Miami Heat Draft Kasparas Jakucionis 🔥 | STEAL of the Draft?
[Music] you are Locked on Heat your daily Miami Heat podcast part of the Locked On podcast network your team every day all right welcome to Locked on Heat your daily podcast on the Miami Heat however you might be tuning in on YouTube or your favorite podcast app thanks so much for making Locked on Heat your first listen every day hey I’m Wes Goldberg here at CASSA Center from the Miami Heat watch party with David Ramil both of us credentialed Heat Media members who cover this team every day for daily content on the Heat click that subscribe button on YouTube make sure you are following us on your podcast app we just wrapped up a three-hour live stream here at the Draft Party but we’ve got more to say about Miamiy’s pick uh Casper Yakonis potential lottery pick but he slid in the draft the Heat get him at 20 we’re going to talk about how this affects the roster and what this means for the rest of Miami’s offseason in a second but first a little bit more on what went down here right before Miami’s pick at 20 walter Clayton Jr goes Nolan Triori goes at 19 um those guys go the two picks prior to Miami two picks that we thought could be on Miami’s board did not have Yakonis on Miami’s board in fact I don’t even know Miami expected him to be there tony they didn’t work him out before the draft um they had obviously done enough due diligence to feel comfortable with taking him uh he was a consensus top 10ish guy fell to 20 um dealt with uh an arm injury at the end of his college career not this most explosive athlete maybe that’s the reason why he slid but nobody had him falling this far and so the Heat gets a 66 point guard high feel for the game pick and roll ball handler not super flashy but very effective as a ball handler um and can do a lot of other things on the court i think the Heat addressed a need in terms of playmaking they got a guy with size and they might have gotten the steal of the draft considering where a lot of people thought this guy was going to go you never know we’ll never know exactly what happened but then sometimes it almost seems like a uh a sneak gets attached to that player’s name and other team want to stay away shy away from making that selection but uh to Miami’s credit they went against what they typically do and they wind up selecting a player that I don’t think they had necessarily on their board uh that they probably didn’t expect to do so we talked about this in recent episodes between Kad Butler and Justice Win the two most glaring examples of what a player has dropped into Miami’s lap there butler or Bustus you know which one will uh Dr scott bustus or Butler it’s a great It’s a great call and two one or two things happen when a guy like this falls to you at 20 right you either wonder uh what’s going on with this guy um Miami clearly has intel on this guy again you don’t take him unless you feel comfortable with it at the same time or you could say “Oh my god I can’t believe this guy fell this far.” Um another reason for him falling potentially here is one of his he had two natural landing spots when you looked at mock drafts eight to Brooklyn who was in desperate need of a playmaking ball handler type or 11 to Portland who was also kind of in need of that natural point guard who doesn’t necessarily need to shoot the ball a ton who can has some size might be able to fit next to Scoot Henderson and and Anthony or not Anthony Simons Shaden Sharp Anthony Simons is a Celtic now um well Brooklyn went with the other tall pick and roll ball handler out of BYU they went with Jiego Deon at eight and then Portland instead of making a selection at 11 traded that pick to Memphis who moved up to go get Cedric Coward so all of a sudden and then Portland takes the uh that that Chinese center at at 16 so which shocked everybody so at that point there wasn’t really a natural landing spot so it’s not that I think teams were out on Casper but it maybe he was just like the second guy on everybody’s board and he just ended up falling to Miami i mean maybe the more surprising thing was Utah and then uh uh Brooklyn going with Walter Clayton Jr and then Nolan Trayory before him but they clearly wanted scoring and that’s not that’s not what Casper brings to the table he brings ball handling playmaking to the table and you look at those teams whether it was Brooklyn already addressing that with Jgo Demen or Washington doing whatever it is that they’re doing uh and and all these other teams and Utah has a bunch of ball like they took Isaiah Collier last year in the first round he’s more of a playmaker type there just wasn’t really a need with those picks between where he was supposed to go and where Miami ultimately took him well let’s do it quick blue notebook i’m taking 10 blue notebooks with me to Malibu