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Bam Adebayo on what he’s seen from Norman Powell so far: “You want that on your team, you want the guys that don’t necessarily need a play… create something out of nothing. We feed off that. We know who he is and who he wants to be. We want him to be a new version of Norman Powell but also let people not forget.”

Really small preseason sample size, and some key pieces still haven’t played yet, but I can see the Heat rolling with a 10-man rotation without Tyler to start the year: Mitchell Powell Wiggins Jovic Bam Smith Larsson Jaquez Fontecchio Ware As Spo says, see who “pops” the most

Heat have quietly turned their top priority from whale hunting to development

Despite Kel’el Ware’s 18 & 13 double-double in the Heat’s preseason loss, Spo still wants to see more of a winning impact from the big man: “I’m not looking at the statline, I think everybody is looking at the wrong thing, it’s got to impact the game.”

The Heat got a glimpse of POINT JOVIC last night against the Bucks 9 PTS 8 RBS 7 ASTS 2 STLS +12 Near triple-double in just 22 minutes of preseason action… 6’10 with natural playmaking, ball handling and vision Big year incoming from Niko 🗣️

Norman Powell was sizzling in his Kaseya Center preseason debut: 18 points in just 16 minutes 50/50/100 shooting splits Continuing that elite shooting efficiency from his career year last season. 🔥

Simone Fontecchio, Terry Rozier and Tyler Herro remained out of practice today for the Heat. Davion Mitchell, Pelle Larsson and Kasparas Jakucionis did some work.

Simone Fontecchio, Terry Rozier and Tyler Herro did not practice today. Pelle Larsson, Davion Mitchell and Kasparas Jakucionis did take part in some of practice.

Worth noting: The only airport in the United States with daily, year-round direct flights to and from Athens, Greece is in Newark, New Jersey. All other US airports that fly direct to Athens are currently seasonal.

Niko assisted on 4 of Powell’s 6 buckets last night in the first half That’s going to be one of the better two man connections this season it feels like Natural chemistry by the way Powell moves off ball and the way Niko distributes

60% of you were correct

LET'S GO CATS 🐀

The Knicks only have swaps in 26, 28, 30 and 32 plus a protected Wiz 26 first (if it lands 9 to 30). A very empty clip of draft picks…and where is KAT or OG or Bridges going to acquire enough value to flip for Giannis? That is why the Bucks didn’t take seriously any trade talks!

Was in attendance for this. Tremendous show. Fans were ecstatic. @ChrisRyan77 of course threw the entire draft off course with his use of the No. 1 overall pick in the NYC movie draft.

New ZL Show --->

Everybody go wish Jahmir a happy birthday 🥳

Last night’s Heat-Bucks recap

Join us in wishing Jahmir Young a HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY!

That’s gotta be the ugliest potential game winning touchdown drive ever lolol

🏀 MONDAY'S FINAL SCORES 🏀 Pete Nance leads the way for the @Bucks in their opening preseason W! Gary Trent Jr.: 11 PTS Kevin Porter Jr.: 10 PTS, 4 AST Kel'el Ware: 18 PTS, 13 REB

Spo asked about Kel’el again tonight, and goes right back to wanting him to “impact winning” and not to look at stats: “It doesn’t matter if you have 18 and 13 if you’re not impacting the game.” Says there was a 3 minute pocket late where he felt he did Says Niko and Jaime did

Erik Spoelstra very encouraged with Nikola Jovic’s rebounding tonight: “He’s improved everywhere except for the rebounding. He took ownership of that tonight.” Says that was a layer he’s been on him about, and that showed tonight as he finishes with 8 rebounds

Back on Wednesday everybody

How did Kel'el Ware get this shot to fall?? 🎪

No idea how that went in but we're not asking any questions