While Heat coach Erik Spoelstra long ago proved his worth as one of the NBA's best, he's still facing the kind of puzzles even he might struggle to solve.
Like, say, deciding which of their young building blocks—Nikola Jovic or Kel'el Ware—would fit best into their fifth and final starting spot. It's a call he still hasn't made, even with the opening of the 2025-26 campaign now upon us.
Assuming Spo doesn't go super-sized and starts both, he'll have to choose between Jovic, the face-up forward, and Ware, the shot-blocking, floor-spacing center. While this decision can (and almost certainly will) change over the course of the season, I don't envy anyone forced to make it at any point.