The Miami Heat shouldn’t sacrifice chemistry for phantom upgrade

The Miami Heat have been linked to several players in this short offseason, dating back to early last season. They shouldn’t sacrifice chemistry for the phantom upgrade.

The Miami Heat were a really good basketball team this past season. Though they ended up needing another piece or two, by the looks of it, to finish the deal, they were still a good team.

Some might even say that those pieces aren’t anything major, as they were down two of their top three players for a good part of the NBA Finals series, while some might even call for plug and plays on the impending free agents and to run it back. That would mean filling Derrick Jones Jr, Meyers Leonard, and Solomon Hill‘s (who, on the right deal could fill that Derrick Jones Jr. role, but that’s another topic), and running it right back.

Here’s the thing though, there is a camp out there that thinks the Miami Heat need major upgrades. That would inevitably mean giving up pieces and players that we consider to be assets or a major part of what helped them to get as far as they did this year.

Let’s take a closer look at that though. While their talent was apart of the reason that they were able to go as far as they did this season, that wasn’t the only aspect of this Heat team that propelled them to success.

Their chemistry and comradery had a major part in it as well. This team played super hard for one another and that is because they really and truly like one another.

The Miami Heat will try to upgrade this offseason, but at what cost?

This team was literally as close as a family. Take the following for example.

https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1322278351193604096

For the Miami Heat to move any of their key pieces, young or veteran in most cases, would be to sacrifice chemistry for a phantom upgrade. What this means is that though it may seem like an upgrade on paper, it may not actually be.

Perhaps you are getting what is perceived to be a more talented player, but what you would lose synergy wise might make it a negative or moot move. It’s really a tricky situation and one that I am glad I don’t have to make the call in.

We trust Pat Riley to make the right decisions. We always have and we always will, as he hasn’t done totally wrong by us yet.

It will be an interesting offseason though and if nothing else due to the compact nature of it all. We can’t wait to see how it all shakes out, but this is something that we should all monitor moving forward.