Miami Heat DEFENSE COLLAPSES Without Bam Adebayo – URGENT Questions Loom? | Miami Heat Podcast
Miami Heat stumble against a depleted Cleveland Cavaliers squad, exposing concerns about depth and defensive resilience without Bam Adebayo. Did fatigue, lack of urgency, or roster construction play the biggest role in this disappointing loss?
Wes Goldberg and David Ramil dissect Miami’s struggles, spotlighting poor performances from Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Nikola Jovic, and questioning Jovic’s long-term fit. The conversation covers the Heat’s turnover woes, the pressing need for another big man behind Adebayo, and how the schedule’s relentless pace may be impacting team chemistry and production. With key matchups against the New York Knicks looming, can the Heat bounce back and reclaim their identity in the Eastern Conference playoff race? Don’t miss the breakdown of Miami’s shifting rotation and the looming roster questions as the season heats up.
00:00 Heat Finally Miss Bam
12:07 Jaquez and Jovic Struggle
25:48 Listener Questions: Do the Heat need another big?
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46 Comments
Sign Goldwyn
Also, it’s just pretty evident that they do need a backup center. They are going to go the entire season beat up on the boards. That’s insane too many guards.😩
It's not the contract. Niko looks like a dude struggling with the weight of the franchise's expectations
Also, David's mic is driving me crazy
And Bam hater will say we don’t need him. Smdh
Trap game
They need a backup 5
Why are yall not calling out roster construction?
Stop playing Niko at the fuckin 5
It’s on Niko to go get the ball wtf do Wes be talking about
Complaining about not being healthy after losing to a team that had 4 starters out (3 of them all stars) is amazing COPE
So many excuses
Spo can not help himself. Small ball is still a thing with him. Jovic is not a big and has never been a big. Now we have to eat his contract like we did Duncan's for the next 4 years. Spo chastised Ware for not meeting expectations, and Jovic gets a pass time and time again.
Nico plays soft. When his primary defender is also soft (D. Avdia) he plays better. Still a young player that's too reliant on shot making.
Looks like we took that game for granted and played down to the competition tonight. Would have been great to get that win, but we fight again. Its still Heat in 5🙌🔥
BLah blah blah so much crying and bs hold that L losers😂
Jovic for PJ Washington
Jovic is an avg player, we ll be lucky if he gets to 15ppg..
Jovic is so not controlled. His turnovers hurt
Looks like we could have used Thomas Bryant last night lmao
And some fans had the nerve to say Nico should be a starter lol man go get PJ Washington 😂😂😂
Niko ass.. this L on him, another 2 point game
Trade jovic he's the problem..it shows.. 22mins and 2 points.. he only had 1 good game . He sucks
Jovic doesn't know his strengths and his kill at will instinct…..he had the mechanics but don't know when to use them to his advantage..feel the game out not force the game to lose…
Jovic is a terrorist
Take the top two players off of any NBA roster and they're going to struggle that's an objective fact in the NBA.
What was bam going to do, play the same defense like in the playoffs last season, I knew yall would say this.
Trade bam.
Retire pat.
Let's go heat.
Wes, this loss had Nothing to do with Bam. They got too full of themselves, hopefully they'll learn from it.
Don't wear again their miami vice jersey
Locked on Excuses for Heat Podcast. Great show, you never let us down, the Excuses just keep flowing.
Niko isn’t a center lmao
The Heat lost 'cuz of Coach Spo being blind & hard-headed. When a bunch of players bring up lead to 14, then another bunch of players bring it down to 6, you should immediately bring back all the players who brought you that lead before the team completely loses momentum. Did he do that? Nope. He kept the loser players in so long all momentum died.
I hear you guy’s but now I see you guy’s are seeing their team missing players as if we were not missing players the difference is we beat them with their top guy’s and go back and look at the FT game from the first game and last night and tell me the referees were not trying to make up for the technical there coach got the first game this league is full of shit I each every foul and told myself you got to be kidding me for it not to be called the other way. I don’t care what anyone says this sport betting crap is messing with the league 31 FT to 13 stop it the referees made the game longer then it needed to be with those BS calls and at some point they need to be held accountable we need to have more challenges in these games because these calls are outrageous.
Go look at the FT
They got 52 points at the line alone 26 of 31 at the FT.
Perfect example of playing to your competition
We shouldn’t have extended Niko so quickly. He has moments where he looks great but his mental state is a real problem
Is Jovic’s new contract fully guaranteed?
Heat’s weaknesses: 1. Rebounding 2. Turnovers 😂😂😂
Thomas Bryant came in the game and changed the momentum… it was downhill from here
The coach love for Jovic is going to be this team’s downfall. He’s not that guy…..
I listen to you guys a lot and one thing I’m going to really disagree on with you guys. Is this team actually played a really good game you said it looks slower. I don’t know what game you was watching but when it looks slower, it’s because the referee literally had this cab team at the Frito line damn there every time they went down The court for most of the beginning of the fourth quarter when the game looks slow it’s not the players that’s playing slow. It’s the referee slowing down the game to the point where the game looks slow so it seems like you guys yeah are not making excuses for this team, but at the end of the day you guys are talking as if this team currently right now Who has been playing for a little over a month now without two of their starters beating up on teams without two of their starters to the point where you guys kind of put the carriage in front of the horse and acting as if this team is supposed to be any and everybody without bam and Tyler.
What are you guys talking about this team? Looks like they were on a second night on back to back dude go look at the free-throw margin. Turnovers had a lot to do with their points also but go look at 52 points and free throws every bump every brush at those guys were doing in the fourth quarter and the second quarter was being called against Miami. Miami went to the Frito line 13 times made 11 free throws. They went to the Frito line 31 times May 26 It seems as if you guys are kind of sounding like fans out there who think this team is supposed to go undefeated you can’t beat a team and beat the referee. Go look at the Denver gamethat should tell you a lot.
Basketball players get tired and especially playing the game they did on Monday
I think we shoulda thrown the rook out there and rested some guys. There could’ve been some emotional and physical fatigue there by the 4th.
Jovic has ZERO fundamentals. Every time down the court he's trying to do something different, none of which he's expertly skilled at doing. Spo has to get this kid a few go to moves and put him in positions to use them or he's going to be another failed experiment.
Jaime deserves zero blame. He can have bad games just like your top players in the league. The team looked gased. A lot of games in a short span. Jovic was the one who needed to step up. Ware solid. Powell balled out. Jaime struggled… Jovic needed to step up. I'm going to say this yet again, small ball will be the end of this team. Miami needs another big so you can play Jovic at the 3. That is where he will shine, but yet we have him playing the 5!!!!! Insane. He is not a center. You either play him the right way or just trade him so he can play his natural game somewhere else