The Miami Heat may already be 26 games into 2017-18, but fans have rarely seen Miami Heat Basketball being played.
That is, fluid ball-movement, sharp-shooting from downtown and high-level defense.
Instead, this team has struggled with inconsistency across the board. Looking more like the 11-30 group Heat Nation wishes to forget, than the 30-11 success story that had the entire league talking.
To play Devil’s Advocate, not completely without reason. After all, there have been a handful of health issues, most notably Rodney McGruder’s leg fracture and Hassan Whiteside’s twice over knee bruise. And yes, Justise Winslow’s return and the addition of Kelly Olynyk forced head coach Erik Spoelstra to make some strategical changes.