It may have taken the Miami Heat all of one preseason game to unveil their new planned starting five. The biggest revelation: Nikola Jovic is in it. Kel’el Ware is not.
A similarly big revelation: Head coach Erik Spoelstra may be prepared to start both Tyler Herro and Norman Powell, once the former returns from his left ankle surgery.
Jovic received the nod over Ware for Miami’s preseason opener against the Orlando Magic. This doesn’t have to be a permanent call. Exhibition games are a time for experimentation. But moving him into the starting five jibes with the decision to give him a four-year, $62.