Got Loyalty Got Royalty Inside Our DNA. Official Miami Heat 2017-18 Season Thread #DoItForTheCulture

[CouldBeWorse]

Breh you talking like we gave homie the max
He was a free agent and we gave him his market rate. You know you have to spend up to the minimum payroll, right? Why not use cap space you have to use to sign players that are familiar with the system and had shown he can flourish in it?

I said all off season I rather let some other team pay him. Now we have rich and winslow playing out of position. Dion doesn't push any type of needle.

You know you have to spend up to the minimum payroll

You know we have the 4th highest payroll in the league right? and for what? an 8th/9th seed? We've got almost no flexibility. Us signing Dion didn't push us over the salary floor, we were already there. You know teams don't get penalized for not reaching the salary floor right? the difference is paid to the roster.

Ankle or not, Dion is playing at around his career averages, this is what he is. James Johnson is better than Dion, I still like the singing. Olynyk is whatever.

 

[intruder]

I said all off season I rather let some other team pay him. Now we have rich and winslow playing out of position. Dion doesn't push any type of needle.

You know we have the 4th highest payroll in the league right? and for what? an 8th/9th seed? We've got almost no flexibility. Us signing Dion didn't push us over the salary floor, we were already there. You know teams don't get penalized for not reaching the salary floor right? the difference is paid to the roster.

Ankle or not, Dion is playing at around his career averages, this is what he is. James Johnson is better than Dion, I still like the singing. Olynyk is whatever.

I'm sure the FO factored in the fact that he was playing for a contract last year when they drew his contract. I'm sure those figures they came up with was that of a middle of the road SG as Dion has been his whole career.

The problem with this roster is that we have too many of those middle of the road players making their market rate and no star. Not Dion in particular. That argument about the streak could be used for James Johnson too. He's been in the league long enough for yet to have data on him. We knew he was playing for a contract and would play better than he had in the past just like most players do. He flourished in the system and we resigned him.

Again I'm no Waiters fan at all. Just saying the FO did what most teams would have done to maintain continuity

 

[Armchair Militant]

at Dion saying he's not coming off the bench. Dude has been awful.



Spo

 

[iamduval]

Waiters is a good spark player off the bench. He's Lou Williams. As a starter hes below average. Been that way his whole career

 

[Draje]

I'm giving Dion and Dragic 5 extra PPG because we get literally no foul calls. They are great at penetrating, drawing contact, and get no respect from the refs.

Dragic gets mauled at the rim

 

[Draje]

https://t.co/waDDc5u3Gj

It's a damn shame we couldn't get Bosh to be a coach or that he couldn't come out with us. He would have been amazing for Justise's development.

fukking blood clots

 

[intruder]

Why does Tyler Johnson feel like he HAS to take the shot no matter when he catches it?

 

[BushidoBrown]

grizz have always been embarassingly bad offensively and we out here trying competing for most trash offense
only 45 pts in the THIRD qtr
wtf am i watching breh

 

[Primetime21]

Just waiting for moves to be made. Seeing a lotto pick rot on the bench has killed the joy of watching this team, I dont care what moves are made just do something.

 

[Sauce Dab]

Nobody said anything good about the Heat when they started taking off and playing good
Our bench started killing these dudes second half

 

[Primetime21]

I said all off season I rather let some other team pay him. Now we have rich and winslow playing out of position. Dion doesn't push any type of needle.

You know we have the 4th highest payroll in the league right? and for what? an 8th/9th seed? We've got almost no flexibility. Us signing Dion didn't push us over the salary floor, we were already there. You know teams don't get penalized for not reaching the salary floor right? the difference is paid to the roster.

Ankle or not, Dion is playing at around his career averages, this is what he is. James Johnson is better than Dion, I still like the singing. Olynyk is whatever.

Yea, in hindsight they should have let Waiters walk. It's unfortunate Winslow missed most of the year and that Rich's uneven play didn't instill much confidence, that probably would've influenced the team's decision on Waiters. Similar to when they traded Rio to free up some playing time for the young guards I think they're going to have to make a similar move. For all these 1 for 10 nights, 10 point nights, we are better off giving the keys to Rich at 2 and plugging Winslow back into the starting group. I don't dislike Dion but its addition by subtraction, too many bodies and he's the odd man out, Ellington and TJ have a niche.

 

[Draje]

Waiters stays injured but I like when he's in his playmaking mode instead of his chucking mode.

Winslow's three point shot is obviously improving and you can definitely see how dangerous he can be when he's able to spread the floor.

Bam - Winslow - JRich is a scary defensive trio.

 

[Draje]

Yea, in hindsight they should have let Waiters walk. It's unfortunate Winslow missed most of the year and that Rich's uneven play didn't instill much confidence, that probably would've influenced the team's decision on Waiters. Similar to when they traded Rio to free up some playing time for the young guards I think they're going to have to make a similar move. For all these 1 for 10 nights, 10 point nights, we are better off giving the keys to Rich at 2 and plugging Winslow back into the starting group. I don't dislike Dion but its addition by subtraction, too many bodies and he's the odd man out, Ellington and TJ have a niche.

Waiters was so important during the streak and we saw Dragic struggle mightily after he got injured again. And you see his potential because he's young but he's obviously has "talent". He's just too fragile.

 

[BushidoBrown]

Nobody said anything good about the Heat when they started taking off and playing good
Our bench started killing these dudes second half

Bam def did his thing

 

[intruder]

Yea, in hindsight they should have let Waiters walk. It's unfortunate Winslow missed most of the year and that Rich's uneven play didn't instill much confidence, that probably would've influenced the team's decision on Waiters. Similar to when they traded Rio to free up some playing time for the young guards I think they're going to have to make a similar move. For all these 1 for 10 nights, 10 point nights, we are better off giving the keys to Rich at 2 and plugging Winslow back into the starting group. I don't dislike Dion but its addition by subtraction, too many bodies and he's the odd man out, Ellington and TJ have a niche.

Be patient.

No pun intended but when have you known Pat Riley to stand pat?

Sooner or later Riley will make a move even if he has to sacrifice the future picks for it again (if he's allowed by NBA rules). My guess is Either Dragic or TJ will eventually be gone tho i hope it's the latter. Same for Waiters and Richardson. It's either we're gonna go for the youth movement and build or veterans and expect to win now. Cant have it both ways. My guess is if some disgruntled star becomes available no one on this roster is untouchable