Jimmy Butler + Bam Adebayo: Miami Heat’s Duo in Trouble?
Can the Miami Heat overcome their early-season challenges? With Jimmy Butler’s passive performance and Bam Adebayo’s offensive struggles, the Heat’s start has been less than stellar.
Butler managed only 15 points, appearing fatigued, while Adebayo’s lack of aggression raises concerns. In contrast, Tyler Herro shines with a 34-point game, showcasing his adaptation to the new offensive system. The Heat’s persistent third-quarter issues, often losing leads when Butler sits, add to the team’s woes. Wes Goldberg and David Ramil also discuss the impact of the Heat’s offseason inactivity compared to teams like the Knicks.
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0:00 Intro
1:45 Miami vs. Knicks Analysis
10:40 Jimmy Butler’s Performance
19:56 Bam Adebayo’s Offensive Struggles
25:02 Tyler Herro’s Performance
29:54 Third Quarter Woes
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38 Comments
If Bam and Jimmy show up, we win.
celtics
cavs
knicks
pacers
magic
are ALL better than the heat. Not mentioning bucks/sixers cause im not a believer. But those teams above are a tier above the heat. The heat cant score. They suck at home. Cant beat any good teams. 2nd worse offense in the nba. And your star player looks checked out, a slap in the face to fans who use their hard earned money to support him.
We need to make some moves at by the trade deadline.
Can we talk about Duncan robinson playing with no confidence and shooting at a horrible percentage to start the season. He does not look engaged or energised at all
Time to trade Jimmy and like i said Bam is not a Superstar. Tonight Brunson struggled early and KAT took over that's what stars do
Wonder how bad Ware is, if he still can't get any mins at all. Especially with Love not playing and Bam struggling
Heat only got 6 steals. Where is the 15 like before? Cmon
It’s the rotation
Please talk about SPO coaching; I think it is time to question his game plans.
preach dave!
Man I watch every game bam goes full quarters getting open 3s yes but he ain't or ain't felt like he involved in the offense all year it is what it is if we had a actual playmaking guard or with Harden skills per say wonder what bam would be doing we just iso with Tyler or Terry and nobody else gets to do nothing on offense how you going get a rhythm
the message is there, bam does not want to play at the 5 anymore; start ware, and move him
to the PF, period.
Rotation problem, and for goodness sake not to give Jimmy a pass but he was defending OG and at one point Kat , Jimmy plays better sometimes with the bench because he actually gets the ball,in the starting unit he becomes the 3rd or fourth option ,and how do we know what Spo has planned for the game , and Hero got going because of Jimmy driving and kicking the ball to him, Jimmy should be the 2 so he has to have the ball
You are not right dukie!…
Let's be honest, we're a really bad team in the NBA. Refs are going to help us out as much as possible, just like they did this game.
In some instances, we'll win.
Pat and the Front office are looking to clean house and this is the justification to do so. Wins and Losses won't matter, playoff success won't be there but if it is it'll fall short of remaining with the Heat.
We'll get a wealth of draft picks and nice formidable players.
Or we run it back again next year and I'm wrong.
Dukie mouth on fire!!!jajaja
When people are constantly reading about who needs to be traded who would feel motivated if they feel unwanted and unneeded and like they don’t contribute. Pat Riley was so negative this summer. Couldn’t he have made those remarks in-house only. Remarks like that don’t make anyone want to play harder if that was his intent.
Jimmy and Spo sold out the Heat tonight! They f@ckin wasted Tyler's night! Tyler was cookin and nobody showed up to support him on the offensive end. Jimmy, Bam and TRoz were all a no show! The Heat should consider trading Bam together with Jimmy to start and rebuild! I f@ckin hate losin against the Knicks! Spo kept playing trash players like Duncan, TB and Dru Smith my goodness! I would rather have him play the rookies (Kelel Ware, Pelle Larson, and Keshad Johnson) I would rather see them fail than watch those garbage players get garbage minutes!!! Spo should go! He's a stupid coach!
It’s OFFICIALLY over for this Miami team
I Swear If We Lose To The Washington Wizards Saturday I Hope They BLOW UP THIS ROSTER!!!!!………Except Rozier And Herro 💯
The Heat need a traditional PG, playmaker who can score. Harden fits the bill, isn't making a lot of money, and only has 1 more year on his contract.
