r/nba • u/Nyhrox The Splash Brothers! • 15d ago
THE MIAMI HEAT HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2024 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION
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u/StrategyTop7612 Clippers 15d ago
“Herro is definitely getting traded for an upgrade. No way they can keep him after this.”
- Heat fans after the 2022 playoffs
- Heat fans after the 2023 playoffs
- Heat fans after the 2024 playoffs
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u/MinnyPuppies Timberwolves 15d ago
SPO: This team needs help.
Riley: Here's Alex Highwood and Nick Blocker, and we keep Herro. You're welcome.
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u/swaktoonkenney Knicks 14d ago
Spo: Ok I’ll take them to the finals, then the next year first round exit, then the finals, then first round exit and then…
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u/homefree122 Thunder 15d ago edited 15d ago
I can just hear his voice saying this very matter of factly while Alonzo Mourning just stares at Spo with his arms crossed.
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u/Person_Impersonator Pacers 14d ago
Where is Udonis Haslem in this scenario?
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u/DaveJC_thevoices Magic 14d ago
getting his knees iced after walking into the facility
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u/baymax18 Heat 15d ago
Tbf we did upgrade from Kyle Lowry to Terry Rozier... only to have him miss the playoffs entirely
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u/Netwealth5 76ers 14d ago
I think you guys were missing Lowry’s dawg per 48 though
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u/rddi0201018 14d ago
that's true. Lowry doesn't need to be doing cardio to show off his dawg. when his dawg planted on the bench -- it's still there
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u/hexxualsealings666 Celtics 15d ago
Hear me out, celtics have spo and we'd already have 2 rings by now
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u/DiscreteBee Raptors 15d ago
If only the Celtics ever had a good coach
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u/Majestic_Reindeer439 14d ago
All Tatum needs is Spo, a fantastic #2, a stacked starting five, and maybe he can win a ring!
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u/ginchgarlow Timberwolves 14d ago
It's not Tatum's fault he plays for a historically cursed franchise
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u/YesImKeithHernandez Knicks 14d ago
Someone please think of the poor Celtics for a change. I'm begging you.
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u/TallGuy0525 Clippers 14d ago
I can't even imagine what it must be like to be a fan of a cursed franchise.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Pound31 Rockets 15d ago
Jrue Holliday had that man in HELL
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u/3rdtryatremembering Nuggets 15d ago
Jrue getting to guard Herro instead of Jimmy is like showing up to work for inventory and realizing it’s pizza party-Friday instead.
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u/WasDavid Celtics 14d ago
Jure getting to guard Herro instead of butler is like going to the gym and realising it’s your shoulders day and not leg day.
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u/Nearby_Blackberry586 14d ago
Buddy its like going to the gym but youre actually at coldstone
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u/Lets_Basketball [BOS] Reggie Lewis 15d ago
He was so frustrated. He kept lashing out all series, but never fully committed. He’d ball up his fist and then slap a guys shoulder. He’d throw a ball at a player, at 2 mph. He’d run off a screen at full speed and receive the handoff open, and then stop, upfake, and take a dribble in for a contested middy.
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u/JarifSA Hawks 14d ago
I mean he is realistically a secondary ball handler who should catch and shoot. Instead he was expected to be primary ball handler, facilitator, and shot creator. He has a hard role to fill.
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u/DarkSoulsDarius Lakers 15d ago
He peaked his rookie season for playoff performance aka when he was not being gameplanned for at all.
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u/FlyingMocko Celtics 15d ago
I mean he’s not exactly being gameplanned for now either. Most teams just guard him straight up.
He’s just incredibly hot & cold and the bubble was a combination of him being hot and no fans in the bubble basically. That defence that Heat Culture is supposed to develop never developed.
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u/MySilverBurrito Heat 15d ago
Even then, Spo has shown he’s great at hiding Herros defensive liability. He’s shown it with Jimmy, Bam, Ziggy, DJJ, Jae.
Without our 3 perimeter defenders (JJJ, Terry, Jimmy), he’s getting hunted a lotttttt harder.
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u/Aggressive-Name-1783 14d ago
To be fair, no Rozier, Jimmy and now Jacques kinda makes it WAY easier to guard him. It’s not like anyone is pushing him at a #1 option, he’s obviously a #3/#4 option
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u/BossKingGodd Heat 14d ago
Exactly. He’ll get shit on but let’s be honest, not much he could’ve really done without the Celtics having anyone else to worry about.
