Miami Heat and the Need to Fight Against Their Nature
The Florida franchise should avoid the temptation to continue competing and stay true to its culture in order to reconstruct with a focus on the long term.
Whatever happens, they try to win games. This is a virtue in any sport and competition, but in the NBA, it can become a burden, and that seems to be what is happening with Miami Heat. The team led by Eric Spoelstra has been years without real championship aspirations, but they refuse to rebuild and instead keep competing. This should change this season.
It makes no sense at all for Miami Heat to persist in winning games if they cannot bring in a star like Antetokounmpo in the coming weeks. Eric Spoelstra will have to face a significant change in mentality and make everyone understand that it is worth having a blank season to continue building around Herro and Adebayo. Both of them are not enough on their own to aim for anything significant, and even though they have players of the caliber of Wiggins, Rozier, Jovic, or the young Ware, they do not seem to have a particularly exciting scenario.
Only a star trade involving some of these pieces could unlock the situation and provide Miami Heat with what is needed to compete for a good position in the Eastern Conference. It is true that the absence of a clear powerhouse, beyond the Cavs and Knicks, means that everything is wide open, and any team that adds an interesting piece could vie for everything. In any case, a change in direction is necessary because the current state is not working.
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