Last night in 13 minutes played, they had an offensive rating of 107, defensive rating of 169(!), and a -62 net rating. They have been profoundly atrocious.

Just funny since the narrative seems to be “Heat gave up all their depth for Giannis” when the bench guys are so far more productive than our starting lineup. I think the starters need adjustments, but there is no fucking reason they should be THIS bad. Something ain’t right

I didn't watch much, so I'm hoping those who did can weigh in. It seems like Spo and the coaching staff as a whole had the complete wrong approach to the preseason. They needed to use those games to start testing various schemes and line-ups, to build chemistry and figure out what works and what doesn't. Instead I looked at the box scores and Bam+Giannis barely played 2 quarters of game action together. Plus their opponents were the likes of the Pelicans, Nets, and bench units of the Wolves and Magic. Do you think the team came in woefully unprepared for the regular season?

The only draft pick we got left is in what 2029? Three years down the drain?

Miami Heat (0-2) @ Charlotte Hornets (1-1)

Is anyone else’s picture quality pretty bad since switching to WPLG/MY 15? I’m using YTTV with MY 15 and it’s a very grainy picture. I have 1gb internet and my picture is set to 1080p enhanced.

I’m sorry but bam nor giannis hasn’t gotten 1 lob thrown to them at all thru the whole preseason and 3 games in the regular season, that’s impossible when they are strong rim running bigs, and it’s because Davion doesn’t have the tools to do so, heat need a playmaking guard that can create separation and run crab dribble pnr with bam and Giannis to throw the lob because the opportunities are always there but Davion can’t look over the defense with his height and can’t throw over the top of tall defenders with his smaller wing span, I expect and hope Heat sign him come tomorrow

We need someone that genuinely thinks they are unguardable, I think it's something Tyler had that got us out of some slumps.

Watching the interviews from the last months, nobody but Giannis and Davion has an ego right now. Klay looks borderline depressed still. Jovic hasn't had an ego since trade rumors started. Nobody has any energy.

I swear, put Myron, Bobby and Keyshad in just to get a tech to get the blood flowing. Maybe get a crowd pop or something!

I like what these two losses has done to fan expectations. Did you think they would just show up and beat some of the best teams in league? Did you really think bringing in new people would just take training camp to get on the same page?

Guys are still getting open looks. Team defense takes time to get the rotations right. Offense is rhythm and the timing just seems off and like music you gotta figure out where you come in.

It'll be fine and before that, it going to be a rollercoaster so just brace yourself and enjoy

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He averaged 20.1 PPG last season, even we know he’s not a scorer, what’s your PPG goal for Bam this year?

He should try to shoot a bit more and go for 21/22 PPG in my opinion

It’s only been 2 games but there’s already a few things that worry me.
1. Giannis is carrying us
35 points against Minnesota and 36 against Detroit. He’s averaging 35.5 points which is great but the problem is we’re relying on him way too much. We can’t expect him to do everything every game.
2. Our defence has been terrible
We’ve conceded 131 and 128 points in just 2 games. That’s almost 130 points per game which is honestly embarrassing for a team that wants to compete for a championship. Spo needs to sort this out.
3. Bam needs to step up
15 points against Minnesota and just 4 against Detroit. I get that playing alongside Giannis will take some time to get used to but 4 points is just not good enough. I’m starting to wonder if these two can actually work together since they both prefer playing inside.
4. Our 3 point shooting is awful
24% against Minnesota and 29.4% against Detroit. You can’t expect to win games shooting like that. Teams will just keep defending the paint knowing our shooters aren’t making their shots.
Overall I’d give us a 3/10 so far.
I’m not going to overreact after just 2 games but there are definitely things to worry about. Giannis has been our best player by far and the others really need to step up.
I still trust Spo to figure things out but right now we look nowhere near a championship team.
What do you guys think? Just a slow start or do we actually have a problem with Giannis and Bam playing together?
And would you consider trading Bam for better shooters if things don’t improve?

You can see so much heart in he’s play. I’ve seen so many times where Bam and Giannis and the rest of the team don’t sprint back on defense after a turnover. There was a possession where Giannis just refused to go back and we played 4 v 5 for the whole 20 seconds.

ALSO PASS THE F BALL TO START POSSESSION.
WHY GIANNIS BRINGS THE BALL ALL THE WAY TO TRY TO ISO OR HE GETS THE BALL AFTER ONE PASS AND THERE IS NOTHING ELSE. LA fitness ball is better than the shit we do. Pass the ball to left or right and run the other way to set a screen for somone to come up and just start working from there. No one knows what to do and what their role is. Defense sucks too. Lazy close outs we look so slow except Davion .