Miami Heat: Winning East Could Be Recipe For Spoelstra’s 1st NBA COY Award

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra reacts during the first half against the Milwaukee Bucks of game four of the second round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs(Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra reacts during the first half against the Milwaukee Bucks of game four of the second round of the 2020 NBA Playoffs(Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
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Miami Heat: It Won’t Be Easy, But Winning The East Is Possible For Them

In fact, if you take a total tally of all the talent on any of those teams, the Miami Heat have just as much as any others. The Heat have more talent than Philly, though Joel is the best player of them all.

Milwaukee has the best player as well, but you take the Heat’s three over their next two as well, such as the case with Philly. When it comes to Brooklyn, they have the best two players.

However, it goes Jimmy, then Kyrie. But, after Kyrie, the next eight guys or so are probably all Heat guys.

It’s actually pretty funny how that all plays out. The point of it all is this.

The Miami Heat actually do have enough talent to win the Eastern Conference during the regular season. Whether they want to or not, is a totally different story.

They probably won’t risk injury or burnout to win the regular season title, while they may also choose to save their guys for the postseason run. They should give it a solid shot though.

Not only would it help them along their postseason run, by having better seeding, but it could also be the thing to finally put Spo over the top. He has been a good coach and a deserving one for quite some time now.

If they can win a tough Eastern Conference this year, he’ll go from “deserving” to “reigning” NBA Coach Of The Year. Something improbable is, seemingly, what it’ll take.