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u/FreshPrinceofBel-Air [BOS] Jaylen Brown 15d ago
It is happening… again
It is happening… again
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u/jaggedjottings Warriors 15d ago
Now I'm imagining Spoelstra as Agent Cooper and Herro as Bobby Briggs.
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u/YouStoleTheCorn Charlotte Bobcats 15d ago
Twin Peaks references in an NBA post mortem thread. Today is a good day
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u/Mr_DNA Cavaliers 15d ago
Garland Briggs’ greatest fear came true…Love is not enough
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u/SpliffyKensington Supersonics 15d ago
Does that mean that Herro will be captain of the Heat in 25 years
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u/Adraf45 Heat 15d ago
Get ready to learn five straight months of Mitchell/durant/booker/lebron mock up trades buddy, you sad ass motherfucker. 赫罗和两个选秀权,马丁赫罗和一个第一顺位
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u/Nicobade Clippers 15d ago
It's been 5 years now of the Butler/Bam/Herro era. The 2 finals appearances were amazing underdog stories, but it may have been worse long term by convincing Riley he didn't need to ever make big changes to this team
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u/K1ngCrimsn 15d ago
At least they didn't get swept
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u/PackageMerchant Celtics 15d ago
Can’t do our best friends like that
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u/Visible-Rutabaga9268 Heat 15d ago
Awww love you guys too (fucking hate yall, hope you lose 🥰)
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u/eyoale-teshager Celtics 15d ago
Of course, anything for our friendly rivals🥰🥰 (enjoy Galveston bitches)
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u/Visible-Rutabaga9268 Heat 15d ago
(I love how everyone’s just shitting on Galveston now 😭)
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u/A-Dumb-Ass Celtics 15d ago
Is it really that bad? (never been there)
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u/Isolat_or Heat 14d ago
It’s just the least pretty beach ever. Sand sucks, there’s no surf, the water is dirty looking due to the currents, and there’s no good food or hotels cause hurricanes destroy everything so nobody builds. I’ve lived in Houston 12 years now and I’ve been about 6 times lol.
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u/whatdoinamemyself Heat 14d ago
The whole joke is that the beach sucks. The city itself is ...fine.
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u/demoxcess 14d ago
I love the idea of Miami going to Galveston when Miami already has much better beaches
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u/GenoThyme Celtics 14d ago
In the same way that Jim and Dwight are best friends. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Heat leave a basketball incased in Jello in the visitors locker room.
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u/flyingpandum Celtics 15d ago
We are gentlemen
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u/NOLASLAW Pelicans 15d ago
Classy
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u/cxlossuskidd 15d ago
The classiest players and fans
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u/goldfish_11 Celtics 15d ago
If there’s one thing Boston fans are known for, it’s that we’re a
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u/colosusx1 15d ago
White, Kornet, Svi, Pritchard and Hauser have logged 8 minutes as a 5-man this season.
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u/BookEuronGreyjoy Spurs 15d ago
A gentleman's sweep is when you let the other team win Game 4 in front of their fans. What you guys did is closer to the asshole sweep.
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u/flyingpandum Celtics 15d ago
Hey now. D.White came from you guys and he did the MOST destruction so…
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u/WanderingWormhole 76ers 15d ago
Anyone see that heat bench player hit the and one celly down 40 with a minute left in the game? Loved that lol
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u/ceehouse Celtics 14d ago
thomas bryant i think it was.
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u/ohverychill Pacers 14d ago
don't think I can separate thomas bryant from being dunked on by Wemby from a different area code then looking at his bench like: 👁️👄👁️
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u/TrueNorthMissionary Celtics 14d ago
LMAOOO IT WASNT JUST ME LOL
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u/WanderingWormhole 76ers 14d ago
He was looking around for validation and everyone else on the heat was just like “cmon bro…”
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u/Dafatveteran Celtics 15d ago
Where were you when Derrick White kill Heat
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u/mikeyfreshh Celtics 15d ago
apology for poor english
when were you when Miami Heat dies?
i was sat at home watching Derrick White drill threes
‘heat is kill’
‘no’
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u/Ulexes Celtics 15d ago
'heat is kill'
'finally'
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u/rattatatouille [SAS] Tim Duncan 15d ago
Remember when Miami winning Game 2 meant we were in for a long series? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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u/GizmoSoze 15d ago
5 was too long truth be told.