with my wife blue notebook blue notebooks blue notebooks every 10 blue notebooks to Malibu blue notebooks blue notebooks are blue notebooks 10 blue notebooks are Malibu my life blue notebook style pros cons and comps let’s do it because we didn’t do one on you know Yak uh Casper’s Yakonis prior to the draft because again we did not think he was going to be there for Miami at 20 uh what I like about Yakonis because we I I did do some work on him prior to the draft and we’ve definitely been doing some work on him here uh after the selection uh he is a high feel natural playmaker unselfish player he’s going to walk into Miami right away as their best passer i think he walks into that locker room as the best passer on the team that’s not hyperbole he walks onto the team as the best passer um he thrived in pick and roll situations he was heavily used high usage guy in those pick and roll situations took a decent amount of shots but really got the ball moving in that Illinois offense and you think about where Lithuanian guy right you think about like you know Damonte Sabonis is Lithuanian there’s been a lot of guards out of Lithuania over the years they all kind of have that same like kind of bouncy squirrely kind of game right they’re not going to blow you away with athleticism but they get to where they need to go on the court it’s a lot of elbows it’s a lot of footwork it’s a lot of wiggles um it’s a lot of side to side stuff but it’s the kind of creativity that Miami otherwise just doesn’t have a natural playmaker who’s able to also just read the floor he reads the floor at a very high level he knows when the help is coming and where it’s coming from he’s able to make that skip pass he’s able to make that right read and it’s the kind of thing he he’s a player who’s just going to walk into any offense and increase the flow and increase the ball movement and it’s I think that’s something Miami desperately needed last year and he I I think he could do that at a pretty decent level right away the other thing I like about him 6’6 with a 68 wingspan he’s a guard with size and he’s somebody that I think could play with Tyler Herro in that back court he could play with DaVon Mitchell in that back court who devon Mitchell defensively very strong stout I would say not tall tyler Herro a little bit taller at 6’4 6’5 not strong defensively i’m not saying that Yakonis is going to be a great defender i think there’s definitely some concerns on in that end but with his height and his wingspan he’s at least providing size and you see teams like Oklahoma City Minnesota even the Lakers you know after the Luca Donuch deal where even like defensively they were number one in the league defensively for a period like a month after making the Luca trade when you just when you can just put size out onto the floor that does have an effect on your defense just in terms of arm length and wingspans and getting into passing lanes and making things harder to get over the top and and all that kind of stuff i like that they haven’t had a guy you think about the the best guards in the league or some of the up incarnate guards in the league sga at 6’6 6’7 tyres Hallebertton same size 66 67 luca Donuch at his height at 67 caspers isn’t that big as tall he’s 6’6 6’5 and like 3/4 whatever we’re calling it rounding up to 6’6 there but he’s big he’s a big ball handler he’s a big playmaking ball handler type and in terms of the cons the big swing skill for him is going to be the outside shot he shot 41% at Illinois before the arm injury and then it dipped after that but two things that I like about him he took more than five three-point attempts per game even after the the injury and he shot 85% from the free throw line which is a really good indicator of field and and and shooting touch i’m a believer in that outside shot and if that outside shot comes around and he can sn he can come off those pick and rolls and pull up into threes and even be a catch and shoot guy when he doesn’t have the ball in his hands he then he then he doesn’t become the next Josh Giddy he’s something a little bit more than that thanks again for making Lockdown Heat your first listen every day uh who does this impact the most on the roster now that you’ve got Yakonis there at point guard um is he somebody that walks in right away as a starter does he compete we can’t say that for sure now but does he in your mind compete right away for a starting job i think so just because he provides an obvious area of need there and I I know it’s unlikely and I can almost hear a large swath of our fan base saying “Well Eric Spolzer doesn’t play rookies or player guys who doesn’t who don’t defend at a high level.” Maybe maybe that’s the case you know even Tyler Herro who struggled defensively as a rookie he got a lot of playing time but it was all