The Morris brothers are VERY HIGH on Giannis joining the Heat:
Markieff: I’m very high on it just because the Heat Culture. The way Spoelstra puts his players in the position to win… Get a guy like a Gabe Vincent, Tim Hardaway, or a guy like Anfernee Simons to buy in off that big contract, take the MLE, or Vet min on a team with Giannis and Bam
Marcus: Defensively they’ll be a juggernaut. We haven’t seen two All Star bigs on the same team since Demarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis… if it was anywhere for Giannis to go, it was Miami because he fits in a system that’ll make sure he succeeds
The Heat’s track record of pursuing stars:
- Russell Westbrook (2019)
- Chris Paul (2019)
- James Harden (2020)
- Bradley Beal (2021, 2023)
- Giannis (2020, 2023, 2026)
- Damian Lillard (2023)
- Kevin Durant (2022, 2023, 2025)
- Kyrie Irving (2023)
- Jrue Holiday (2023)
- Donovan Mitchell (2023)
- DeMar DeRozan (2024)
Will they finally land their whale?
✅ new career high
✅ most points scored by a guard in their first 15 career games since 2006
✅ highest scoring first half by a rookie in recorded history
and she’s just getting started. 🥽