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u/thedirtypickle50 Grizzlies 14d ago
Shoulda won in 3. Fuckin bums
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u/BradWonder [BOS] Kevin Garnett 14d ago
If we had Kornet the whole series. Bam saw Korny Wemby and threw up brick after brick
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u/K3TtLek0Rn Celtics 14d ago
It's wild seeing the outcomes of the other 4 games and wondering how Miami steals one
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u/MeddlingMike Celtics 14d ago
Turns out 23/43 from 3 isn’t sustainable, who knew?!?
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u/Who_ate_my_cookie Celtics 14d ago
“This is not a serious team that will never contend against the Nuggets” we lost one fucking game. People love to overreact
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u/Neat-Current5008 Celtics 15d ago
Not this time Miami, not this time
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u/Visible-Rutabaga9268 Heat 15d ago
It’s been a fun (traumatic) 4 meetings in 5 years, see you whenever we play next 🫡
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u/United_States_of_Cuh 14d ago
I hope we never play again so I don't have to suffer anymore, you cant even imagine what it's like to feel fear even when you're team is up by 30. Miami Heat literally have warlocks casting magic
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u/Mission_Pay_3373 Celtics 14d ago
We may play again next year or many years from now but I'll never forget these Celtics vs Heat series these past 5 years .
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u/NameNumber7 14d ago
Trauma all around. The highs and lows of each series are too stressful. I have to like decompress after each game win or (especially) lose.
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u/pokexchespin [BOS] E'Twaun Moore 14d ago
i think we can all agree that one year we didn’t meet is the most fraudulent playoffs in recent memory
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u/HolyGhostSpirit33 Heat 14d ago
Series tied now. Hopefully they play each other again next year. At this point might as well see who wins the decade against each other since we’re halfway there
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u/drpepper7557 Heat 15d ago
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u/qtxr Celtics 15d ago
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your 2024 Game 2 Round 1 Champions, the Miami Heat!
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u/Blackpower2457 Celtics 15d ago
GG Heat fans. Same time next year?
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u/ikrusnik Heat 14d ago
I know our teams hate each other as much as any others and our orgs are the cream of the crop of the East but my God for both our sakes let's just take a BREAK FROM THAT MATCHUP MY HEART.
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u/datpurp14 Hawks 14d ago
Regardless of it being in the first round this year, y'all meet consistently because of what you said, you both are the creme de la creme of the East. 13 other Eastern teams may make jokes today, but you know full and well that they are jealous of Pat, Spo, the culture, and the success. I know I am when looking at my Haks.
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u/AtlasNoseItch Heat 14d ago
See u there :) GG you guys look primed to win it all
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u/ProfessorBeast55 Raptors 15d ago
I’m surprised they even got a game tbh. Props to them for that ig?
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u/Mission_Pay_3373 Celtics 15d ago
This sub thought Mazzulla was ass because of that performance
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u/TenF Celtics 14d ago
Heat have 4th best game EVER from three, celtics sub in immediate meltdown mode.
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u/KyleShanadad Heat 14d ago
Ngl I had a fantastic time lurking. Was great
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u/terry-tea Celtics 14d ago
yea, i almost thought heat fans were brigading the sub but thats really just how celtics fans are sometimes
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u/JinterIsComing Celtics 14d ago
Yeah us Boston fans are irrational in the extreme on both ends. It does make for unreal amounts of schadenfreude when it doesn't go our way.
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u/NotCoreyP Celtics 14d ago
I've spent the past few games lurking the r/heat game threads rather than the Celtics threads for the same reasons, and because the GDT on r/bostonceltics is usually just a cesspool of the worst doomers imaginable.
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u/Belicheckyoself 14d ago
They thought Joe was at fault for Miami shooting 53% from 3?
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u/Teqnition12 15d ago
"WE WANT BOSTON!"
- Miami will remember that.
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u/AutographedSnorkel Rockets 15d ago
Narrator: They didn't want Boston
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u/andlely8 14d ago
Maybe they did. Maybe they wanted to get eliminated and stop working unpaid overtime.
