▪ One Heat official, looking back at Winslow’s time in Miami, said Winslow wanted to be one of the main faces of the franchise - cast in a more prominent role - and that likely wasn’t going to be happen here with Jimmy Butler.
• One Heat person said Winslow didn’t attend quite as many voluntary offseason session last summer as the previous offseason. And there was some frustration internally about time missed with the mysterious back injury.
That said, the Heat had no issue with how he comported himself or his effort and it was a difficult decision to part ways because Heat people knew he could defend and saw clear growth in his offensive game the past two years. But the Heat places considerable importance on being available, and Winslow simply wasn’t available enough, with 150 missed games in his four seasons with Miami. https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article240120823.html
Barry Jackson does good reporting on the “Heat.” That’s some good intel there.
