Miami Heat Playoffs: ‘But Joel Embiid Was Hurt’ And Other ‘What If’ Games

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has a conversation with an official as Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry (7) looks on(Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports)
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has a conversation with an official as Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry (7) looks on(Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports)
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Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard (11) looks to get around Miami Heat guard Kyle Guy (5) and forward Chris Silva (30)(Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports)

Miami Heat Playoffs: The ‘Embiid Was Hurt’ And Other ‘What If’ Games

You know who these people are. They are the ones that are discounting the Miami Heat’s success, thus far, due to the path taken.

However, the Miami Heat haven’t had it easy, this year or over the past few.

Experiencing injury and absence all year, for as minor or as bad as any of them were, the Miami Heat excelled all year long via their depth, enough so to propel themselves all the way to the top seed in their conference. How about last year?

No one likes to speak on it, but here goes nothing. Yes, they were swept in the playoffs, but how about there being fewer days between last season and the bubble year than there were between the two parts of the bubble?

No one talks about that. How about in said NBA Bubble though?

That opens up another whole can of worms. Fortunately, it’s an easy can of worms to sort through.