The Miami Heat’s Post-Covid Break Team! | Five on the Floor

The Miami Heat’s Post-Covid Break Team! | Five on the Floor

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[Applause] Welcome to Five on the Floor, a daily insider show on the Miami Heat and the NBA featuring Ethan Skolnick, Greg Sander, Alex Toledo, Brady Hawk, and others from the Five Reason Sports Network. Also, make sure to subscribe to Off the Floor for the most heat anywhere. All right, welcome back to five on the floor. I’m Ethan Skolnick. Somewhere down there is Alex Leto. You can follow him at Tropical Blanket. All right, we’ve hit the dead point of the off season. So, we’ve been giving you all these series. Brady will be back with his improvement series. Pretty soon we’re doing improvement series on the hosts of Five on the Floor. We should do that actually. Like, where can Alex improve? Where can Greg improve? Where can I improve? Where can Eternal improve? I’m actually Oh man, that episode will be really long for me. I I just I think we should I think we should do that to get to training camp trying to get through whatever it is we can. Uh so we’re gonna have some fun today sort of. We’re halfway through the decade. I don’t know if you noticed it’s 2025 and so we figured we’d start to compile the Miami Heats half decade team. What do the 2020s look like? And so Alex and I have not prepped because that if we did it would be abnormal. And I just threw this idea out about 13 minutes before after I did a Twitter search of heat and realized we’ve done everything there already. By the way, a lot of stuff’s coming out now that I’ve reported a long time ago. This thing about how Terry Rosier would not accept a buyout. I said that two weeks ago. Why would he take a buyout when he knows that nobody is going to sign him after he takes the buyout? Why would you give up money if you didn’t have to? I don’t blame him for that. I mean, then nobody’s going to sign him until the FBI uh investigation is over whenever that is. So, that’s that’s a non-starter here. And all the players from the Heat all perform well, all three of them in Euro Basket, but they’re all out. So, we’re not really talking about that anymore. Uh there’s a report that the Heat are interested in someone who got eliminated from Eurob Basket. I’ll probably bring on Brian Fana to talk about that because I know nothing about it. But today we’re just going to we’re just going to have some fun. So we’re halfway through the decade and it’s about time to say, okay, what would be the Heats all decade team? So here are the rules. I’m setting the rules here. We have not prepared this uh beforehand. Anybody who played for the Heat during that time, okay? Anybody. So it could be a very short period of time. And this is the other rule I’m going to give you. It’s not just for what they did during that short period of time. So, while I don’t want you taking the entire career into account, I would say Andrew Wiggins is eligible. Let’s just put together the best possible team. Okay. Okay. So, that’s what we’re going to do. It’s It’s not cuz what somebody did somewhere else or DaVon struggled somewhere else or whatever hasn’t been much. No, he’s eligible. They’re all eligible. Let’s put together the best possible team from the players that have been here. Okay. So, it’s almost like based on all the players that have been on on the Heat roster at some point since 2020. If you could have them at if you could have them at their best self with the Heat, this is the roster that you would put together. Now, but I but I but I don’t want you doing projections. So, for instance, like we haven’t I Khal Wear may end up being one of the five best players for this, but but he’s not yet, right? So, but doesn’t mean he wouldn’t be useful on this team and maybe he would want his particular skill set. So, let’s just look at skill sets and what they you know and and they’re all in the pool. Okay. So, we’re we’re going to we’re going to start to put together let’s go back and forth here and we’re going to put together one team, but we can argue it a little bit. Do we have any argument with Jimmy Butler being on the team, provided that he wants to play? I mean, you might, but I I I don’t. I knew you were going to say that. All right. So, Jimmy Butler’s starting. Spo might start him at the four, but obviously he’s going to be there. Uh, he has not been suspended from this team yet. He’s not walked out. He’s not in a contract dispute. Jimmy Butler’s on the team. Bam. Adabio on the team, right? Yeah. Okay. Oh, man. This is going to get tough. This is gonna I mean, I haven’t said in a while. This is going to be a really tough question. Well, not now, though. after a after the