The Miami Heat take down the 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks in 5 games thanks to the most monstrous of back to back games from the best post season player in the association Jimmy Butler! We talk about his heroics, how well the role players stepped up and how badly the Bucks fell apart. We also address the Giannis post game press conference on if their season was a failure and Dan rants about The Greek Freaks weaknesses!
We then discuss the upcoming Knicks series, the key matchups, what the Heat need to do well and finish by laughing at Steven A Smith's comments on Butler not wanting to come into The Garden environment. ENJOY!
We came back for One Last Dance! (or was it?) Miami have signed Kevin Love and Cody Zeller in the buyout market to add some much needed spacing and size to the roster. Dan and the UK guys break down what Love can bring to a shockingly bad offensive team and how this could elevate them as we run into the business end of the season. We also look at how the starting lineup could evolve and how Kyle Lowry is now expected to accept any role required of him from here on out. It was great to be back! ENJOY!
We're at the 1/4 season mark of the season and the Miami Heat sit at 10-12 after a rollercoaster start to the season. David Ramil from Locked On Heat joins me to discuss the recent dominance of Bam Adebayo as he starts to look every part the future of this team! We also look at his relationship on court with Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler and if, once healthy this team can still become a challenger this season.
We also debate what version of Victor Oladipo we can expect to see as he inches closer to a comeback and finish by pinpointing which ONE thing the Miami Heat need to improve (aside from health) to see them climb the standings in the East. ENJOY!
This week I am joined by Miami's new Touchline TV Host Jeremy Tache! I took the opportunity to spend some time talking through the rise and evolution of Jeremy's broadcasting career, from Swings & Mishes, to Heat/Bally Sports touchline reporter. We also discussed the Heat getting back to .500 after a great win against the Suns and the latest on Oladipo's injury and the stretch of games coming Miami's way now with 8 of the next 10 being on the road. ENJOY!
Miami start the season 4-5. A lot of negatives and a few positives. We get into some fundamental reasons behind the slow start, debate Kyle Lowry's situation after rumours emerge that there's some unhappiness from his camp, we look at the flaws of this team, Tyler Herro's early reign as a starter and look ahead to a softer schedule after the Heat build on some momentum after registering back to back wins against the Warriors and Kings. ENJOY!
Giancarlo Navas from Miami Heat Beat is back for the annual Eastern Conference round robin seeding as we rank our 15-1 together. Where will the Heat seed? Who is too low? Who tops the East? As always this is one of the funnest episodes of the year! ENJOY!
Media Day has been and gone and Dan is joined by his UK Crew to pick the bones out of what went down! Were Kyle Lowry's comments fair or uncalled for regarding Pat Riley's conditioning demands, Can Yurt be called on more to help Miami deal with bigger sized teams? Does it matter who starts the season at the 4? Should Tyler be a starter or is he more suited for another year running the 2nd unit and what do we do regarding his contract extension? We got it all covered! ENJOY!
After Donovan Mitchell joins the Cavs, it seems it's officially Run it Back SZN for Miami! I'm joined by Sam Okwara and Sam Post to discuss the Heat's off-season strategy and if it's currently seen as a failure, could we have done anything differently and do what do we do between now and the start of the season. We talk about if Miami could have matched the Cavs offer for Mitchell and what this means for Tyler Herro after he bit back at his critics on Twitter.
We finish up with where the Heat sit in the East after the elevation of this Cavs trade and discuss the 'Championship or bust' mentality on social media. ENJOY!
This week I'm joined by Kenny Spence from Miami Heat Beat just as the news breaks about UD returning to the Heat for his 20th Season! We discuss his importance of the man not only on this team but to the city and what he brings to everyday life around the Heat roster. We also discuss our Starting 5 for Miami's opening game and why we are aligned in how it will work. We give our takes on the latest KD and Mitchell rumblings and if we would even do the trade for either player before finishing up with discussing Miami's opening handful of games after the schedule release earlier this week and I hit Kenny with some quickfire questions to wrap up! ENJOY!
We're back after a few weeks to recharge and boy do we have alot to catch up on! The UK crew are back with me to talk about the latest with the Kevin Durant trade saga after The Suns match Ayton's $133m/4 Year offer from The Pacers and debate whether this hinders them in a pursuit for KD. Dan shares some information on where the Heat feel they are positioned in the race and we look at some scenarios on how this could develop.
We also discuss the Donovan Mitchell trade after Utah decide to reset and if Miami should pursue this deal NOW or risk losing him to The Knicks and we finish by looking at the Plan C of filling out this roster if both deals don't go Miami's way and how they fill the void of losing PJ Tucker to the Sixers. ENJOY!
The season comes to an end after a Game 7 defeat to Boston. I'm joined by the UK crew to discuss how the Boston series went down, the Jimmy Butler game winning 3 pointer that wasn't to be, the lack of home court advantage and that damn Max Strus out of bounds call! We then look forward to one or two trade scenarios and what we would give up to see a potential Donavan Mitchell trade happen, can Tyler Herro become that player and is this the last we've seen on Duncan Robinson and Victor Oladipo. We finish by grading Miami's key players for the season.
