The collapse of the Miami Heat defense | Five on the Floor
Even when all else went wrong, the Miami Heat could count on their defense. Not lately. What’s gone wrong? Ethan Skolnick and Brady Hawk examine the issues.
Sponsors:
• GoldBelly.com (code: ONTHEFLOOR)
• PrizePicks.com (code: FIVE)
Follow Ethan, Alex and Brady’s writing for Sports Illustrated here!
• https://www.si.com/nba/heat/author/alex-tol
• https://www.si.com/nba/heat/author/ethan-skolnick
• https://www.si.com/nba/heat/author/brady-hawk
Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew and hang out with other Heat fans. https://discord.gg/5OTF (Scroll down after clicking)
If you want more exclusive Miami Dolphins content, join OnlyFins on Discord: https://discord.gg/onlyfins
If you’re interested in sponsoring Five Reasons, contact us at fivereasonssports@gmail.com
15 Comments
Man it just seems to me that the coaching is the problem. Rotation. It's just a problem and y'all will not give this man about.
The man sucks! And he makes bad decisions. Really bad decisions
A couple things I’d like to mention. The fact that both the Heat and the Magic both won 7 in a row and then went on to lose 8 of 10 games afterwards just shows that, altho still horrible, the Heat are not in a uniquely horrible place. But at least we didn’t trade a haul for Desmond Bane like the manic did 😂 It could always be worse 🤷🏽♂️😜
Herro is why the defense fell off😂😂😂
Incorrect title, it should be "The collapse of the Miami Heat franchise"
Just remember the stats: Miami 3-7 in Pelle Larsons' last 10 starts.
Bam hasn't been a dominant defender for the past 2 years, getting better on offense as he is more aggressive but getting worse on defense. wish he could retire here but not at that contract…
We have the second smallest starting unit in the nba behind golden state. Would be number one, if powell was starting instead of Pelle.
Locked on heat stay lieing before the season they was meat riding heavy for the heat oh its a weaken eastern conference the heat will be good smh 🤦🏾 f the organization n heat media till they actually care because now they dont the organization selling worried about selling season tickets n heat media going keep lieing for the heat to keep there media pass smh its f the fans with them
We cannot draft another young player for coach spo to kill his career. Spo doesn't know young players need to play to learn. Look at what wemby is doing on his third year.
It’s not hard to understand when you’re willing to be honest about how good of a coach Spo is. He’s not a good coach. Mazzula is a much better coach. They have other coaches on their staff that are better than what we have as well. One of them is in Charlotte right now, and he’s proving to be better than Spo too.
This organization refuses to critique itself internally, and refuses to fire people for doing a bad job. There is enough talent on the floor every night for us to be a MUCH better team than what we produce.
This franchise lacks top tier talent, and in today’s NBA that type of talent is acquired in the lottery, Bam and Tyler have been good for us but they’re glorified role players at this point, I don’t get why this FO thinks they’re above the lottery, this is so frustrating to watch, best thing that could happen to them is losing the first play in game so they can have an involuntary chance at the lottery in a loaded draft
Bam is 💯 worn down. It also begs the question how much longer can he cover for multiple players on defense while also being able to contribute in a positive way on offense??
Boston could pivot because Jaylen Brown is a legit Star, and our Max Player is a legit role-player. And Boston have a good Coach. "It's that Simple"
More Bam excuses everybody is worn down.