break. Okay. Can we shut up the idiots? Title Hero is going to be on the team, right? Yeah, probably. Most likely. What do you mean? What do you mean probably? I mean, yeah. Like I I since we haven’t I haven’t even had time to think about I’m think why would you need to think about that? He’s he’s made an all-star team. He He 24 23 five and five last year. Like I He’s Yeah. The only way So Okay, so look, this is where I’m putting Tyler on there almost almost definitely. The only way I’m saying like there you can make it for other players is if you’re doing so this is where it could be a slippery slope, right? Victor Odipo play for the Heat. Okay. But are we doing like are we doing this? No, but I Okay. Are we doing it in the span of like between 2020 and 20 2025 their best year? Putting that on the heat. That’s where that’s like the I I I I think the best reasonable version of the player like I I to say Vic I know I’m going against my old rules here, but I mean come on. I mean I mean I mean that would be like saying we’re going to put Kevin Love starting at the four. There you go. So all right. So let me let me let me let me reset this. Okay. Players who played for the Heat between 20 and 25 and maybe the best version of them since 2020. Can we Can we do that? May we’ll do that. That’s That’s fairer. You can still have those guys like I could still like make a case for Vic maybe for Love who was remember six man of the year a sixman of the year runner up. Okay. Okay. All right. But at least at least there’s a reason. Like I think it makes it more interesting if we are doing it that way. So basically we’re doing best version of them since co. Okay. Yeah. Since co. All right. That’s what we’re doing. Since since uh Coar Since Coar blew on the microphone. We’re doing it from that point forward. Okay, that’s it. Since you and I left the arena with them down 30 to Charlotte or something like that at home and the ushers told us we won’t see you for a while and they were right. So since since that point postco So this is the Miami Heats postcoid team that that’ll get the clicks. You ready? Postcoid team. Okay. So are we putting Tyler on the team? I mean the timing of you putting that as a headline right now. Well, I mean I mean we’re going to end up with every disease no demand. We should just call this the RFK team. All right. Go ahead. I’m sorry. I’m not I’m not supposed to get political. Let’s let’s uh I mean, why wouldn’t you listen to somebody who, you know, has had his brain eaten by a parasite about health? Okay. Um, let’s get to it. If our if our audience was Dolphins viewers, I would have just lost all of them. But I think with Heat viewers, I’m probably okay. All right. Bam. Jimmy, can we put Tyler on the team? You don’t have to start him. Can we put him on the team? Yeah, I know. No doubt. No doubt. Thank you. Okay. For sure. Probably startup. It was just like a you know a thought exercise there. It’s just just being just just not a question. Question like where do where does uh Storm Norman factor in here? Well, he hasn’t played for them yet. But that’s what I’m saying. Like are we doing it like are we including him? Like are what are we doing here? No. Right. No, I don’t think so. I think you have to at least played. Let’s do that. Okay. So postcoid have at least played, right? Okay. All right. So we’ve got those three and then let’s do one more here before we get to the break and then we’ll we’ll get to what actually are tough questions. Bam, Butler, Tyler. Who would be who would be your fourth guarantee here? You put Kyle Kyle Lowry on the team again. It’s got to be post 20. It’s got to be postcoid. We’re not taking into account Toronto. I think Kyle’s almost definitely got to be here. Okay. But I’m putting somebody on before him though. Oh, and somebody we haven’t mentioned yet. Yeah, Goron. Is it Wiggins? Oh, no. Wow. I can’t believe I forgot Goron. Wow. And I know he didn’t play long for the Heat after, but I mean, he’s he’s, you know, he’s lifering 1920 season. I mean, even if we just literally counted the bubble run, he belongs here. Well, yeah, that’s what I mean. Yeah. So, that that is He was their second best player. I was there. He was there. I mean I mean the calendar year 2020 is what you’re doing here. Postco. Yes. Well, no. Postco he wasn’t the same Goron anymore. No, but he was No, but the bubble was the bubble was Well, the bubble was post post Go Bear blowing on the mic. Okay. Postseason shutting down. We end up in Orlando. Okay. And and then you know everything happened after. Goran. All right. Goran’s on the team. Okay. So, you know what? We’ll get to the rest after the break. You have time to think. Bam. Butler Hero Drogets. We’re putting together a 10-man rotation. SP will only play nine. Okay, before we do, you might have think you might have thought that I should have done this before this particular episode based on where this has gone, but I got to tell you about a game-changing product I use before a night out with drinks or just a podcast like this one. It’s called pre-alcohol. 