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Kel’el Ware may force his way into starting 5 because of Heat’s one big weakness

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The Miami Heat are facing a number of issues ahead of the upcoming NBA season. One of them, thankfully, has a pretty obvious solution.

While the Heat are collectively getting clobbered on the glass—47.6 rebounding percentage, 25th overall, per NBA.com—they just so happen to have the preseason's best rebounder in second-year center Kel'el Ware, who's grabbed 11 per game so far. While there are other reasons to get excited about his play, it's his activity on the boards that could make head coach Erik Spoelstra rethink the makeup of his starting frontcourt.