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Frequently asked Q by "Heat" fans: Does the Heat believe its roster is good enough?
The brain trust knows it could use another premier scorer. But the Heat believes it can be very competitive in the playoffs if healthy. That remains to be seen.
That, to me, is the single most preposterous belief by Bleak House. Last post-season, without Jimmy Butler, we were completely un-competitive in a historic obliteration by Cleveland. We have the same roster back.
There's some squishiness there. What is the Bleak House definition of "very competitive", getting swept in the first round by an average of 10 rather than 30? No. Winning, idk, two games in the first round? I don't consider a 4 games to 2 beginning to summer as "very competitive".
Winning the first round series and winning a couple in the second? I could go with that as very competitive. In Pat Riley's dotage, with diminished gray matter, with this collection of never-will-be's, T'AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
If we finish 8th, where we are now, we get the poll-to-poll (at this writing) Least leading Zollner Pistons in the first round. Not winning. If we make it out of the play-in and finish 7th we'll play, currently, Beans in the first round. Ain't gonna win 4 of 7.
If my some improbability we finish sixth we get Mamdani currently. Out.
And if we are unfortunate enough to finish fifth, again right now, we would play Sensitive City and they reasonably could sweep us by an average of 30/game again.
Bleak House is out of touch. We just lost a winnable game in which we were the favorite and went 4-2 against six sub-.500 teams. We're barely .500 ourselves. We have no talisman. If we make the playoffs we will be out in a nanosecond is the chalk. Parse "very competitive" as you wish but don't parse reasonable meaning away. This roster does not have a High Ceiling and they will not be "very competitive" in the playoffs, assuming that they get out of the play-in.
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