REACTION: Miami Heat NBA Cup Run Over, LOSE Fourth Straight – Is a LINEUP CHANGE the Key to RECOVER?
Miami Heat’s NBA Cup dreams vanish after a commanding Orlando Magic victory—has their early-season magic run out?
Wes Goldberg and David Ramil break down Miami’s four-game losing streak, spotlighting Tyler Herro’s struggles, the team’s lack of physicality, and concerns about three-point shooting. With Desmond Bane shining for Orlando and Kel’el Ware’s diminished role raising questions, the Heat face a strategic crossroads. Is a lineup shakeup, such as benching Herro, the solution to revive their offense?
Key topics include Miami’s defensive miscommunications, Erik Spoelstra’s coaching adjustments, and the urgent need for roster moves before the trade deadline. Trade speculation swirls as listeners ask about potential star acquisitions like Giannis Antetokounmpo or Ja Morant. As Miami’s identity wavers and bench production falters, the hosts debate fixes for inconsistent shooting and outline what must change for the Heat to rebound in the Eastern Conference race.
0:00 — Heat’s NBA Cup Collapse & Lineup Issues
10:16 — Shooting Struggles Deep Dive
22:01 — Trade & Rotation Solutions + Listener Mailbag
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50 Comments
Do the Heat need to bench Tyler Herro?
They have no fight. They go down 5 and they forget how to play basketball
We need to trade for Giannis that’s what needs to change
Dru smith and Ware should have got wayyy more minutes
Fast paced offense no longer effective especially against a young, physical & talented team like orlando. Heat should start running some set plays
I can’t call it anymore. I don’t know what is happening anymore. It looked like such a well oiled machine to open the season …..and now it’s just slowly snowballing downhill.
I agree with David but for more defensive purposes. The problem with having Tyler, Davion and Norm starting together leaves them too small and both Tyler and Norman being constantly targeted. Either Kelel or anyone who can play defense would be better. Staggering Tyler and Norm is better.
Wes is a bootlicker
It’s about the chemistry suffered when Herro played. Yes he can score but it changed the chemistry of the team.
I’ve been telling y’all I told y’all the Miami Heat needs a bench Tyler Herro ever since he came back the chemistry has been in the garbage can
There is no dogs on this team anymore just a bunch of pups
@lockedonheat has become unwatchable. Bam walks on water. Trade tyler and we win a ring. They may be the 2 absolute laziest heat reporters in miami. This podcast has turned into bams personal love letter. Completely unwatchable. 5 losses all due to one player each game destroying us and either Bam, Wiggins or Mitchell were the primary defender on all of them. They were 3 over 500 without tyler. 3 over with tyler. Tyler missed our 5 lowest scoring games of the season. Everyone screams trade tyler. For who? Who is a drastic upgrade we can get for tyler? We have a max player that disappeared against Sacramento and 4 of the last 5 losses. So who?
Trade Herro he sucks in big games
The reason why Spo is AFRAID of big centers is because he thinks Ware is Hassan Whiteside, and has a phobia of big centers. Riley didnt have a problem having Kareem, Shaq and Zo.
3 Guards and 2 forwards has never and will never work lmao. Said it last week when we blew out the clippers and looks like I was right.
I'm as big a tyler guy as they come, but I've come to a conclusion that I'm not sure spo sees. But herro can only be on the floor when you're up. At most down 3-5. Otherwise other side just cheeses an iso on him every time down. Same can be said for guys like luka, harden, jokic, cp3, etc… anybody who's a cone really. Especially if it's late in the game and u need to catch up.
Just trade Ware since Spo doesn't want to use him anyways. He will be a beast on another team
Defense was terrible! Couldn't stay in front on man and then the zone was torched by threes. Have to take away something!
Chemistry always suffer in all the trade talks…
Spo so inlove with herro and plugged him in the starting lineup ever since he came back. Broke the mojo and momentum, team lost aggressiveness because they looking to pass the ball to herro the number 1 option instead lf scoring.
Hero can’t guard a cone Powell can be a mediocre defender Davion is someone who can guard Tyler will get pick on every game nothing new that’s the issue
What's with this short leash that spo has Ware on? Yeah, we should trade the farm for a star at this point. This team has play-in written all over it.