coming off the bench obviously so I don’t know where Yakonis fits necessarily but I if you were answering that original question about who he impacts the roster most I’d say it’s Tyler because now the ball is going to be out of his hands allowing Yakosion to thrive and Tyler can revert back to being the offball option that he has been prior and I think he’ll thrive in that regard and I think you’re going to see a number of players benefit from having a guy like Yakushis on the roster in terms of what Hero can do offensively i think it’ll help him uh allow him to go back to his natural scoring role with the added playmaking chops that he’s developed in recent seasons it’s a great shout right uh Talahiro as your primary playmaker obviously limited uh we’ve seen this pretty much two years in a row now after the injury to Jimmy Butler two years ago and then having Talahero in that role in that first round series against Boston and then obviously after the Jimmy Butler trade just doesn’t really work but as a secondary ball handler and a guy who could shoot off the catch a little bit more i mean we’ve talked for years about how talented he is in that regard that’s what got him to the All-Star game last season uh he’s a three-point contest winner right this is a guy who you want taking as many catch and shoot threes as possible i argue he should be taking 10 catch and shoot threes a game and I don’t even think that that might not even be enough he’s an elite catch and shoot three-point shooter it’s really hard to take catch and shoot threes when you’re on the ball all the time and that’s what he was toward the end of last season and you know when he gets the ball in his hands as a primary shot creator he starts drifting into the mid-range a little bit more and then all those bad habits start to crap back up and frankly Miami needed all of it last year because our offense was such a mess but with um Dakonis here now he could be on the ball the vision at least now who knows what happens day one but the vision at least would be having him on the ball having Tyler Herro play off the ball and more in that natural scoring role uh and catch and shoot role the other guy it really impacts I think is both I’m going to lump them together here bam Adabio and Kell Wear yes absolutely a big Look Bam there was problems with Bam’s offense early last year for a lot of reasons and it’s not only this reason but a big reason was the fact that nobody could throw a pass to him entry pass lob pick and roll none of that stuff was there bam isn’t the best ball handler so just throwing him the ball at the free throw line and make and having him go create he’s really just a one dribble pullup guy in that zone yeah and that’s fine and it’s great when that shot is going in but when that free throw line jumper isn’t falling for Bam the rest of his offense just kind of dissolves and he doesn’t really have the ball handling skill to just even drive by a bigger center and get to the basket right because he’s a little bit slow in that and teams can crash and and take that away from him having a guy who can actually have the ball in his hands and just let Bam roll to the basket and then we’re using that athleticism and his above the uh basket uh leaping ability and all that stuff that’s going to be huge ironically Miami’s best lob passer last year was Terry Rosier and he couldn’t get on the court right so now if you can get Yakonis in there and he’s able he’s able to get on the court and he’s able to throw that pass that’s going to have a cascading effect not only on Bam’s efficiency but Miami’s offense Miami’s offensive efficiency and ditto for Khal Wear Kher is a secondyear center who desperately needs to be playing above the basket as much as he can we know the catch radius he’s got great hands all that stuff played tight end in high school like all this stuff okay this guy can feed him the ball oh we saw him thrive in summer league last year with Isaiah Stevens averaging what was it like 15 assists a game it was Yeah he was putting up these incredible numbers being able to feed Wear and everybody else in that summer league team and I I think it’s just it’s obviously been something that Miami has lacked offensively and so yeah it’s a good call putting the two bigs together because I think both of them are going to have opportunities there um to to get easier looks at the rim um my my concern with Jacos and maybe it’s a little too early for that is let’s do it does he have the kind of uh the lack of athleticism might be a concern is he sneaky enough to be able to create space at the NBA level can he get uh the looks that he’s that he had typically gotten at the collegiate level at the NBA level i would go so far as to say yes i think because of his size because of his vision I think defenses aren’t going to be