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Miami Heat Roundtable: What does a perfect team look like?

By Allana Tachauer

Jason Williams #55 and Shaquille O'Neal #32 of the Miami Heat discuss strategy (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
Jason Williams #55 and Shaquille O'Neal #32 of the Miami Heat discuss strategy (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 08: Retired American professional basketball player Shane Battier speaks with the media during a press conference after Vince Carter #15 of the Memphis Grizzlies (not pictured) was awarded the 2015-16 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award prior to Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors at Quicken Loans Arena on June 8, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH – JUNE 08: Retired American professional basketball player Shane Battier speaks with the media during a press conference after Vince Carter #15 of the Memphis Grizzlies (not pictured) was awarded the 2015-16 Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award prior to Game 3 of the 2016 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors at Quicken Loans Arena on June 8, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

So who is one player from the past you wish was still on the team?

Leniart: The first names on my list are LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Those would be the easy answers. I’ll make this a bit more difficult on myself. I think Shane Battier would make a great addition to this Heat team. He is the prototypical “glue guy” in the NBA. Battier has an exceptionally high basketball IQ and he knows the role that he needs to fill on an NBA team. He’s a good 3-point shooter and an excellent defender. He also has the size and strength to play power forward in certain lineups. The current Heat roster is a bit thin on big men that can stretch the floor on offense and defend the perimeter on defense. Adding a player like Battier to their rotation would help cover up those deficiencies.

Eyrich: Jason (White Chocolate) Williams. He might not have been one of the most valuable players in the Heat’s history, but his game was memorizing. He was crafty with his style and that was just his signature at the time. Plus, who can forget how big he came up in Game 6 versus the Detroit Pistons in 2006? Hitting his first 10 field goals was a huge reason the Heat made it to the NBA Finals. 

Shofner: I was always a huge fan of Williams too.  As someone who appreciates a steady, pass-first point guard, he was a magician on the basketball court and one of the most exciting to watch.  If you haven’t gone down the rabbit hole and watched his son play, he could be just as majestic as his father was. Maybe the Heat can eventually draft his kin one day. That’s something that I would love to see.

Rahming: Bosh. It’s been one unfortunate set back after another for the man. I know that he’d still be a productive member of the team, while providing veteran leadership to those younger than him. He would fit well with so many iterations of the Heat lineup that it’d be a no-brainer to keep him on the roster, as long as he could get up and down the court.

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