Assessing what Spoelstra, Adebayo, Powell, others said on Heat exit day | Five on the Floor
The Miami Heat held their exit interviews on Thursday, after the conclusion of their season, and every player of prominence other than Tyler Herro and Andrew Wiggins spoke. Ethan Skolnick was there, and he brings on Greg Sylvander to talk about what the coach said, and four players in particular.
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It was at least 9 (that were close) games we left on the table. Probably a few more that just fell apart before the 4th quarter
obvious after the interviews that there never was and still isnt a plan and no one has a clue of whats going to be happening. everything is in question with the heat.
Kyrie isn't on the Dallas timeline…
And only making 36 million.
By Herro & Wiggins.
DeJounte Murray is only making 25 million.
Sign n traded Powell
PG DeJounte
SG Kyrie
SF K. Leonard
PF Bam
C Ware
Can it work?
The Miami heat home of excuses
This team was exactly what Vegas said they would be; their over-under was 37.5
The take of Jovic and Simone had more min. on the court together than herro and norm is eye opening and i have a crazy gut feeling a lot of fans are going to crash out all offseasn. They will give them a training camp together
Look, Miami always was and always will be a defense-first team. If you want to win as a defense-first team, you need to be top-5 in both rebounding and size. Not to mention, this never-ending merry-go-round of injuries has to be addressed as well. There's an internal issue for it causes the rate at which players in this team go out is extremely abnormal.
You're right they paid Niko, but they need to let these young guys play through the mistakes. The standard doesn't matter if they're a play-in team. They need to let these young guys play together, make mistakes, and grow into greatness.
Play the music in the background while he’s talking
Jovic got 62 M's lol. Anything is possible, I thought Jaquez was cooked entering this season
Way too long of an intro when every episode is ultimately trying to convince everyone that bam is the greatest player in history and Tyler is solely to blame for everything and without him qw suddenly are a championship team
A lottery team that tries to operate like a dynasty smh
The total norm and herro minutes were far less than the total minutes ware and bam didn't work in the beginning. Jimmy and bam never fit and we got to 2 finale. You guys are so anti Tyler you're lazy. Our problem is SIZE. the jovic contract is already one of the worst in the nba. Start there
20:53 if Spo is never held accountable, then there cannot be a double standard with other coaches. The fact that local Heat media does not call for Spo’s firing is a problem.
He cannot be considered the greatest coach if you are in the play-in four consecutive years and in 10th for two consecutive years.
Don’t let the haters deter you! Your intro is great
Just remember, everything was going pretty damn good till Tyler cam back… The fans turning their backs on Norman is crazy.
This team looked slightly better when Norm was starting and Tyler was hurt. I think because Norm isnt ball dominant usually when he gets the ball he shoots or passes it back so other guys like JJJ had the ball more in their hands and felt more involved.
Who else laughs at Ethan when he says “Bam’s Floor” like it’s good 😂😂😂 Bam’s floor is in THE TOILET! They came in last place (everyone below them forfeited their seasons). The floor could not be lower. Ware could have played ALL BAM’s minutes & they would GUARANTEED STILL BE THE 10th seed
I like the OG one better
Whatever happened is now in the past.
We'll have a decent draft slot.
What are our chances of picking up a star free agent next season?
Heat didn't deserve a play in win. They had been bad all season long. Spo should really resign or go to Portland. Nobody will miss him.
Spo has been delusional about this roster for the past few years
Had a feeling about this team?!! lol that’s up there with if those (losses) didn’t exist. Spo turning into doc rivers
RIP Panthers…Does Spo know Heat even got lapped by Portland?…Lebron never pays for dinner so you dodged a bullet Ethan
Great POD guys – you got the essence of the factors that goes this franchise to this moment and the how those things play into decisions going forward. Looking forward to more deep dives including Brady's player by player assessment.