Finally…the Miami Heat the defending Eastern Conference champs seem to be healthy and in some semblance of what they should be with one week left in the NBA’s regular season.
Miami with four games left is the No. 6 seed right now which isn’t great because Milwaukee is the No. 3 seed. I would think Eric Spoelstra and group need to bump up to the the fourth or fifth positions in this last week of the season.
But finally the Heat seem to be ready to defend their crown in the wide open Eastern Conference. Actually, this will be be the first year in the Thunder Era where I plan on watching more of the playoffs in the East than in the West. My former Philly Sixers are the the No. 1 seed in the East and then of course there’s Tyler Herro’s wink with the Miami Heat.
Tyler’s wink only saw seventeen minutes on the Boston floor on this Mother’s Day.
If you can’t tell I’m fairly jacked about the East right now. But the West will have some moments depending on the health of LeBron.
As far as the Heat…Jimmy Butler is playing like he should be playing and the other eight guys who saw the floor on Sunday in Boston are playing to their roles.
Tyler Herro isn’t starting as he was earlier in the season and was actually the ninth guy on Sunday for the Heat. I think what Coach Spoelstra is trying to convey to Tyler right now is the thought…’Tyler, please pick it the fuck up or else some of your minutes will go elsewhere.’
Trevor Ariza played over thirty minutes on Sunday and Dwayne Dedmon has assumed the blue collar Nick Collison role for the Heat.
I watched the Heat on Christmas Day and thought they’d be the best team in the East come the playoffs. But I’m still holding my breath because both Philly and Milwaukee are decent.
But as a fan of the Heat living in the woods of Deer Creek, Oklahoma…I’ll close this post out echoing Coach Spoelstra’s passion in regards to Tyler Herro..’Tyler..please pick it up and play like the player we know you should be.’
In spite of the Thunder’s tanking this season…I’m very jacked about the overall potential of the NBA Playoffs this season. It should be fun.
Sam Presti very much wanted Tyler Herro a year ago. This is why. Pick it up, Tyler. This would be the time. Jimmy Butler is the best player on your team. Your job is to make Jimmy Butler the best player on an NBA championship team. This is not complex.
Tyler… Jimmy Butler needs you to understand he’s the best player and if you played up to your potential you could be the second best player on this team which could make another run this post season. Let’s go. Love the suit you wore on Draft Day… btw.