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Go to ziotics.com/onthefloor to learn more and get 15% off your first order when you use on the floor at checkout. Ziotics is backed with 100% money back guarantee. So if you’re unsatisfied for any reason, they will refund your money, no questions asked. Remember, head to ziotics.com/onthefloor. Use the code on the floor at checkout for 15% off. Okay, we have we’ll put together the actual rotation after. Bam. Butler Hero Dragage. You’re putting Kyle on the team for sure. Yeah, no doubt. Especially if we’re doing since, you know, since that that time period that you pointed out. I think that makes it even easier because I think you could you can throw him on the team. Um or you can make a case for him on the team for, you know, that first season, you know, the the the first seed season, but then when you when you also take into account those last couple of Raptors years, those last two, three seasons, I think you got to throw them on there. Okay. I mean, I’m not going to argue with you too much. I I’ll put them there for now. Okay. Uh so, let’s look at let let’s look at the rest of this. I there’s some complicated ones here. team needs a shooter. I feel good about like I I think I know where like my next three are going. All right. Well, give give me one of them. Give me one of them. Um well, I guess I’ll just go with somebody that I already mentioned, Olad Depot. I mean, if we’re doing that time frame that you mentioned, like he he was a good when when did Hold on, hold on a second. Hold on a second. Right. Like, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Vic Vic Vic joined the team. I’m I’m going to I’m going to tell you I want to see we’re looking for from co on. Right. Well, you’re right. Actually, in the bubble he was pretty effective. Was it was didn’t he get No, actually, wasn’t the bubble? Yeah, the bubble he played he played the heat, right? Yeah. And then that was the time that that’s he he was shaking hands with the Heat instead of the instead of hanging out with the Pacers afterwards. That’s how we were like, “Okay, he’s he’s definitely signing with Miami.” Uh, hold on a second. 2020. Uh, I just figured that was around the time like he was starting, you know, like he was still Man, I I can’t do this. I’m sorry. Look. Okay, hold on. Starting with the 1920 season, he only played 19 games in the 1920 season. Okay. Okay. 2021, he played 30 the the season cut in half by co to be fair. Okay. But 30 33 games 33 games in 2021. Okay. eight eight games in 2022 21 22 42 games with 22 23 and then out of the league. I can’t do it. Yeah, I guess it’s more just um my memory serving me wrong here because he was he was decent. It’s just like he wasn’t at the top of his game. I thought he you know the the games played. Yeah, that makes it murky. But if you want me to just go on I mean that I was going by position here which is why I went to you know the shooting guard depot. But I mean, you really moved me off here because the playing games in two years is really tough and then after that is really really starting to decline. He had more knee surgeries than points. I can’t I can’t do it. And again, I I wish the best for him. I hope he gets back in the league, but not not he was a decent part of that team that like whatever they were the fourth or fifth seed. No, he were the fifth seed. So, they were the fourth seed, you know, like so I was thinking about like that type of player like he was still a pretty good player, but I I get you. I’m probably like that’s a lot more complicated than I give it credit for. Now, the next guys would be to me Wiggins. Okay. I think Wiggins, if we’re doing like time periods and picking guys at their best, like the, you know, the Yeah, that’s fair. The finals Wiggins, 2022 Wiggins, whatever you want to say, like that version of him, I think for sure deserves to be on that on this team. Okay. I’m I’m adding Max. Oh, it’s interesting you went there. What What version of Max are you are you adding? The version that Spouse started ahead of Duncan. Okay. I I just look and I might add Duncan too. I’m I’m as we go forward here, but I’m I’m looking at it. I’m like, okay, he started on a finals team. Uh he earned a 60s something million dollar contract. He’s been an effect obviously he’s hurt now. He’s been an effective player since he left. He’s had more success than