@Od3hAllDay Yeah I think Zubac was a bad move for them
That finals year they were killing with pace and space
Replacing Turner with slow non stretch big Zubac doesn't fit that winning style they had
@Od3hAllDay Giannis and Bam gonna be combo bigs doesn't matter who's Center or who's PF between them.
Not wanting Giannis to play Center to avoid unnecessary hits is ridiculous he's going to live in the paint on both ends regardless he's not a perimeter player
@BeyondTheHeat True
People are sleeping on Wiggins Davion Pelle Hardaway and Portis
With Giannis we have an aggressive go to scorer that's dropping around 30pts a night Our supporting cast will have a lot of space and easier decisions to make because of his gravity
@HeatNationCom A deep playoff run reliable offense
Outside of Giannis it needs to be a strong collective effort of scoring and Bam needs to assert himself as the 2nd option by scoring above 20 ppg
I like this lineup a lot I think it's top 5 in the East for sure
@HeatvsHaters Klay and DeRozan
Settle for Beal if not one of those 2
The rest we don't need
I like Westbrook a lot but we don't need the lack of spacing and turnovers
Dlo mid
Richards mid and so is his effort
Dwyane Wade says after getting his meniscus removed at 19, before getting drafted the doctors told the Heat he would only have 5 good years, and after that his knee would be an issue 😳
“Doc said he told the Heat, ‘he will have 5 good years. Then after that the knee would become an issue. He wasn’t lying. Had about 5 good years then my knee became an issue. I had multiple knee surgeries after that. I have an incredible tolerance for pain. I played through things I know a lot of guys wouldn’t play through. I found a way to still be effective knowing I couldn’t do certain things… my first few years I didn’t know it’d be an issue because I was still really explosive. I was like ‘what meniscus?’ I felt like rookie of the year”
(Via @wynetwork)
Tim Hardaway Sr speaks on Tyler Herro talking bad about Bam Adebayo on IG messages:
“He should not have said that. He (Bam) thought that y’all was good friends for six years. ‘I’m always there for you, I’m your buddy and you talking about me?’ — That was your teammate. To me, when you say something about your teammate you was always one foot in, one foot out. You wasn’t really true. When you say some stuff like that, you’re not really true to the whole organization and what they was about. They were totally behind you. When you were hurt they gave you your money, they was like ‘yo come back, be better’.”
(Via Crossover podcast)
Landing a top-five player in his prime tends to make you a winner, and Miami reeling in Giannis headlines the summer.
Dallas built a monster around Cooper Flagg, Philadelphia added Jaylen Brown, and Washington's young core suddenly looks dangerous.
So I was told that
"Bobby Portis was almost unplayable."
I decided to do a deeper dive. Let's look at what the actual impact data says.
What Portis did last season (per 75, via databallr):
▸ 21.1 points — 87th percentile
▸ 45.6% from 3 on real volume (99th percentile) & one of the very best shooters in the ENTIRE league last year
▸ 9.9 rebounds (90th percentile)
▸ 96th percentile ball security
▸ +0.9 offensive RAPM which is top-12% measurable offensive impact, adjusted for teammates & opponents
▸ And he did all of it on just 12% on-ball usage which is elite production while barely touching the ball
Now the part I'll concede is that the defense was bad. Bottom 10-15% by every defensive metric.
But here's where "unplayable" falls apart: his overall RAPM & the single best all-in-one "was he a net positive or negative" metric was 50th percentile. DEAD LEAGUE AVERAGE. His elite offense fully paid the bill for his defense, on a 32-50 team that dragged everyone's raw numbers down.
Average impact ≠ unplayable.
Milwaukee's problem was asking Portis to anchor bench defenses. Miami doesn't have that problem while Bam and Giannis exist. In Miami, his job description is exclusively the 99th percentile stuff.
BP is about to be one of the best bench bigs in the East.
@5ReasonsSports@5OTF_
@TheHeatCentral@club520podcast We matchup good against them
We're the bigger team with the best player out of both teams
Paint scoring, Defense, and Rebounding we're better
Shooting, Shot creation, and Playmaking they're better
It'll come down to if we can score well enough which I think we'll be able to
@BrendanAbban Idk their personal relationship and yes messages can be misinterpreted but what Tatum said relates to Brown too much to be a coincidence or accident
@Od3hAllDay I think we should keep jovic because he'll help space the floor if nothing else
Also it would be better to try and build his value up more
Take Derozan Beal Klay or Lavine as long as they're on minimum contracts
Be patient and prepare for next year's better team build