Q: Ira, missed second-half pictures appears to be the Heat’s largest downside. Maybe go a bit deeper into the bench and the blokes will likely be more energizing within the fourth quarter. – Chuck.
A: To who? They’ve tried Haywood Highsmith, with uneven outcomes. So you’re principally all the way down to Nikola Jovic, in any other case. Yes, I may see spot minutes for Nikola. But with the Heat solely carrying 16, with Victor Oladipo and Omer Yurtseven sidelined, with Udonis Haslem nearly solely as mentor, and with Jamal Cain within the G League for wanted seasoning, the one gamers on the skin of the combo in the meanwhile are Highsmith, Jovic and Dru Smith. Otherwise, the opposite 9 have been enjoying.
Q: The Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers are comfortably on the prime of the East. The Miami Heat are already 5 video games again within the loss column. How do the Heat flip issues round? – Stuart, Miami.
A: By appreciating the extent of competitors within the convention and appreciating that these early-season losses to the likes of the Kings and Pacers can actual a toll. The Bucks we knew about. But with the best way the Cavaliers are enjoying, in the event you additionally issue within the Celtics, this might be an all-out scramble for the ultimate homecourt spot within the first spherical of the playoffs. And proper now, the Hawks are wanting like they might be within the prime 4 within the East, as nicely.
Q: Jamal Cain is lighting it up with 40 factors and 21 rebounds in his first two Sioux Falls Skyforce G League video games. Don’t you suppose the Heat ought to quick observe him into the rotation, identical to they did with Caleb Martin final 12 months. We may actually use his power off the bench proper now. – Greg, Jacksonville.
A: The Heat fast-tracked Caleb Martin as a result of he was getting it completed on the NBA stage, and already had completed so with the Hornets. Jamal Cain is on a far completely different timeline. We’re speaking two video games right into a G League season. Maybe later this season, however first we have to see extra of a pattern dimension.
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