With the NBA season just around the corner, ESPN doesn't have high hopes for the Miami Heat. For what it's worth, it also doesn't have low expectations in 2025-26.
A new simulation of the season for Miami has the Heat basically winding up in the same position they closed out 2024-25 in.
And if these projections come true, it could be a snoozer of a season for Miami.
Miami is projected to finish in the middle
ESPN ran a computer simulation of the entire NBA season, and it has the Heat finishing with a record of 42-40 and finishing 8th in the Eastern Conference.