ASK IRA: Are Heat developing championship-level talent?
The relevant part of the actual question was:
How many players on this current roster would have been key or complementary pieces on any of the Heat's championship rosters? I ask that to say this: If and when the Heat get back to championship status, I predict that maybe only one of our current players would be on that roster....
The relevant part of the actual ANSWER IS!
A: While I'm not going to make comparisons about which players on the current roster are better than Mario Chalmers [starting PG on 2011/12 and 2012/13 championship teams] the point is that the right player at the right time in the right place can carve out a niche...But that also is besides the point, because, ultimately, you may never be on a championship track with anyone on your current roster. The starting point has to be whether you project any of the current players can be factors on a playoff contender. And Justise Winslow and Josh Richardson already showed that on the 2015-16 team that made it within one game of the Eastern Conference finals...
And that is the biggest bullshit answer I’ve ever heard. The question was "key or complementary." Chalmers was a perfect answer. Why Ira didn't want to go there is between him and his editor. There are at least five current players who are clearly as good or better than Chalmers: Winslow, Richardson, Whiteside, Waiters, Olynyk.
Everything after "niche" is complete bullshit.
The relevant part of the actual question was:
How many players on this current roster would have been key or complementary pieces on any of the Heat's championship rosters? I ask that to say this: If and when the Heat get back to championship status, I predict that maybe only one of our current players would be on that roster....
The relevant part of the actual ANSWER IS!
A: While I'm not going to make comparisons about which players on the current roster are better than Mario Chalmers [starting PG on 2011/12 and 2012/13 championship teams] the point is that the right player at the right time in the right place can carve out a niche...But that also is besides the point, because, ultimately, you may never be on a championship track with anyone on your current roster. The starting point has to be whether you project any of the current players can be factors on a playoff contender. And Justise Winslow and Josh Richardson already showed that on the 2015-16 team that made it within one game of the Eastern Conference finals...
And that is the biggest bullshit answer I’ve ever heard. The question was "key or complementary." Chalmers was a perfect answer. Why Ira didn't want to go there is between him and his editor. There are at least five current players who are clearly as good or better than Chalmers: Winslow, Richardson, Whiteside, Waiters, Olynyk.
Everything after "niche" is complete bullshit.