Gabe has since he left. Uh he brought an element of physicality. I know that he had some poor shooting games uh when it mattered obviously, but he also made an enormous shot that got them into the playoffs in the first place and he was kind of crazy against the Knicks. Went crazy against the Knicks and was screwed by that one shot of course in the 2022 game uh that we all remember otherwise they’re probably in the finals. I I just I think again it’s got to be a team Spoo. I think we need to take that into account. So, I mean, you were trying to put Oland Deepo on there. The man literally was in the hospital more than he was on the court. I I can’t do it. I’m going off your parameters, man. Okay, I’m putting Max on the team. All right. Um, so you’re putting Wiggins on the team. I mean, again, not with his heat performance, but I get it. Uh, can we make an argument performance? Like, not saying it would for sure be there, but like he wasn’t wasn’t that bad. It’s just that, you know, he was terrible at the playoffs. That’s for damn sure. Yes, he was awful. Well, he he won. He won the only one. All right. Uh, what about how do you feel about Caleb Morton? That Okay, so here we go. This is like the next the other two guys I had in mind. That’s why I was going to say it’s interesting he went max before Caleb because Caleb’s peak I think clears Max’s peak, which to me was that both on the team. I am both on the team. That’s fair. I think that’s cool. Um, and obviously Max was a huge part of the the the the two runs in 22 and 23. Um, and I think he averaged like 15 against the Knicks. So, if we’re just doing like peak for peak, I’m thinking like New York Knicks, Max Roose, maybe it wasn’t 15, it was something like that. He had like a really high scoring series and and was hitting all his threes in that one. They were leaving him open and he was hitting them all. Um, and he and look, Max was really good, man. He he did a lot for that Heat team. He But Caleb, man, that peak against the Celtics has to be on this team. If we’re doing peaks, it has to be here somewhere. And then we I also think we skipped somebody who I who I mentioned earlier. Um who the Heat just traded, Kevin Love. If we’re doing peaks since 2020, I think he has to be on this team. Okay. I I’ll I I’ll I’ll give you some thought on that. I’m going to give you a couple of other options here. I just want to give you the minutes played on the 2122 team, which was their best team. Okay. Not not the team they didn’t go to the finals, but their best team. leaders in minutes played were Jimmy and Kyle, which is why I’m giving you Kyle, which by the way is what’s gonna keep Gabe off this team. Okay. I think I think you’re you’re com you’re comfortable with that. Unless you want to put Gabe at the two or something like that’s a different story. Are are you are you comfortable with Lowry ahead of Gabe or Dave? Gab. Mhm. Because if we’re not just doing heat tenure, I think it’s it’s a it’s a easy one. Okay. All right. Next in minutes played, Bam. And then the next two guys who I think both deserve consideration. PJ Tucker played 28 minutes on that team and Duncan Robinson who played 26. I think those are probably the next two like them and and and Gabe are like is like that next class of guys here. How many How many people do we have right now, man? Like right now right now we’re at eight. So we and we have no bigs. Uh which is typical of the Miami Heat culture. Uh Bam Butler Hero. We haven’t put together a lineup yet, but Bam, Butler, Hero, Dragitch, Caleb, Wiggins, Lowry, and Strus. I’m going to give you the minutes played for the following year. Team that went to the finals. Um, leaders and minutes, Tyler, Bam, Jimmy, Kyle, Caleb, Max, Vic, Gabe, Kevin, Love, Haywood, Highmith, and Duncan. Remember that was the year that Duncan kind of got phased out. Then I’m gonna go and then I’m gonna go to let me go to 2021 which was the uh Okay. So in on that one 2021 minutes played Jimmy Bam Duncan Tyler Kendrick Nun. No Trevor Arza. No. Oh my god. He averaged 28 minutes. Uh Kelly Olen. I’m just writing it down. Iguadala. The ill- fated Avery Bradley song. Jay Crowder. Yes. That’s another one. Are we If we’re doing peaks in series, 2020 Jake Crowder versus the Bucks. He also sucked in the finals, but nobody nobody nobody seems to remember that, but that’s okay. Oh, yeah. But the thing is you just put Max on there like and you know that No, that that that’s true. That’s true. Um I’m just going to give you another one here. 2324 because I’m just just so we don’t miss any names here because we always do that. Jimmy Minutes leaders Jimmy Bam Tyler Rosier Hawz Lowry Duncan Caleb Haywood I mean Hakez is one year but again I I feel like we’re