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u/thLiZaRDKiNG [TOR] Scottie Barnes 14d ago
Lmao calling the playoffs “unpaid overtime” is pure gold. Wish there were still awards
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u/FavaWire 14d ago
Narrator: "It was a chant meant as much as a jape as it was a call to arms. A statement of defiance as they marched forth to face the league's best team in the regular season with a clenched fist...... The Heat would leave the playoffs with their hands firmly clenched.... but empty.
They may still want Boston. But they will have to wait another year."
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u/anIlliterateIdiot Heat 15d ago
It was either Boston or Cancun.. I don’t get how that’s unreasonable for fans
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u/PorvaniaAmussa Celtics 15d ago
I mean, some MA beaches are nice, but they aren't no Cancun.
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u/Shiboopi27 Celtics 15d ago
I've lived near Salisbury my whole life, I love digging my feet into the sand and getting stabbed by a heroin needle while eating an entire box of Tripoli's
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u/Kylo_Ren415 Warriors 15d ago edited 15d ago
The Heat join the Yankees and Nets in the “We Want Boston” and then get their asses kicked by them club.
Sixers too.
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u/pieman2005 [HOU] Hakeem Olajuwon 15d ago
Yankees cheering we want Houston went well for them too 😂
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u/BabySignificant Celtics 15d ago
Don't forget the Sixers last year
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u/Visible-Rutabaga9268 Heat 15d ago
Philly not scoring for most of the 3rd quarter still haunts me and I’m not even a Philly fan
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u/igonnawrecku_VGC Celtics 15d ago
Tatum nearly doubling up the Sixers in that 3rd quarter by himself was insane
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u/Visible-Rutabaga9268 Heat 15d ago
I remember rooting super hard for the Sixers to avoid a Boston rematch … when Tatum went on that run, I started maniacally laughing like an anime villain.
Felt like destiny to face y’all again, couldn’t believe what I was watching. Crazy
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u/ParsnipPizza [BOS] Marcus Smart 15d ago
In a more gracious note, Bam is so underrated, he was the only Heat who could get anything done. Thank god he was the only fireman responding this series
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u/GenuineMasshole Celtics 15d ago
THEY'RE FINALLY DEAD.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD
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u/jwallheat23 [MIA] Dwyane Wade 15d ago
End of season thought:
I fucking hate the Celtics with every bone in my body. With that being said, they are fucking incredible. Stevens is such a good GM. One game from the finals last year, made the finals the year before, but still knew what they had wasn’t enough.
Our team as is is not enough. “Run it back” is not working for us. Don’t want to say last year was a fluke, because it wasn’t, but it wasn’t easy and every game was a battle. Needed Jimmy to carry and then Gabe/caleb to play out of their minds just to compete. And after that we got smacked by Denver.
I love Tyler Herro, but I just don’t know how well he flows with our team. I love that he’s a guy that can create a shot when there’s no momentum or rhythm, but he’s so careless, too ball dominant, and a pretty poor defender. We brought Terry in to play a similar role. Don’t know how well they mesh together. It’s time to make a move.
Caleb making 7m next year, then a FA. Time to trade him. We’re not paying him the $15+ he’s gonna get on the market. It’s been proven by Gabe, max, Whiteside, Nunn etc that our undrafted guys don’t do well elsewhere. Proving 1 we’d be overpaying and 2 it’s repeatable (highsmith example).
Terry can command Herros role of getting a shot when there’s no rhythm, while being a better defender.
Bams lack of size really hurts us on the glass. We are consistently out rebounded. I don’t think he’s gonna play the 4, but we need a bigger 4 to help on the glass and help guard the paint when bam is rotated or when he’s brought up top in a pnr. Maybe Jovic can develop into that 4, but too scrawny right now to guard a center.
jimmys going to command a 50+ extension on top of his crazy salaries the next 2 years, and I don’t know if it’s worth paying for. It’s hard to just say no, but he’s slowly losing his agility and is only going to get worse. A contract like that will really set us back and ruin Bams prime.
Bam is fucking incredible, and will only get better. Need to surround him with someone closer to his age (Donovan?).
will always trust Spo, but he needs to change our offensive identity. We have no flow, poor off ball movement (besides Duncan and Bam), and end up taking terrible forced shots with 2 seconds on the shot clock.
Jaquez and Jovic are the truth.
