Everyone wanted the Miami Heat to significantly boost their offense over the offseason. Well, they have done just that. And yet, almost no one is talking about it, largely because superstar acquisitions make the NBA go ‘round, but also because it’s pretty clear that Norman Powell remains wildly underrated.
Conventional offseason critiques gravitate toward the biggest names. Understandably so. The Heat, in particular, are among the Association’s foremost star-chasers. Their success or failure is so often boiled down to whether they land the next big fish.
But Miami’s summer is concrete proof that it doesn’t need another star to win the offseason—even if landing that star is the ultimate goal.