necessarily keying in on him to the same degree and I think he’s going to have those opportunities as long as he has the kind of scores around him i think those playmaking chops are still going to stand out even against NBA level defense and so I I’m not as concerned i know a lot of fans already think oh well you know he’s a European player maybe he’s not as athletic i don’t think it’s going to matter as much we’re going to see him find ways to stand out it’s not necessarily always about elite athleticism you have to be comfortable playing at your own pace and that’s something that I think Yakos does at an extremely high level and he can unlock everybody else’s ability as long as they can uh conform to that pace and that’s going to be the huge question mark is getting the reps necessary with Miami’s top players whether in the starting lineup or coming off the bench in order to get him into his particular rhythm so that they’re going to be unlocked and be able to get the kind of looks that they’ve been desperately looking for yeah we’ll see how the rest of the offseason plays out and we’ll talk about that here in a second but there’s playing time available for him right like the the reps are there it’s a little bit different than what Khal Wear was dealing with last year it’s maybe more similar to what Haime Haka Jr walked into as a rookie where there were just minutes to be gobbled up yep and there’s clearly minutes to be gobbled up in the back court there for Yakonis um in terms of the cons and the athleticism that was a knock on him right he’s not a top end athlete okay I don’t really care these European guys it’s all it’s all angles and elbows and you watch the film with this guy he’s he gets to where he wants to go and I don’t want to make the comparison so I’m not going to but I’m going to say some names luca Donuch there you go shaggel just Alexander go Kade Cunningham these guys were not top athletes actually the knock on them even in the even Kade as a number one pick there was concerns is he athletic enough Luca fell because of questions about his over athleticism but when you have that feel traded to the Lakers his overall athleticism and some other things uh and not necessarily his fault um the athleticism part look if the best athletes were the best basketball players this job would be really easy you know it’s figuring out the guys with feel and when you watch Yakatonas play he gets to where he wants to go now the concern there would be that was at the college level what does it look like at the NBA level fair concern you never know you never know right the Angel Russell was one of those guys he gets to where he wants to go not a great athlete didn’t really get to where he wanted to go well he kind of did he just always wanted to be in the mid-range yakonus is a guy who does want to get to the basket he wants to do the dragage thing the Nash thing where he gets under the rim and kind of peels out he wants to get guys involved he wants to draw a defense he wants to get that dump off pass that underhand dump off pass the over the back behind the back he’s He could He could throw that he’s got every pass in the book he could throw all of them so I think I like that the other con with him the swing skill is the outside jumper we mentioned before the percentages the fact that he is a good free throw shooter i’m less concerned about that and it goes back to what we talked about in terms of Miami’s overall preparation and strategy and approach to these drafts is that they don’t really care about the outside jumper khalware Nicola Yoic and Himeas Jr all came into the league with questions with their out about over their outside jumper they don’t care about that miami believes rightly or wrongly that they can fix it that they can do a Haywood Highmith that they can do a Kayla Martin and say “Get into our system for a couple of years we’ll make you at least a serviceable three-point shooter if not an elite one.” the way that Kayla Martin was for that one playoff run um and so they believe it and by the way I again I you look at the oatonis jumper it’s not broken the free throw line shooting 85% from the free throw line is a great great great indicator i’m not as concerned about it defensively there can be concerns there can be concerns there but I like at least that he’s got size and if they could teach him to just buy into a system and play in his space then if he’s as long as he’s in the right spot then there’s a cons there’s a there’s a decent amount of size there where he can at least be a uh a factor defensively and not a uh an enormous negative at least uh that’s the projection but look it’s a guy that was picked seven that was seventh on the Ringers big board 11th by ESPN he falls all the way to 20 at Miami we have other questions to get to there we got a big report