How about Harden & PJ for Rozier or Herro and pieces?
Bam can play good or bad. It doesn’t really affect the team. They can win when he plays bad. Jimmy has to be good for the team for them to have any chance. Especially in the playoffs. Well Tyler can win them 2 post season games. But only Jimmy makes them a good team
you guys are so lenient on Bam but when Jimmy isn’t producing what he is capable of it’s the end of the world. it’s clear that front office mouthpiece wes goldberg wants Jimmy gone. He’s wanted him out of here since 2022 😂. Have the same energy for 8 YEAR VETERAN Bam Adebayo. You guys are acting like he is a young player in his 3rd year. He is not. His bad performances should be scrutinized just like Jimmy’s.
Think spo needs to open that rotation. Let some of these young guys get some run.
This was the season that was supposed to unleash Bam's offense. Instead his offense is way worse.
Bam Adebayo looks coward as always. Overrated.
Turd quarter struggles continue 🤦🏾♂️. Kat looked like a lion tonight 😂. This team is loaded with complimentary pieces but no real leader. Jimmy is a 2nd option and Bam is a 3rd. This offense was hard to watch tonight, seems like we have to work so hard to score at times
The loss was tragic, but great episode guys!
Bam and Spo get blame pie for this one. Bam played like a deer in headlights, is he cos playing as a big man this year?
Spo didn’t help with rotations. At this point, I’d leave Duncan out and give Highsmith his minutes off the bench. Jimmy has carried this franchise on his back and the front office has just wasted his time. #justiceforjimmy
with the bad 3rd q the poor free throws and Jimmy going missing half the time they are not competing for a ring
bam has been worryingly bad
Jimmy had two great before this one he can’t be it every night he’s an iso player bam is just a lob player witch should be getting the switch and bully every other player in the paint. terry and Tyler are dribblers someone needs to get everyone in position to score or something plus should’ve added Ware and Christopher…
Jimmy had 15pts in 6-9FG, 0-2open 3s, and barely missed a midrange(should've been foul) and even cooked OG 3times. Hahaha. Yeah trade, doesn't wanna play with a team that lost its identity defensively, even bad offensively.
I honestly think they need to take Rozier out of the starting lineup they have too many ball dominant players on the floor
😂😂😂😂 the writing is on the wall for all you Miami heat fans man and y'all just can't see it y'all's heads are stuck in the clouds and still thinking y'all are competing for a championship when right now as it stands the only thing yellow compete for is a play in spot did y'all really expect anything to be different with the same exact team except for a few new players you drafted I mean come on that's the definition of insanity
The Heat trying to play like the rest of the league with 3point shots each possession. Where Jimmy don’t specialize in and he’s a guy who needs the ball to get into rhythm, along with Bam. Their style is old school and Miami should know you can’t play today type of basketball with them in the lineup. Meaning if the Heat want to shoot 3s with the best of them, try it with your second unit. Also Jimmy getting a pay day with a real playoff team if not Miami. But Pat made a promise to Jimmy and Bam, basically failed both those guys. All the other teams upgraded in the east. Then Miami did nothing, now everything Jimmy fault. End of the day it takes money to win a war and it takes money to win a championship
Bam already signed an extension and severely underperformed
Can't score and more over can't make rebounds and block shot
Tonight Jaime led in reboinds while of all players Dru Smith led in blocks
What a bum!
They should have played Kalel ware jovic is trash and bam needs to move to the 4 he ain’t no center please I don’t want to see Bryant shooting 3s and grabbing no boards we will loose a lot more games
Its been 4 games and yall stay on jimmy n bam maybe they see what we all see bam said he’s tired of playing the 5 why tf yall haven’t said nothing but Duncan trash ass every year we have to deal with his lack of confidence no defense having ass y’all really expect a 35 year old to save the franchise every night what about coaching isn’t that apart of the game since spo divorce he’s been mid look at Dallas they built around Luka n Irving Celtics built around Jt n Jb as a heat fan for over 20 years you want me to trust Thomas fukin Bryant and Dru Smith no defense Duncan and at this point I’m questioning Spo because you got something to prove too you haven’t won shit without hof players and arguably 2 goats at they position 3 if you to include shaq because you being out coached by guys they saying you better than and it’s starting to be a trend