenarios if the season takes a downturn.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
5:06 Will Heat make the playoffs?
10:57 Kel’el Ware’s potential rookie wall
15:42 Identifying Miami’s third and fourth-best players
21:31 Tyler Herro’s performance expectations post-break
27:25 Considering tanking
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31 Comments
Aint no damn rookie wall they dont give ware the ball period
Team just lost 4 straight, recovering from internal turmoil, and traded away our best play. You are both being overly optimistic, we will likely struggle to go even .500 in remaining games.
I think Miami should tank.
Heat need to run plays that utilize Ware's skill set. Clear space and execute the pick and role better. (Tyson Chandler style pick and roll)
Out of respect for Kel'el, can David start pronouncing his name properly please? I know it's a common mistake but we are the fanbase and we especially should get it right.
Only 29 games left… no margin for error. It would be a miracle if they get the 6th seed… but that would have been a big accomplishment even with Jimmy on the team
Maybe spo should try herro, jaquez, wiggins, bam, ware.
The Heat would be in the best shape if scoring it goes:
#1. Herro
#2. Ware
#3. Wiggins
#4. Niko
#5. Bam (Bam is the least talented offensive player out of these 5 & should therefore be taking the least amount of shots out of this group)
Shout out to David for standing strong as a Herro hater😂. He’s only second to Ethan at 5Reasons.
This is a play in team.
What does Jimmy% Andrew have in common? Much respect to their male figure. ❤ Predraft… Poor motor. Wiggs TKOed Chet
I think it boils down to coaches getting the rotation/ combinations right. We need go to combinations of players based on the situation. All combos need 3-4 players that can defend. Combos that I like the sound of.
Start
Davion or Duncan
Herro
Wiggins
Ware
Bam
Defend hard
Same as above with Davion. Herro out for Highsmith
Tall Time 3.0
Slowmo
Wiggins
Jovic
Ware
Bam
2nd unit
Slowmo
Duncan/ Burks
Highsmith/ Jaime
Jovic
Ware or Bam
What rookie wall? Kel'el has not played enough in the first half of the season to have reached that phase. He is just getting warmed up.
40mins for ware
Go Heat! 😊😊😊
Again, Tyler is Good/Limited…. Ppl over hype him Way Too Much ‼️ Ps He shouldn't have been an All Star, But they're trying to Sale The White American Player… But it's a Joke‼️ Please stop mentioning him and Steph😂
The problem is ERICK SPOELSTRA 😡 not the players, stop ignoring the FACTS SPO NEEDS TO BE FIRED ASAP 😡🔥
Yeah what happened to you all BEST Coach in the NBA ERICK PLAYERS HATER SPOELSTRA 😡 HE NOT THE BEST COACH HE THE WORST COACH IN THE NBA PERIOD 😡
Miami isn't going to tank. They're going to go on a run…
A rookie wall?😂😂😂
They should tank it only makes sense this draft is loaded
15:29 as one of the many couch coaches, this part is key. I do not see Ware in practise and nor do the rest of us. Yes, Spo's been pretty trash this yr BUT that part matters.
I believe this team will finish strong this team is now better suited for the regular season the 5th seed is in reach were just 4 games back this team is good enough to go on a run
I also Hated how Jimmy handle the regular season
The thought of Herro being our number one guy We definitely aren’t going far. I am a fan of him, but he’s not a number one guy that’s why he was able to make six man of the year. He plays better in those positions. Miami need to continue to work on getting a number one guy Tyler Herro can be number two.
Win and get in playoffs then pick John Tonje of Wisconsin, a 6'-5" 218 very quick great shooting shot guard. Much better athlete than Tyler Herro. 47.9% overall, 40.4% threes and over 91% at the line. I say Tonje is the best shooting guard in college this year. He is a 6th year player ready to start in NBA. Had one 41 point game (against Arizona) this season in a beatdown of that program.
Agree totally with the person who said, "Their ain't no rookie wall," just give Ware #*????%@* ball, selfish(?) vets. Want to win more gamesw. give Kelel 10 to 16 shots a game. Rest him well within games then when he gets back in run more stuff for him. Kinda think that Wigs and Ware could work well together. Ware can do a lot more than dunk the ball, should average 10rbs game
John Tonje's last 7 games; 32 against Purdue, 22, 15, 27, 23, 27, 24 all against Big 10 teams. Talk about consistency, that's John Tonje the most ignored star in college ball today. Great attitude guy too, future super star in NBA, like Murry of Denver only quicker by far. He also had a 33 pt game
2 unprotected picks if Heat miss playoffs this season. 2028 unprotected to Hornets as well.
Tyler is a good player buy how effective can he be in the playoffs? Remember what Boston did to him in the playoffs.
that's stupid Wes, make the playoffs and lose in the first round & they miss out on a potential 1st round franchise player in the draft? Stupidity
Lol but Davion was drafted much higher than Niko and a little higher than Ware! Offensively, I understand but as far as impact it very well could be Davion by the end of the season.