We just need one national TV game where we put up 130 and that narrative will switch. No one outside of Miami knows how fun this team is to watch yet.
If last night’s Clippers – Heat game was on NBC instead of League Pass he would’ve shot up to the top 3 based on that performance alone.
Lol I mean we knew about their bias when there were back to back years of having undeserving DPOY “winners” over Bam
They have themselves to blame. It’s all politic and the Heat love to cosplay iso Japan.
They’re so biased against Bam. Even when I mention his defense to friends they scoff. He’s been a top 5 defender for years and should always be in these convos.
Dyson Daniels and Amen Thompson? Oh god.
This is like when the Suns were a good team a couple years ago and Mikal Bridges was getting DPoY love. Now no one even remembers his defense
Our defense is awful this year. And Herro isn’t even playing yet
LMAO at Chet being two.
Aren’t these based on betting odds?
It’s cool. When we finally win a championship it’s gon be that much sweeter
I don’t understand the complaint. Fantastic time to get on bam
Can we please stop saying the league hates the Heat.
The Heat are one of the most revered organizations in the league.
We really gotta stop being Lakers West man.
The league or the sportsbooks?
Ultimately….it doesn’t matter?
Focus on winning more games and getting a higher seed and just you know start acting like a perennial playoff team again. Keep developing Ware and hope he’s ready for prime time after the AS break.
So many priorities. Which Heat is definitely on the right track for. But Bam winning a popularity contest isn’t one of them imo.
Honestly, does it matter if you finish 2nd or 10th?
Bam isn’t going to win no matter what.
When the deltas are this large between first and everybody else a lot of it usually just statistically noise aka everyone is pretty much tied for second given how large the gap is
Look Bam is a great defender but everyone listed here (except for Chet I have no clue how he makes it that high) is a better defender than Bam.
Hahaha these awards are 💩 Spo has no COTY while others have multiple with less Finals and Playoff wins.
Seriously asking: does everyone here really care if Bam gets dpoy?
Let it be. Adds more fuel to the team.
Bam doesn’t care anymore. He wants the team to win. I love his mindset this year. He has not backed down. No hesitation.
Defense isn’t all just blocks. Let me know when any of these trash cans can guard 1-5
Chet being on here is nuts, everyone else i get but Chet?
Spurs fan perspective: can’t worry about that shit. Meaningless. More rings. That’s all.
Wemby deserved DPOY as a rookie more than Gobert. Bam? Ok, why not? But the 4 guys on that meme are solid. I think the league is picking up on Miami as a sleeper but it’s too early for the standings to make it obvious.
Not even just the league everyone in basketball media as a whole hates this team.
I’ve always said this but it has a logical explanation. Most people in the US (Northeast market) grow up hating SoFlo because of sports rivalries. (Celtics, Pacers, Knicks, Pats, Jets, Bills, Mets, Yankees, Bruins, etc, etc.)
So 80% of “journalists” have a pre-ingrained bias against anything Florida, really.
It’s so early in the season and TBH I don’t really care about individual accolades. Spo has cooked something special with this offense and I want a deep playoff run. Keep the main thing the main thing.
Who gives a fuck honestly. Not directed at you OP because this is a worthwhile post but DPOY, COTY…do we even care about that shit anymore? Soon as Marcus Smart and Jaren Jackson won DPOY over Bam and Curious George won COTY over Spo I stopped respecting those awards altogether.
not a heat fan but dude cmon bam should be way higher like higher then chet
If Bam wants a DPOY award he’ll need to demand a trade to Boston and Wemby has to get hurt. Otherwise his window is closed.
Bam’s never gonna win it he doesn’t put enough blocks or steals getting those flashy stats that people only focus on instead of the overall impact throughout the whole game
3rd best defense in the league and no one cares. The award was already decided before game 1 of the season.
Bam is 100% top 5 defensive player. But lets face it. Noone is winning DPOY while Wemby is healthy for the next years… unless serious voters fatique kicks in
The Heat are an annoying watch. Team has no identity and no star player bunch of roll players .Bam was supposed to be this big star and he doesn’t show up or doesn’t make anyone else better .
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ESPN has Bam at [13th best odds for DPOY](https://www.espn.com/nba/futures/_/group/award).
