Dragic was pretty bad in the fourth. DJJ was dead too, you could see his legs were gone when he was bricking them threes short. We missed Winslow’s defense and rebounding
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Dragic was pretty bad in the fourth. DJJ was dead too, you could see his legs were gone when he was bricking them threes short. We missed Winslow’s defense and rebounding
"Ya played yaself", Pop 
Miami Herald said:What Popovich told Adebayo when he was cut from Team USA. Spurs, Heat meet twice next week
BY BARRY JACKSON
JANUARY 11, 2020 03:50 PM
NEW YORK CITY
Twice this season, Bam Adebayo has dominated Indiana’s Myles Turner, one of three centers kept ahead of Adebayo when USA Basketball trimmed its roster before this past summer’s FIBA World Cup. And next week, Adebayo will have two opportunities to leave a lasting impression with the coach who decided he wasn’t needed on the Team USA roster.
Legendary San Antonio Spurs coach and USA Basketball coach Gregg Popovich had a short message for Adebayo when informing him he was being cut from the Team USA roster in August.
He said “I wasn’t ready,” Adebayo told me. “Everybody has their opinions, so I guess it was his opinion I wasn’t ready.” Did Pop say anything else? “Nah,” Adebayo said. Adebayo’s reaction? “Whatever. I got a big season coming up and I shifted my mindset to worrying about the season.”
Popovich and his staff instead opted to keep Turner, Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez and Denver’s Mason Plumlee.
So will Adebayo have any extra motivation when the Heat plays the Spurs on Wednesday in Miami and in San Antonio next Sunday? That, after all, would be human nature. “It’s human nature,” Adebayo agreed. “I’m looking to go at anybody. It’s not just the Spurs and Pop. I’m trying to take the league by storm, help this team win and try to win a championship.”
Adebayo said he and Popovich have had no contact since that August conversation, beyond exchanging pleasantries before the Heat played the Spurs in preseason. “That was pretty much it,” Adebayo said. “It was pretty much hi and bye but it wasn’t that conversational.”
Adebayo was a late addition to the roster, on Aug. 26, began training with the team on Aug. 3 and was released Aug. 10. Popovich - who was assisted last summer by Warriors coach Steve Kerr, Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce and Villanova coach Jay Wright - has never commented on Adebayo’s release, at least to this point. Keep in mind that Team USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo also has a role in personnel decisions.
Team USA failed to win a medal in the World Cup last summer, losing to France and Serbia on consecutive days.
Meanwhile, Adebayo remains a strong candidate for the All-Star Game, a topic that again elicited discussion on TNT’s Inside the NBA this week. “He’s going to make the All Star team,” TNT’s Charles Barkley said this past week. “You better start voting for Bam Adebayo.” TNT’s Kenny Smith agreed: “He’s going to make the All-Star team. That [Heat] record, you know he’s averaging a double double.” But TNT’s Shaquille O’Neal cautioned: “I understand that, but people don’t know who he is yet.”
Adebayo is averaging 15.9 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.2 blocks while shooting 59.1 percent from the field.
Players guarded by Adebayo are shooting 43.5 percent against him -- fifth best, from a defensive standpoint, among starting NBA power rotation players who have played a minimum of 30 games.
And Adebayo has 60 points in the past three games, on 27 for 34 shooting.
As of Thursday, when votes totals were last released by the NBA, Adebayo ranks seventh among Eastern Conference players in frontcourt votes. Boston’s Tacko Fall (543,352), who has played in just four games this season, is sixth. But Adebayo said he’s not bothered by that.
[Sidenote: Who the fukk is this f@ggot and who are the clowns voting for him?]
“It doesn’t bother me at all,” Adebayo said. “People like Tacko Fall. It’s fan voting for a reason. He’s got a lot of fans, a lot of fan base behind him.”
Fans account for 50 percent of the vote to determine the 10 starters for the Feb. 16 NBA All-Star Game, which will take place at the United Center in Chicago. All current NBA players and a media panel each account for 25 percent of the vote, with every voter completing a ballot featuring two guards and three frontcourt players. Voting for fans, players and media will conclude Jan. 20. After all votes are tallied, players will be ranked in each conference by position (guard and frontcourt) within each of the three voting groups — fan votes, player votes and media votes.
Each player’s score will be calculated by averaging his weighted rank from the fan votes, the player votes and the media votes. The two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference will be named NBA All-Star Game starters. Fan voting will serve as the tiebreaker for players in a position group with the same score.
Conference coaches will select the seven reserves from each conference. TNT will announce the starters on Jan. 23 and the reserves on Jan. 30.
With the Heat set to play the Knicks on Sunday, here’s my Saturday piece with a look at how Tyler Herro stacks up against RJ Barrett - who was drafted 10 spots earlier last June - plus a key area that explains some of the Heat’s recent troubles and an impending Heat roster move.
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Makavalli
Sinister is a system
Ahh shyt here we go. Whatever it is just shut him down and Figure it out. Give jj and dion minutes now we aint really got a choice
The kid works hard and fits the culture so he has that going for him. But we've given him enough discounts and room and time to grow. If we can convince Washington to take him and Nunn and a filler for Beal I say Riley should jump on it. Too bad Wizards will want picks which I dint wanna give up
Bradley Beal Approves of Jimmy Butler’s Blatant Shot at T.J. Warren
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler took a number of shots at Indiana Pacers forward T.J. Warren on Wednesday night, and Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal is loving every minute of it.
Following the Heats blowout victory over the Pacers, Butler took to social media to look forward to the next time he’ll face Indiana.
A number of Butler’s Heat teammates loved the four-time All-Star’s actions on social media. So too did Beal, who commented on the post.
Earlier this season, it was reported that Beal might be interested in joining Butler in Miami. Those rumors screeched to a halt when he signed a contract extension with the Wizards.
Despite that extension, it’s clear that Beal is still a big fan of Miami’s outspoken star.
In just a few weeks, Beal will get a firsthand look at Butler’s fiery disposition.
That’s because Beal’s Wizards will travel to Miami on Jan. 22 to take on the Butler and the surging Heat.
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havoc
Superstar
We are doing fine without Winslow. The Heat should reserve Winslow for the playoffs.
And trade for who exactly?
Easy with the trades, breh. If trading Dragiç the approach shouldn't be to trade to get rid of Dragiç. If should be to get something for him since his deal expiring is an asset in a way
JJ has been on 1 since Spo started playing him
CouldBeWorse
Superstar
smh
CouldBeWorse
Superstar
Jimmy and these fukking free throws wtf
Can we please pull this shyt off
I'm good with them taking it to OT