from Shams on right after the Heat pick linking Miami to Jonathan Kamingo we’ll get to that here next on Locked on Heat today’s episode is brought to you by Skiims when I found out Ski was making underwear for men I was intrigued i’ve heard so much about their quality from friends and family so I had to give it a try and let me tell you it lives up to the hype i’ve always had issues with underwear whether it’s fit or comfort and finding the right style for me and Skiims has changed all that their men’s line offers something for everyone from boxer briefs to classic 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interest yeah uh that Miami had and Jonathan Kaminga the Miami Herald uh echoed that even though they were they said that maybe that that interest had been a little overstated but then Shams jumps back on and says “Nope there’s real interest there.” Uh what do you make of this i mean this is a team that had just been involved in 37year-old Kevin Durant and now they’re looking at 22 23-y old Jonathan Kaminga it’s a pivot uh but I I think it’s it makes a lot of sense and I think um Durant was fits the obvious need in terms of we have to have a 1A superstar that can be the engine of our team the focal point for everything that goes on this shows that at least to me in combination with the Yakosa selection that it’s going to revert to much more of an egalitarian offense it’s not going to be necessarily run by any one player because that one player isn’t on the roster nor is he going to be available anytime soon and so you’ve got to find different ways of unlocking offense much more easily to find ways to win so you get a playmaker you get a top scorer in Kaminga and all of a sudden they’re much more complimentary of one another alongside guys like Bam Debio and Tyler Hera and Kohar and so that’s to me anyway the vision that I see from this front office is we’re not going to get 1A right now because 1A just doesn’t exist he’s not going to be available we can’t acquire him we don’t have the pieces in place whatever that being the case at least we have somebody who can set the table for everybody else and if we have to pivot once one A does appear then we’ll pivot and the contracts won’t be so unwieldy that they can’t be packaged for X player whoever that might be years from now or you know if you signed trade or however it might work out i would go so far as maybe they don’t even care about that anymore it’s like look we struck out on Donna Mitchell Damon Lillard Kevin Durant four different times like f this like just I don’t know about that it might in a roundabout way i look I do think their decision to back off on Kevin Durant which is ultimately what they did they didn’t go all in on Kevin Durant the other they backed off was they looked at themselves and and they looked at the team and they said “Okay let if we trade all of it except for Kell Wear but if we give them all the picks and all the young players that they’re asking for in order to get Durant are we the team that we want to be?” And I think they had a sober moment and said no and I think that was a hard truth i think that was hard for this front office to swallow but I think they were right i think they ultimately made the decision of even if we add Kevin Durant to Bam and Tyler Herro a big three that we like and that we had talked ourselves into we don’t have the rest of the stuff that we need to compete in the Eastern Conference and they obviously made this decision before Tyres Hallebert and Torres Achilles but at that moment that’s the decision that they made and to your point like the next Kevin Durant isn’t out there kevin Durant’s on Houston now right so the next the only real logical step forward is once you decide that if you’re not good enough it’s not a rebuild right i guess the next logical thing would be okay blow it up i know there’s a lot of heat fans blow it up trade Bam trade Tyler start over miami is not going to do that what are they actually going to do maybe a soft rebuild and that might not even be the right phrasing but a look at young players and looking at just acquiring talent and that’s why I kind of say you know what f it they’re just like “Is Kaminga the number one guy on a great offense is Jakotonis the number one guy on a great F?” I don’t know i don’t care i just know that they’re more talented than some of the guys we have on this roster and if we get them and we acquire them that would be adding talent to a roster that desperately needs talent and frankly I’m okay with it i’m okay with this and you and I talked on our live stream we’re not the biggest believers in Jonathan Kaminga it’s a little frustrating when you have to beg a guy to rebound um he did not fit in Golden State’s offense also the Golden State offense the Warriors offense extremely complicated it’s