Heat fans were treated to seeing the trio of Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, and Kyle Lowry in action for the first time in the 35th season in franchise history during the Miami Heat’s one-sided 109-80 preseason victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday.
What else was seen was a Miami team who could have defeated an Eastern Conference foe in the regular season with the kind of effort they received from the entire roster, even with Tyler Herro, Caleb Martin, Victor Oladipo, Gabe Vincent, and Omer Yurtseven all inactive.
That’s because of a couple of the young standouts on the Heat’s developmental program that shared the spotlight, proving once again that even as Miami loses role players on the team, they find ways to replace them through internal development:
Jamal Cain and first-round draft pick Nikola Jovic particularly stand out.