Q: Can this team find a path beyond mediocrity?
A: They have before, so they certainly can again. But it has to be the right players in the right system. And at this stage, it’s not so certain the Heat have either to properly augment Bam Adebayo. But also to be fair, this is not a system on offense that plays to Bam’s strengths. At this stage, a reassessment is needed across the board, which certainly is not the easiest path in the midst of a season. It’s not just that something is off; many things are off. So, yes, Bam needs to be better. But so does Andrew Wiggins, Norman Powell and a host of Heat others. They reveled in the early success, now they have to show the same motivation to climb out of whatever this is.
I wrote the identical thing in my own words over a couple of posts yesterday.
