External expectations for the Miami Heat are...how shall I put this...about as uninspiring as they can get. The quick read from the outside of this club is that it won't be great but also won't be brutally bad. In other words, it'll once again get stuck in the Association's dreaded midsection: not good enough to contend, not bad enough to get great draft lottery odds.
And, apparently, this oversight isn't just a team-specific thing, either. ESPN's Chris Herring and Kevin Pelton recently ranked the 14 newcomers they're most eager to watch during the upcoming season, and only slotted new Heat swingman Norman Powell into the No.