Thanks you to everyone who has listened to our podcast this year! Season 3 in the books! We're already excited for what's next...
Bubble Fluke? Nah! Miami Heat face the Boston Celtics once again in the Eastern Conference Finals, a rematch of the 2020 matchup in the bubble. I'm joined by Five Reasons Sports Boy Wonder, Brady Hawk! Brady gives his insights into if he expected to see Boston in the Finals, if Jimmy Butler is the most in-form player remaining in the playoffs and if this is on level with as good as we've ever seen from a Heat player.
We then look at how important Bam and Tyler Herro will be and which players could be an X Factor in this series! Brady gives his thoughts on how Kyle will be managed and if there's any concern for his season ending, before we wrap up with some predictions and our reaction to Miami's odds to win the championship.
Always an absolute pleasure and an education talking to Brady! Enjoy the episode.
Miami take Game 1 of the series against the Sixers and we welcome Ben Glasspool from @UK76ers onto the show to get his insights on his team and the series going forward. Embiid's injury and what version of him will come back if indeed he does, the emergence of Tyrese Maxey and how Miami could have had him! We also discuss what version of James Harden the Sixers have traded for and where they go from here in terms of his contract extension and i get Ben's opinion on the infamous Harden / Herro trade scenario and what he would take if offered the trade right now!
We finish with our series predictions and his thoughts on this Miami team and if they can indeed go all the way to the title! ENJOY!
Dan is joined by family members Bobby Healy (Sixers fan) and cousin Chris Howard (Raptors fan) to preview and predict the Eastern Conference first round matchups. We discuss the Heat's long wait to find out who their opponent is and if that may hinder their preparations. We look at the blockbuster matchup of Boston vs Brooklyn and who is favoured between the well oiled ship of the Celtics or the superstar talent of the Nets before coming onto the Bucks facing off against the Bulls and how Chicago will view this season if it all goes wrong as perhaps expected and if they will consider the season a success regardless.
We finish with Bob and Chris putting their cases forward for their respected teams as the Sixers and Raps face up for another well balanced first round matchup! Great episode this one! Hope you enjoy!
I'm back from Miami and back with an awesome new episode as Wes Goldberg from Locked On Heat joins just as the Heat are about to Lock in the number 1 seed in the East! We discuss the road through the Play-In and the pro's and con's of this format and if it's here to stay. We also talk about Miami being the 5th favourites to come out the East and if that is disrespectful, and we finish by discussing the impact Max Strus has made to the starting line-up and Victor Oladipo's future in Miami next season. ENJOY!
Dan is joined by Alex Toledo from Five On The Floor as the Heat come off a blowout defeat to the Suns. We discuss what went wrong, do Miami need to call on Yurt when undersized? Is this a Finals preview and does Herro reach Booker levels if this outstanding form continues? We then discuss Oladipo's emotional return and how the rotation looks now as we hit the stretch and in the final segment we look at the remaining schedule, if Miami can lock in that top seed and who we are likely to face in Round 1.... ENJOY!
As we hit All-Star Break we felt this was a good time to do another roundtable discussion with the UK Crew! After an initial chat about Dragic landing on the Nets we each asked one question each to be answered by all:
Dan - Which player from the current All-Star crop would be the best fit on this Heat team
Olly - With 23 games left, How many wins will the Heat rack up and where will they seed
Glenn - After a dismal AS Weekend, how could you improve the All-Star Saturday night show
Bilal - What would you prefer going forward, Jimmy returning to his clutch 3 point shooting days, or an improvement in his closing performances like we saw in the bubble
Plus there was a hot Rachel Nichols take.... ENJOY!
Delighted to be joined by Jeremy Tache from Bally Sports Florida as the Heat finally come back to (almost) full health! We discuss the impact of Kyle Lowry and how his skillset is irreplaceable plus 6x All-Star Jimmy Butler and debate if Tyler can feel snubbed. We then talk about how Jeremy sent Heat Twitter into a frenzy by releasing the Victor Oladipo footage during the Heat game broadcast and how he's been feeling after conversations with Jeremy post operation.
We wrap up by ranking our top 5 untouchables after listening to Locked On Heat's episode on the same discussion, it was good to hear Jeremy's perspective on this too! ENJOY!
We welcome back Ethan Skolnick from Five Reasons Sports Network back onto the pod to discuss the impact of Victor Oladipo being close to a return to the Heat and the affect it'll have on this roster, his rotation minutes and what it means going forward.
We look at how Miami's depth could matter during a playoff run but will it fundamentally come down to your top player output and we react to LeBron James and his affectionate IG post regarding Miami and ask if the key is still under the mat for an emotional return before retirement.
As always, we end with a lightning round quiz! Will Ethan improve his usual dismal quiz record?.... ENJOY!