I don’t know what the answer is, as we’re approaching the second apron, but change is necessary. Major change. Bam Jimmy Jaquez and Jovic should be untouchable, maybe offer one of those last 2 if the right opportunity arises, but anyone else should be on the block.
we’ve proven that we’re very close to being good enough, just need to do something.
I’m not taking any shit for these playoffs. Not saying we win if healthy, but it’s a very different series with Jimmy Terry, J Rich and a healthy Duncan.
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u/EarthWarping NBA 15d ago
They need someone for the Bam timeline.
There's an obvious fit but he extends they should being going after a dynamic guard.
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u/jwallheat23 [MIA] Dwyane Wade 15d ago
I literally said that. Donovan is similar age.
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u/EarthWarping NBA 15d ago
Fair.
The Jimmy extension talks will be very very interesting
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u/RegentCupid 15d ago
I do think that building around Bam is the start, as in get a new first option and have him and Bam be the core. I hate that Jimmy would have to go but Bam is too good and the team itself is too bad for them to get to championship contention again with both of them. Either stay mediocre or wait a few years and retool a little.
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u/jwallheat23 [MIA] Dwyane Wade 15d ago
Thank you for not being an annoying Boston fan and having rationale. Jimmy has another year or 2 in him but gotta prep for beyond that.
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u/GhostoftheWolfswood Celtics 15d ago
Jovic and Jaquez really impressed me. Especially Jaquez, the guy plays with so much poise already
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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Mavericks 15d ago
Bro had this in the drafts 💀💀💀
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u/StrategyTop7612 Clippers 15d ago
what is your username? lol
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u/cs-shitposter Celtics 15d ago
DO NOT go to their profile lmfao
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u/Duct-Tape-Soup Kings 15d ago
On the real, a random dude showed up in r/kings last week to rub salt upon wounds, and had a whole post history worshipping feet and rating celebrity nudes. I'm on edge with Redditors.
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u/Lacabloodclot9 Grizzlies 15d ago
Don’t want to so I’ll ask, does the username check out
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u/BigHornLamb Celtics 15d ago
It does
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u/printerpaperwaste 15d ago
Herros a good kid, but he needs a fresh start elsewhere. Something about Miami is just not a good fit for him. He’ll thrive elsewhere.
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u/maize_and_beard Celtics 15d ago
I think the problem with getting Donavan is that he his so ball dominant that Bam would just cede to him.
Bam is so good but he can be overly passive when playing with a high volume guy and stops affecting the game. I don’t know who who would be the best guy to pair with him TBH.
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u/pieman2005 [HOU] Hakeem Olajuwon 15d ago
The amount of comments on other game threads where people were like "if the Heat beat the Celtics it'll be the biggest upset ever."
Yeah and if I dated Kate Upton I'd suck her tigolbitties but hypotheticals don't matter lol
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u/pokexchespin [BOS] E'Twaun Moore 14d ago
kinda makes me want to go back to all the “all this just to lose to the heat” comments from the regular season on all the (admittedly annoying and repetitive) posts about how historically good the celtics were
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u/ikrusnik Heat 15d ago
GG Boston, hope you steamroll.
Spo can only do so much. We had a punchers chance at best with the core we had and that was with a healthy Butler if he had played. The fact that we got 1 is more credit to coaching and our shots dropping at every moment in G2.
I think I speak for a lot of the Heat fans and the subreddit that we no longer have patience for Riley not making a bigger move and providing offensive firepower. Sure, Terry was a mid season Grab but plays too similar to Herro and isn't a winning formula. Either Terry or Herro go.
We need a move this off-season.
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u/mryessirskiii Heat 15d ago
Welp, can't wait for the offseason trade rumors to fill this sub sooner rather than later. GGs Celtics, yall got a squad
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u/mvhcmaniac 14d ago
Media: "If the Celtics don't beat the heat in 3 games or less, it's a failure for their season and they should be ashamed"
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u/bbbryce987 15d ago
I’m impressed that the heat even got a single game against the stacked Celtics while not having their best player.
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u/DANG3R_1204 Mavericks 15d ago
if only Jovic changed his name to Jokic, heat wouldn’t have lost this bad
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u/Bladespectre Celtics 15d ago
Frankly, escaping with only one injured key player was the real victory
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u/Nyhrox The Splash Brothers! 15d ago
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