PUSH: Miami Heat Should CHASE Top 6 By Leaning Into Bam Adebayo, Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis
Miami Heat set their sights on a top-six seed as the playoff race heats up. Can Bam Adebayo and Kel’el Ware’s frontcourt chemistry spark a stronger finish, or will Tyler Herro’s return to the starting lineup be the true game-changer for Miami’s offense?
Wes Goldberg breaks down the Miami Heat’s key priorities for the final stretch, from optimizing the Bam-Ware pairing to experimenting with a new starting five including Andrew Wiggins and Norm Powell. The episode spotlights the emergence of rookie Kasparas Jakucionis and Jaime Jaquez Jr.’s pursuit of Sixth Man of the Year, while also raising questions about Nikola Jovic’s struggles and future. Don’t miss this strategic preview of the Heat’s goals coming out of the All-Star break.
00:00 — Heat Playoff Push Outlook
11:51 — Bam & Ware, Lineup Changes
21:37 — Youth Development & Awards
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12 comments
Making the 6th seed with Ware, Jamie and Jac playing heavy minutes would be a nice accomplishment for the season
What conspiracy theory do you have with how Adam Silver fixes the Rozier/ Heat ordeal?
Literally all I want is Ware and Kas playing 25+ min a night, I don’t really care how we finish(probably playin)
Tank! Tank! Tank! Tank!
A starting 5 of Herro Powell Wiggins Bam and Ware is the one with the highest upside for sure.
Spo rotations is what kills us , and his lack of adjusting to games. If he starts herro again , we are cooked
This might sound crazy but this summer, miami has a chance to get AD , ja , and maybe a reunion with lebron if they play their cards right and wont have to gut out their young core. Lets see what happens
We had a winning record with kel'el ware starting and spo messed it up by experimenting with small ball.
This is such a wasted season. We found out what we’ve always known: Bam is a role player who can’t be your highest paid player unless it’s on a .500 or below team. Wiggins is a role player who has great games and ghost games. Powell is a good shot chucker but old, small, and bad at defense, & JJJ is awesome against bad teams and not very effective against good teams. We knew all this last season, the results are the same & and this is where Spo put all his time and energy this season. A waste of a season. None of the important questions were answered & we’ll start next season with all the same questions we had last summer.
If he was better than Nas Reid and Keldon Johnson, he wouldn’t be in third
The fact that you still think we are getting Giannis is absolutely delusional. ITS NOT HAPPENING!!!
Should of traded Wiggs, Powell, Fran, Mitchell. And shut bam and Herro down for the year and get in the lottery and start over with a good draft pick. Start fresh next year with the young core playing this year