At 10-5 the Heat are tied for the 2nd best record in the East and 4th best record in the NBA through 15 games. Lots to like about this team to start season.

The Heat is not a contender, at best a play-in team , probably will lose the playoffs. They lost Strus and Vincent.

Well it’s still soon on the season. Reaching roughly 20% , but seams that people never learn. I am not talking about here or others teams sub, but the specialized media .

3 conference finals and 2 NBA finals last 4 years and they still count us out !

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      10 months ago

      Yeah I don’t know who this “some people never learn” is directed at but it ain’t the Celtics fans.

      I will fear this team u til I see Jimmy butlers body out into his grave

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      10 months ago

      This is exactly how I felt about Tom Brady and the patriots for like two continuous decades. Like ok Tom we get that you’re the GOAT can you please just like, go away now?

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        10 months ago

        I totally see that. I probably would have despised him just like I’m starting to despise Mahomes if I wasn’t a pats fan. I’m so glad I got to watch him for my whole life, he’ll be my favorite athlete for all time

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    10 months ago

    Herro is never beating the “team is better without him” allegations

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    10 months ago

    They don’t even got Herro back yet since he’s been out for a couple games damn they’re taking off running this season.

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      10 months ago

      Give the man a break, he can’t be celebrating his birthday and podcasting at the same time

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        10 months ago

        “Hello Everyone! Welcome back to the Happy Birthday Duncan Podcast, with your host Duncan Robinson.”

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        You’re right, Magic have way more upside whereas the Heat have very clearly hit their ceiling

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          Uh huh. Let’s go with that.

          Aside from that, the Heat have arguably the best coach in the league, two players that are much better than the Magic’s best player, and have consistently shown their hot starts aren’t flukes by actually making the postseason and regularly making deep playoff runs.

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          I’ve heard the Magic have had upside for over 20 years. I’m more inclined to believe they’ll screw up this batch of talent as they do with all their young talent.

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    10 months ago

    Their schedule hit a super easy stretch right when they needed it to regain their footing and they took advantage of it. Good for them.

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    Duncan is back, Haysmith is showing up, JJJ is really proving himself and Bam took a step forward - I still think we should move Tyler (great player, clearly took a step up, but his offensive style does seem to clash with the team), but at the same time we can afford to wait for the right offer

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    The Heat is not a contender, at best a play-in team

    They’ve had the most success by far out of any team in the East since Jimmy arrived there, 2 Finals and another CF in 4 years, and people are really still acting like they’re not contenders.

    The East runs through Miami until proven otherwise

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    10 months ago

    This is just a bunch of nonsense. The Heat had some detractors, but by in large they were talked about all offseason as a top-4 team in the East. All summer people were talking about who the playoff teams were after MIL, BOS, & MIA.

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      Several national media basketball guys said they may not even be a play in team because they “lost 2 starters” from their finals team. Several. This year’s Heat team is significantly deeper.

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        Several. Oh well. Now who could argue with several.

        I mean, I’ve person after person after person after person talk about the Heat as the 3rd best team in the East all summer. But I can’t argue with several.

        They were widely regraded as a strong team in the Eastern conference. Several detractors does not make up that wide majority.

        Teams like Philly and Dallas - those teams were routinely dismissed by the media. The Heat weren’t.

        Don’t make this into an issue that didn’t really exist.

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          I mean, the downvotes tell the story. “Widely regarded as a top 4 seed” is patently false.

          Here were the storylines for the Heat all summer….

          “Heat fail to acquire Dame and fail the off-season.”

          “Heat don’t make any moves and lose 2 Finals starters.”

          “Heat have no assets.”

          “They may not be a play in team with these losses and failure to bring in more talent.”

          Check Marc Spears, Kevin O’Connor, Bleacher Report or any of the guys with national shows save for maybe Nick Wright.