The Miami Heat are already a good team, but can they get better? It won’t be by trade, at least not for a superstar, but here is exactly why it won’t happen.
The Miami Heat are a pretty good team. Coming on the heels of a nasty defeat at the hands of the lowly Washington Wizards, it doesn’t exactly seem like the right day to make that proclamation, although it’s true nonetheless.
Like every other team that has figured out that they are a “good” one at this point in the respective season, the Miami Heat may look to tinker a bit. This would be them looking to see if there are moves out there that could potentially serve to take them over the top, thrusting them from just being a good team, to possibly being a full-on title contender in the most real of ways. There can be real hurdles there though for the Heat, especially if they are looking to make a splash move or one that nets them a superstar player in return, but here’s why.
The Miami Heat’s last game against the Washington Wizards is the perfect example to use here. The Heat were beaten and there is no excuse for that, however, a reason that can be pointed to for that defeat is the lack of deployment of unused options by Coach Spoelstra. This specifically means James Johnson and Dion Waiters, who both have barely played at all this season for whatever the reasons are, but still fill spots on the roster and the bench.
The Miami Heat have experienced major issues in recent weeks, and for the entirety of the season for that matter, reflective of their lack of depth in general or the lack of depth that they deploy. This is where the answer starts to become clear.
The Miami Heat can’t make a splash move, for say a Chris Paul, a Russell Westbrook, or a Jrue Holiday because to do that would ultimately and definitely require shipping out quite a few more talented and useful players than they would get back. Frankly, the top-end talent is fine for the Heat and I would dare to say that I don’t even want them to entertain the notion of taking on either of the three mentioned and for various reasons.
By shipping out so many pieces, that would give the Heat greater issues in the depth department and for a team that already currently has depth issues as they sit, one player and no matter their greatness, cannot account for all the usable bodies that they would have to send out to land said superstar. There are other reasons that one can point to, but this is one of the most important and pressing. That is why the Miami Heat won’t make a splash move this season, or at least they shouldn’t.