going to look back at this and say if we don’t end up with where Yovic but I don’t think either of them has done enough. Right. So that’s right there. I mean, I guess like that that period before Yovic got hurt is like his peak. Yeah. Like those 20 games or maybe you could say the end of the season before when he was a starter, but even then, I think that’s not like a great case. I think there’s no way honestly any of these guys we’re talking about here, I’m putting them over love. We’re including since 2020. All right. Well, let let’s hand let’s handle the small ball four thing first because I feel like that’s guy Spo’s going to play. We’ve already put Caleb on the team. We’ve already put Wiggins on the team. I’m gonna give you a choice of one of these three. Okay? Because I’m putting Duncan on the team. I’m sorry. I’m with you there. Actually, I think he’s he’s had multiple like I think whatever you want to count as his peak, especially like once you account like for the stuff he developed in the last couple years, I think he’s probably around there. But but here here’s the problem with this team, which we’ll get to. Oh my god. The defense on the perimeter. Hero Dragitch, Lowry, Strus, and Duncan. Holy bleep. I mean, again, like still find a way to get him top 12 somehow. Poor Bab. God, they’ve had some bad point of attack defenders. My god. Like I, you know, that’s why the day beyond Drew Smith thing, like I get it. Like I, you know, you just got to stop the bleeding. All right, I’m giving you these three guys. You You can pick one. Crowder, PJ Tucker, or Highmith. It’s easy for me, but I feel like you’re going a I feel like you’re going a different direction. I I feel like you’re going PJ. Yes, I am. I think it’s fair. I I just think Okay, so this is why I’ve been trying to like focus on what your parameters are because that’s what I think ends up like deciding the nitpicking here because if we’re doing peaks, right, and we’re doing 2023 um Celtics Caleb Martin, uh 2023 Knicks Max Struce, I think 2020 Jake Crowder is right there. We’re like, yes, he he was great obviously like he he was good instrumental that whole run, but that Well, Dwayne Dead Dwayne Dead was also the best player in a playoff game for the Heat. Okay, that didn’t was part of the final. By the way, I I but I I love K Love now as you know, but I I I don’t know, man. Like, okay, if you go postcoid, yes, he was second and six man of the year to Tyler, by the way, uh in 21-22 and then obviously not really functional as a player in Cleveland after that and with Miami pretty limited limited ro 2020. So, that’s why I think he’s a he’s a no-brainer if we’re doing those parameters. Can we can we can we add Kevin Love 11 as uh as sideline cheerleader and vibes getter? No. IG poster. I I don’t have a problem putting Kevin on the team, but like PJ Tucker was the starting four. PJ Tucker was the starting four. They had their best rebounding season on what was their best re regular season team. That’s fair. I know he fell off afterwards, but I I have him over Crowder by by far because he has a strong case. I think we’re really nitpicking here. Like I think PJ Tucker’s tenure with the Heat was more impressive. Yeah. Than than Crowers. That’s why I think the Peaks thing is kind of muddying the waters for me here. Fair. TJ is probably better than Caleb. I mean, better than Caleb overall. You know what I mean? Caleb at his best was like something, you know, we didn’t see before or after that. So that’s why the the the peak stuff is is getting in the way here a little bit. Well, here here here’s the problem with this team. Okay, so here if if we’re going with these 10, which I’ve kind of forced on you, and say Kevin Love is not in it. Your starting lineup is Let’s do the starting lineup and I want to show you what the problem is because it comes to the bench. Okay. Uh Bam, PJ, Jimmy, Tyler, and Dragitch. God, they’re not going to defend anybody. Um, are you putting Tyler off the bench because that was their best team and you’re gonna start Streus or Duncan at the two? No, I would go I I I’d go Lowry, Hero, Jimmy, Bam, and PJ. And then Dragitch is your sixman. Oh, I’m sorry. Yeah, I forgot about I keep forgetting about Dragitch. I don’t know why. I mean, okay, so we’re we’re building lineups here, right? We’re not now now we’re now we’re now I’ve given you 10 would love being the 11th which I kind of I shaded out um if we’re building lineups and we’re not talking about who was better for the Heat blah blah blah I think I would start Lowry okay and I love Gora man I really do um but that I can’t I cannot start dragon together as good as Jimmy and Bam are and then after that my I think my odd take here is if we’re going to