very hard to play in Steph Curry’s world right if you don’t fit in then you fit out and it doesn’t work and Kaminga fit out it doesn’t mean he’s a bad player it just means he doesn’t fit in that situation and I argued for a long time they should have never drafted him because it was an obvious situation where he wasn’t going to fit the talent is undeniable with that guy though right and if he can come in and explore some of those room the the corners in that room that he wasn’t allowed to explore and Miami is saying go ahead do it here right you know we got the space we got the the we got the touches we got the shots go ahead and take them um and let’s figure this out together and he’s in this developmental st project this developmental program I I’m at least intrigued enough depending on what the cost would be and I think that says a lot about Miami’s direction you look at 27-year-old Bam 25-year-old Tyler Herro 22 23-year-old Jonathan Kaminga 19-year-old Yakonis um DaVon Mitchell who we expect to come back fresh off of his rookie contract uh Yic I’m sorry Yoic uh where Hakez this is a team that’s being built through the draft right now right no I I think that’s a lot of good points there um look I I Kaminga might not seem like the obvious fit for Miami right away and it is a pivot and I think that’s kind of what we’re looking at here not just a selection of Yakusionis but that kind of the idea and and and you have to look at it from even what happened with KD it’s like you know what that superstar is not there so here we pivot we move uh because we don’t want to stay stagnant and I think that that’s what this is too this is a way to continue winning without uh sacrificing the future or any kind of long-term assets in terms of players or picks and so that doesn’t mean that they’re reluctant to make those moves it’s just that the right move isn’t available for them right now uh and maybe they just maybe that’s what they saw in KD too that you know what sacrificing Khalil Wear wasn’t worth it for a player of KD’s age um I might personally disagree but the front office you have to trust that they’re have the experience to make these kind of choices and so now they’ve pivoted to a different type of team structure or a different way of team building and they’re going to be changing things around their approach it’s not about necessarily getting that one a it’s about building maybe if Tyler is your two your sec if Tyler is potentially the second best player on a championship contending team you have to look at them from that perspective but you know what you can still build two through nine two through 10 and have seven really solid players backing him up and and that’s fine and at some point 1A will shake down and he will become available and you have to trust that Riley and the rest of the front office will pounce at that opportunity once it comes up or maybe you just found one in Casper Yakonis um Adam Simon telling reporters he did not expect him to be there at 20 join the club Adam Simon nobody did a surprising night here at CASA Center for the NBA draft we’ll have a ton more on Miami’s offseason going forward um but to David’s point I just want to echo it one more time the pivot pivot was the exact right word there uh for everybody that wanted Miami to choose a direction it might not be obvious in terms of big blockbuster trade for Kevin Durant or blowing it up but this pick keeping this pick here taking this guy who was projected to be in the lottery and then all the smoke around Jonathan Kaminga it’s at least hinting at a direction maybe being chosen here but again we will have a ton more on what happens next in Miami’s offseason coming up more on Locked on Heat in the coming days for now we just wrapped up a three-hour live stream in another episode so we’re going to call it a night David um well not you you have the lock you have the the national show to recap the entire NBA draft but for now thanks for making Lockdown Heat your first listen every day
The Miami Heat selected Kasparas Jakucionis with the no. 20 pick in the NBA Draft. Did they get the steal of the draft? Wes Goldberg and David Ramil break down what the Heat are getting in Jakucionis, why he slipped out of the lottery, and who on the Heat’s roster is impacted the most by the selection. Plus, they discuss the reports about the Heat’s interest in Jonathan Kuminga.
0:00 Intro: Heat draft Jakucionis
6:44 Jakucionis’ impact on Heat’s roster
19:08 Heat’s reported interest in Jonathan Kuminga
22:35 Heat pivoting to acquire young talent
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Great pick. A lot of untrained eyes in the comments 👀
I THINK…. The last time the Heat selected a player that “fell“ to them and whom they hadnt worked out in advance, it was Justice Winslow. Justice Winslow over Devin Booker.
