The Miami Heat Have A Nikola Jovic PROBLEM
Nikola Jovic is making headwaves in the Miami Heat news after an abysmal performance on Saturday night against the Detroit Pistons. Miami lost at home to Detroit, 138-135. Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS and use code CLNS and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! The Heat extended Nikola Jovic prior to the season with a 4-year, $62.5 MM contract. Jovic has been bad for Miami this year, and seems to be out of the Heat rotation when Miami is fully healthy. Heat Report host Nic Rohloff talks Nikola Jovic, Heat news, and Miami Heat rumors following the Heat loss to the Pistons.
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Nikola Jovic advanced stats the past 5 games:
111.3 OFF RTG
121.6 DEF RTG
-10.3 Net RTG
17.4 mins per game
Nikola Jovic stats the past 5 games:
4.0 PPG, 3.8 RPG, 2.2 APG. 26.7 FG%, 14.3 3P%, 2.2 TPG
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Nikola Jovic stats vs. Pistons:
10 mins – 2 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST/5 TO, 1/3 FG
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Do the Heat have a Nikola Jovic problem? Type 'Y' for Yes or 'N' for No
Jovic is a problem. Sadly, he is not a smart guy. Some guys are slow to mature and Jovic is a slow learner. Jovic needs another 5 years to hopefully get it. The Heat should not trust him (sadly). Jovic is, how can I say this without being mean, not a smart basketball player, and you can't teach IQ.
jovic problem is that now we don't set screens much and don't play pick end roll. and that was the best thing jovic was doing last season. pick and roll with bam and mostly with ware was very effective. big man set him screen and when he has more space it's easier for him to pass for ally op or pass to shooters at 3 point line. now he can't do that anymore and he also lost his 3 point shooting so that makes him unplayable for now. he was also good in transition but in limited playing time he don't have much oportunitty to play in transition.
we should trade herro and jovic for giannis or for davis if giannis for whatever reasons we can't. with davis ware will get lots of time to play and he can get better. some games davis will be dnp due to rest. mitchell, powell, wiggins, davis and bam is a monster defensive lineup and also very good on offense. if davis is healthy this team can get out of east this year easily.
trading for davis has adventage of his pretty low price at that moment. with giannis trade we most likely lost also jjj and maybe even 1 more player. with davis we still have ware, jjj, fontechio, pelle, dru smith of the bench.
funny , Rolly praises Niko as the future of the Heat for months now says he's the worst. I knew he suxxxed from the day he was drafted.
Man! I don't like the comments format with the questions and categories
They scored 44pts Q4 primarily with Powell, Wiggins, Herro, Adebayo, and Davion Mitchell I think we'll be seeing more of this in the future.
Jovic just sucks
Jovic will be fine. Just like Ware
The second unit killed the team, Spo should make changes as soon as Detroit leads by 8 points period,Spo takes too long to do so.
Jovic is a kid. He needs a few more years to grow. He still has a lot of potential. No playing time. He needs to start every day for him to get to his full potential. Dont worry about Jovic. He will be fine.
Btw where Miami-Heat defense right now they play like college basketball team,run,run and shoot.
Trade him he's not worth anything
You want to trade a 25 year old who still hasn’t reached their ceiling instead of a small 32 year old 😂😂😂😂 that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
My favorite thing is watching these media folks find every excuse to trade Tyler for the last 7 years. Pathetic
I'm more disappointed in our draft pick who can't even make it on the floor in garbage time.
Never looked good to me
Put him back in the G league
Niko is playing out of position. He should not be playing center at all. Despite this, his overall game sucks.
He’s been horrible, and it particularly sucks for me, but I don’t think this calls for being fickle. Guys have sucked for much longer stretches and are now integral to our success.
I think Niko will be fine, we’ve already seen him do great things this season, we’ve seen him juice this team for long stretches last year.
I still think it’s stupid to want to trade a guy making no money that is young and having a bad stretch. He’s been awful though, and he could be the difference between us being good and great, so he better get his act together.
He soft, plain and simple. Also constantly feeling sorry for himself. Makes a mistake like get ball stolen & immediately puts his head down and job back at a slower pace. MAN TF UP. NIKO & stop acting like a mommy's boy.
The heat have a tyler herro problem
i never seen him being more then a offense guy… i think hes not offesively gifted enough to play on miami as a pure offense and hes not a real big either, i didnt believe he was a great fit from the beginning
He should never play in close games. Only put him in when Heat are up by 20+
I already knew just in his first year he sucks😂
Tyler is 6"5, how's that an undersized guard. Powell actually holds his own on defense
Powell at least can go 1on1 and draw fouls, Herro can rebound well and score but not iso to well. Decisions Decisions
We definitely have a Jovic problem, but aside from last night game we kinda got blowout in the 2nd to 3rd quarters but we found our riddim against Detroit. Detroit is due for a beating next go round. Our Heat Squad this season is LEGIT! Trust me.
We have a Tyler Herro problem No Herro No Problem less defense,less scoring,less cohesion trade Your Herro and Jovic for a top pick or legit two way player. No Herro No Problem 😮
I’ve been said Jovic is bad he’s always been bad he’s trash I don’t want him in Miami I rather have the rookie we could form the draft or Keshad Johnson play over him
Goes to show that some folks don't no basketball like others do.
Yes! Big problem!
It’s sad.. He can’t shoot, can’t pass, can’t play D, can’t rebound & can’t score. At this point he offers 0 to the team.
The problem I see with him is no self confidence and low IQ ..man I wish U.D was still in the locker room to ligh people on fire
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The man guy is barely a paper weight. He's softer than air!
There's no upside or potential. You can tell by his on the court mannerisms. No poise and he looks goofy handling the basketball. He's purely pathetic! Gosh I want him off the team sooo bad!
Niko is a problem. I would rather see keyshad Johnson play over him. At least you get true effort from keyshad. My real worry is Tyler Herro. Great scorer but a huge liability on defense. That game against Detroit showed so much of the Heat defensive woes with Herro on the court. Miami have some serious decisions to make because we can’t go far with Tyler on the court for defensive possessions. Just seems like an untenable position
Trade jovic
Niko is not utilizing his physical attributes effectively. He is playing as a guard rather than leveraging his size as a power forward or center. Assigning him to the D League could help him develop skills in defense, rebounding, and spacing. Given his size, he should be averaging at least 6 to 8 rebounds per game. It is unclear why the Heat are not involving Haslem or Mourning to support his development.
Jovic trash man 🤦🏽♂️
He is clown ass joke
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Yes, every time i see him touch the ball i feel a turnover is coming. He doesn't rebound well and his defense is terrible. So he is a problem.
It is shocking his drop off between his salary and roziers we could have a +80 nba 2k starting lineup with a legit PF like a pj Washington or ,Julius randle, or Jeremy grant
I seem to agree. One of Herro or Powell should be the 6th man, and Davion should be the starting PG. Trade deadline seems still distant, who knows a good bigman with a healthy body is avaalable on the trade market? Maybe Herro and Jovic could be traded for that bigman and Miami also gets 1st round picks. 😊
Trade Niko and Terry Rozier for Lauri Markkenen now!! Lets go heat!!!!!!
I definitely agree with you. He is like the wink link for the team. Sorry to say. But is true