Tyler has to be Traded Asap ‼️
Would Heat fans trade Herro for AD?
✅✅✅Heat lack scoring. Heat actually lucky getting Powell. Heat need another scorer. Trade for Kahwi Leonard..
they played bad defense and against physicality of orlando they should played with ware, bam, wigi, powel and hero as PG! with davion and Jaime you have some power from the bench too.
Give minutes to the rookie. Kas has been ballin lately
herro supposed to make up for crappy coach? he supposed to clean the glass for usesless ware or 'play when i want to play' bam? first jimmy, now tyler, right? look, y'all suck. your team sucks. your coach sucks. we all locked on that? good
Can't shoot free throwws , cant execute inbound plays ,have no killer instinct.
Bam must go, he is useless he's plays like sg
And never defends guys that's cooking or heating up.
Trade bam.
Retire Pat.
Let's go heat.
Trade hero
Ware
Bam
Wiggins
Powell
Herro
Man… just try it
I think the bottom line is that Orlando's just a better team
Tyler is essentially in the same mold of Lou Williams , Jamal Crawford and Manu Ginobli. I think he would be the most effective with the 2nd unit.
Why hasn't Spo tried a lineup of Herro Norm Wigs Bam Ware?
Hes tried every lineup but the projected lineup to start the season. Wiggins, Bam, & Ware can cover up defensively for that backcourt. Herro is their best playmaker too so why not put the ball in his hands and let him decide when to be on ball and off ball.
It's amazing how Tyler gets all the blame, but our MAX player gets no smoke. Bam's apologist podcasters.
Ware lack of playing time is not on Herro, that's on Bad Coaching
At this point go all in for Giannis plus im done with heat parlays always selling me
The thing with Tyler is this is literally like preseason for him and hes still getting his legs back. Hes had no training camp or preseason to work in this new offense and everything has been om the fly. Im not worried about him and he'll get right like he always does.
Ware wasn't abused as bad as Bam was. For 90% of the game Bam had 13pts and 5 Rbs and started stat padding in garbage time. Why can't you guys hold Mr. No Ceiling accountable.
Heat fans crying about Tyler Herro will be treating Norm the same way by mid-season. Especially if they trade away Herro
It literally makes absolutely no sense to bench Tyler? If anybody will get benched for Ware its either Wiggins, Davion, or Powell. Herro & Bam are starting no matter what and that bench player narrative died in 2021. The problem is Spo doesn't want to make the hard decisions and his infatuation with small ball. Start Herro Powell Wiggins Bam Ware and then stagger Herro/Powell & Bam/Ware throughout the game with the 2nd unit. Why is this so hard to figure out.
Bring in Giannis
Miami Heat should trade Tyler Herro to Memphis for Ja. I think both would benefit the trade.
You guys need to STOP pushing the narrative that Bam is untouchable to trade. The guy is soft like porridge 🥣. He shouldn’t be the team’s captain no way….
The NBA refs is destroying the Miami Heat defense. Why? They easily call fouls with very less contact to every opponent. That's why the Heat players didn't want to play physical to avoid fouls. That's the real reason.
We are the only team other than the warriors who still play small ball and look how that's working for both of our teams.
The players don't make the lineups the coaches do. We all need to accept spo is NOT the best coach in the league and is constantly out coached.
It's really easy if they know we are playing small….. they play big. It's not rocket science. Every game we play small we lose. It's that simple. And the coaches need to be held accountable
I would like to see
Davion
Herro
Wiggs
Bam
Ware
Jamie
Powell
Of the bench would be a flame throwing 1, 2 punch.
Someone mentioned this is like preseason for him which makes perfect sense.
The Monstars stole the talent from Norman and gave them to Desmond Bane 😂😂
Guys Herro has been been out since last season he’s only been back for a few games give the guy time to get he legs under him and get into game shape yall talk like he didn’t just come back after having surgery on his foot .. I blame the team everyone but I can’t but blame on a guy that’s just working his way back if it was bam or any other player who’s was out there would be unlimited excuses