The Miami Heat will enter the 2015-16 season with the goal of re-establishing themselves as the top team in the Eastern Conference.
While the Heat go into the regular season with high expectations, Charles Barkley has the team finishing fourth in the East in 2016. During a conference call to promote Inside the NBA early on in the week, the former basketball great selected the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks as the three best teams in the conference.
Barkley was quick to point out how talented the Heat’s starting lineup is, but made sure to point out that a lot of the team’s success will depend on Hassan Whiteside’s development:
“They got Goran Dragic now.