greg4012 wrote:AirP. wrote:3ammy3uck3ts wrote:
Right but that could be said for any star that makes a deep run basically, it’s just being worded as he was a one man show dropping 50 every night while everyone else was **** the bed lol he was definitely our best player and likely still is health permitting but it was a collective effort all around.
Absolutely, how many stars has Miami acquired outside the draft in the last 15 years (since the summer of LeBron and Bosh), that answer is 1. If you want to include Dragic, he did make the all-star team once in Miami but only had 1 20+ ppg season in Miami too.
I think people need to look around at where Miami was at for a few years and what their future was before Butler forced his way to Miami, you had an up-and-coming young player in Bam, a vastly overpaid Whiteside (had to pay him or lose him) and were looking to develop JRich into a scorer and a highly drafted Winslow at #10 and he never even got to 13 ppg the 5 years he was in Miami.
Some chance of high level play is better than no high level play.
To be fair, Miami's post big-3 years where the direct result of a confluence of events:
1) Mortgaged future from going all-in on big 3 era (future draft picks were traded to get each of Bron and Bosh in sign and trades)
2) Max player Chris Bosh remaining on the books but unable to play due to a truly freak medical issue
3) LeBron sabotage on the way out leaving the Heat in a holding pattern
Despite this, the Heat worked to try to compete and bridge the gap--trading for Dragic primarily (2 FRPs). Then we lost Bosh and that attempt to thread the needle fell apart.
What followed were some bad contracts hoping to hastily recover from the unfortunate blows dealt.
What about the Butler years, it's been a half decade. They got to the finals twice and STILL couldn't bring in talent, so they used their 1st round picks instead. It's been a decade and only 1 real game changer has been brought in. They did have their plan to go after Giannis and when that didn't work they spent their money on Lowry since there wasn't many options of players they could acquire in that FA off-season.
I have to say, I laughed out loud at home when I saw Miami give Dion Waiters a multi-year deal after watching him in OKC the previous year and then a few games with Miami. I was in disbelief when they matched the T.Johnson contract. This FO has been far from perfect, and I think they know that and with that knowledge will keep Butler around probably 3 more years which also gives them 3 more years to develop a star or try to acquire one before getting back to not having any hope again.