David needs a new microphone 🎤 and internet 🙄
Heat Front office needs to speak to the Washington Wizards front office to execute a trade for Tre Johnson. Barring any significant injury he will be by the second year All Star 6foot 11 Wing Span a more Accurate passer. The highest Lane Speed grade in the Draft.
Offer Nikola Jokic, Jakciounis , Larson And Duncan’s work ethic might rub off on other players. Washington’s front office could also use him as a future trade chip. Mr Goldberg would like your opinion if you think Riley would pursue a trade like this
The playoffs against the Cavs exposed the Heat lack of backcourt defense. Ty Jerome shot 82 percent from the field in one game. And in another game the Cavs demolished the Heat without Garland . The Heat needed backcourt help , the Heat drafted backcourt help but the kid can’t play defense . Another one dimensional player .
Back up point guard
Davion might start and KJ to back him up
Is a great Pick !!
The winner with this pick, is Bam. !!
lol, yeah only miami fans would say they got the "steal of the draft" lol. Nothing but the next 5 year project. Just where are the Heat going with leaders like Bam and Herro??? lol Basement dwellers.
Alright all you great white hope lovers KJ is not the next Luka or Cooper Flagg…let's be real Miami got him cause they seen a reincarnation of Goran Dragic…now it's time to bring in a big time scorer! Ant? Ja? Giannis?
David lost Lotta weight. Looking slim
Wish you two would've done an audio check before…
AUDIO Y'ALL MY EARS ARE DYING. ILY. Pay the whales
Be prepared for spo to bench him for the next 2 years. The most we'll see him is in summer league.
Trade for Kuminga and it’s a great offseason for me.
KJ, Herro, Kuminga, Bam and Ware is a starting 5 I can watch every game.
Ngl I think you all got Tyler’s playmaking fucked up but he averaged damn near 7 assist post all star with maintaining similar t/o numbers.
KJ being a relief ball handler will definitely help.
Hype this guy up all you want, its a horrible pi k. Riley sucks at drafting now
I think you two are underselling KJ’s scoring upside. He’s not just some pass first player, He gets to the rim and finishes at a high rate which sets up his step back (still needs work but it shows he’s developing counters) this is not a guy who will just come in looking to pass if that’s who you think he is that’s not who he is, even check his Eurobasket u18 highlights where he averaged 19 ppg
I just hope Spo doesn't take time away from him and give it to Drue Smith.
Finally no more Dru Smith and Terry minutes! Finally easy buckets for Bam and KJ will unlock Ware. Also, will take ball handling pressure off Herro 🔥
Man the heat love being a mid level team in the crappy east and hyping the most absurd players, I remember when they got all excited about Rozier coming to save the day. Hahaha. But a poverty franchise has to hype anything they can, lucky for them they are in Florida where education is outlawed so their fans just sheep along. 🤣🤣🤣
If he is a pure PG maybe a little pressure is taken off Herro. a number of guys on the Heat need to step up now. Mainly JJ and Ware. Im glad its not a total rebuild cant take the loosing to get a top 5 LOTTO pick. GO Heat!! Great show!!
Very good pick by the Heat
spo will not play the 19 year old much. he will keep Dru as PG. sad isn't it?
now trade wiggins for dalton knecht
Man where tf is the trade fudge all that
I was clueless about this dude. I wanted Clayton 💯. But this pick looks good. Love hes basketball iq. Reminds me off white chocolate with the passes.
Trade scary terry and wiggins for demar
This kid reminds me of the Gory Dragon. He’ll be a dynamo by year 3
Can he play defense. Miami is a defensive team.
Kasparas is a good shooter. His percentage is low because he took a lot of difficult shots in college
Another Jovic! Whoopi. 😒👎🏼
I think Drafting Jakučionis and making a move for Kuminga will give us a shot to compete for the 5th seed at the very least get out of the play in and compete in a series that would be a massive improvement