We just need one national TV game where we put up 130 and that narrative will switch. No one outside of Miami knows how fun this team is to watch yet.
If last night’s Clippers – Heat game was on NBC instead of League Pass he would’ve shot up to the top 3 based on that performance alone.
Lol I mean we knew about their bias when there were back to back years of having undeserving DPOY “winners” over Bam
They have themselves to blame. It’s all politic and the Heat love to cosplay iso Japan.
They’re so biased against Bam. Even when I mention his defense to friends they scoff. He’s been a top 5 defender for years and should always be in these convos.
Dyson Daniels and Amen Thompson? Oh god.
This is like when the Suns were a good team a couple years ago and Mikal Bridges was getting DPoY love. Now no one even remembers his defense
Our defense is awful this year. And Herro isn’t even playing yet
LMAO at Chet being two.
Aren’t these based on betting odds?
It’s cool. When we finally win a championship it’s gon be that much sweeter
I don’t understand the complaint. Fantastic time to get on bam
Can we please stop saying the league hates the Heat.
The Heat are one of the most revered organizations in the league.
We really gotta stop being Lakers West man.
The league or the sportsbooks?
Ultimately….it doesn’t matter?
Focus on winning more games and getting a higher seed and just you know start acting like a perennial playoff team again. Keep developing Ware and hope he’s ready for prime time after the AS break.
So many priorities. Which Heat is definitely on the right track for. But Bam winning a popularity contest isn’t one of them imo.
Honestly, does it matter if you finish 2nd or 10th?
Bam isn’t going to win no matter what.
When the deltas are this large between first and everybody else a lot of it usually just statistically noise aka everyone is pretty much tied for second given how large the gap is
Look Bam is a great defender but everyone listed here (except for Chet I have no clue how he makes it that high) is a better defender than Bam.
Hahaha these awards are 💩 Spo has no COTY while others have multiple with less Finals and Playoff wins.
Seriously asking: does everyone here really care if Bam gets dpoy?
Let it be. Adds more fuel to the team.
Bam doesn’t care anymore. He wants the team to win. I love his mindset this year. He has not backed down. No hesitation.
Defense isn’t all just blocks. Let me know when any of these trash cans can guard 1-5
Chet being on here is nuts, everyone else i get but Chet?
Spurs fan perspective: can’t worry about that shit. Meaningless. More rings. That’s all.
Wemby deserved DPOY as a rookie more than Gobert. Bam? Ok, why not? But the 4 guys on that meme are solid. I think the league is picking up on Miami as a sleeper but it’s too early for the standings to make it obvious.
Not even just the league everyone in basketball media as a whole hates this team.
I’ve always said this but it has a logical explanation. Most people in the US (Northeast market) grow up hating SoFlo because of sports rivalries. (Celtics, Pacers, Knicks, Pats, Jets, Bills, Mets, Yankees, Bruins, etc, etc.)
So 80% of “journalists” have a pre-ingrained bias against anything Florida, really.
It’s so early in the season and TBH I don’t really care about individual accolades. Spo has cooked something special with this offense and I want a deep playoff run. Keep the main thing the main thing.
Who gives a fuck honestly. Not directed at you OP because this is a worthwhile post but DPOY, COTY…do we even care about that shit anymore? Soon as Marcus Smart and Jaren Jackson won DPOY over Bam and Curious George won COTY over Spo I stopped respecting those awards altogether.
not a heat fan but dude cmon bam should be way higher like higher then chet
If Bam wants a DPOY award he’ll need to demand a trade to Boston and Wemby has to get hurt. Otherwise his window is closed.
Chet Holmgren second favorite
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who the fuck cares?
just win games.
Bam’s never gonna win it he doesn’t put enough blocks or steals getting those flashy stats that people only focus on instead of the overall impact throughout the whole game
3rd best defense in the league and no one cares. The award was already decided before game 1 of the season.
Bam is 100% top 5 defensive player. But lets face it. Noone is winning DPOY while Wemby is healthy for the next years… unless serious voters fatique kicks in
The Heat are an annoying watch. Team has no identity and no star player bunch of roll players .Bam was supposed to be this big star and he doesn’t show up or doesn’t make anyone else better .
That’s not theory. That’s axiom