go with a four a small a quote unquote small ball four a wing at the four. I’m going Wiggins. I’m going Wiggins. Okay, but then you go Wiggins and you you don’t know what your bench is. Hold on. Okay, so let’s say you went Wiggins here. You’re going Bam, Butler, Wiggins, Hero, Lowry, and then by the way, that’s not going to defend anybody either because Kyle didn’t really defend. Uh, and then Okay. And then you’re you’re basically you’re taking Wiggins off. So you’re bench. This is what you’re bringing off your bench. This is like a This is like a 6’4 and under team, which probably tells you some of their issues have been. Uh, your bench is now Caleb at the five. No, PJ at the five, Caleb at the four, Duncan, Strus, and Dage. Yeah, Caleb ain’t solving that problem, by the way. No, definitely not. Uh, well, that’s the thing. Hey, we’re just working with the parameters here. And I do think that’s again I keep going back to like I’m not doing the Lowry like Heat Lowry as like his peak here. I’m really not. I’m thinking of like the Toronto Lowry. That’s why like Yeah, I know. And I think even Heat Lowry was a better defender than all the other guys he threw there. He were thinking of Toronto Lowry when they gave him three years for 90 also unfortunately. Okay. Um but you’re going to run into that problem regardless, you know, building like a rotation here. This just this shows you every exercise we do like this shows you. Or you just throw in more of those wings that like we kind of picked out at the end there. Like if you if you want to throw in a crowder or a I mean we already have Caleb in there, you know, like you would have to do some creative staggering there because Yeah. staggering for sure. I look we we come back to this all the time again. Two words, poor Bam. That’s pretty much how it’s been like for this entire half decade, right? Like I mean there’s not even anybody else we could consider. Like they we had these Cody Zeer minutes, the Thomas Bryant minutes, the Dwayne Deadman minutes. This is why this obsession about them getting another big is stupid because Spo’s not going to play him anyway. Yeah. Like I mean you could have like even if you wanted to throw like whatever where’s Peak is in here just to have another five like I guess, right? You know, but I mean this is just some topic we threw together anyway, so it’s not that big of a deal. It’s not. But but but but it’s going to make a point for two different people. For one, it shows they’ve had some nice players, a lot of undrafteds on this list. I guess Duncan, Struce, and Caleb, right? They’ve had some nice players around Jimmy. They’ve developed some of their own, like Tyler and Bam being first round picks. Obviously, Wiggins came in the trade for Jimmy. Dragic and Lowry were traded for each other. Um, well, Lowry is a free agent uh prior to that, but it it’s going to say two things. one is Jimmy lifted some pretty ordinary groups to the finals which I know is a point that you’ve made. Uh, and also Bam has not had a lot of help up front and and it does seem like there is a correction going on there where you draft where right you’re leaning into Yoic even though he’s not a traditional big and the roster now the projected rotation is seven guys who were drafted I think five of them first round picks or it’s actually eight well Larson and Powell were second round picks but where Yovic Bam Tyler Wiggins uh all first round picks, right? And so I mean I think we’re and I’m now missing a couple. So So I I think what we’re seeing is the Heat are getting away from a lot of the stuff they did earlier this decade which was more point guys also right more point and right Dave oh Davon’s that’s he was a first round pick too. So leaning more into guys who were projected to be higher upside talents before the draft first round picks whether theirs or someone else and also just leaning into where to actually have a legitimate big playing with Bam whether he’s starting or he’s not shows that this has gone a different direction. So maybe that was the point of this exercise. Did we come up with a like a final answer here? No, I’ll give you I’ll give you Kevin Love. Well, I giving you Kevin Love just so they have somebody to come off the bench to pretend to be big, I guess. So, who are we taking off? PJ, I guess if you’re bringing him off the bench. I don’t know. I might want to keep PJ based on the problems we’re just we’re outlining here. And then I guess And then you’re taking Shrews or Duncan off. That’s what I was kind of thinking. I think it would probably have to Oh man, we’re right back. We’re here, aren’t we? I’m not letting you do it. Have a good day, everybody. 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