The NBA draft is at 7:30 pm tonight. Below are the highest payrolls by team in the league. The most expensive roster is that of a lottery team. That table starkly shows the complete failure that now enters its fourth year at 601 Biscayne Blvd.
This mismanaged franchise has a chance tonight to grab a star, Rui Hachimura. NBA.com and The Athletic have Hachimura falling to Miami with the 13th pick. But the aggregate consensus of the six sites surveyed has the "Heat" just missing out and Hachimura going 12th to Charlotte. Sometimes, you deserve luck, and sometimes you don't.
Aside from Hachimura no one else heats me up. PJ Washington is the aggregate consensus pick at 13: another Winslow, Richardson, Adebayo; another positionless, non-scoring, too young, "upside" player. It has been falling for the Siren of “upside” that has Miami on the downside. And with the highest payroll in the entire league and no cap flexibility to improve Miami's odds of winning the 2020 NBA title are in the lowest tier, 200-1, along with Charlotte, Detroit, Minnesota and Washington--longer odds than has Cleveland. No team in the NBA has as much downside as the Miami "Heat."
This mismanaged franchise has a chance tonight to grab a star, Rui Hachimura. NBA.com and The Athletic have Hachimura falling to Miami with the 13th pick. But the aggregate consensus of the six sites surveyed has the "Heat" just missing out and Hachimura going 12th to Charlotte. Sometimes, you deserve luck, and sometimes you don't.
Aside from Hachimura no one else heats me up. PJ Washington is the aggregate consensus pick at 13: another Winslow, Richardson, Adebayo; another positionless, non-scoring, too young, "upside" player. It has been falling for the Siren of “upside” that has Miami on the downside. And with the highest payroll in the entire league and no cap flexibility to improve Miami's odds of winning the 2020 NBA title are in the lowest tier, 200-1, along with Charlotte, Detroit, Minnesota and Washington--longer odds than has Cleveland. No team in the NBA has as much downside as the Miami "Heat."
| 1. | Miami | $153,171,497 |
| 2. | Golden State | $146,291,276 |
| 3. | Oklahoma City | $144,916,427 |
| 4. | Toronto | $137,793,831 |
| 5. | Milwaukee | $130,988,604 |
| 6. | Portland | $130,256,600 |
| 7. | Detroit | $126,557,932 |
| 8. | Houston | $126,474,100 |
| 9. | Memphis | $126,107,461 |
| 10. | Boston | $125,334,993 |
