The Miami Heat have been one of the best teams in the NBA in recent seasons, and they became one of the top teams in the NBA after acquiring Jimmy Butler. Three times, they reached the Eastern Conference Finals and twice entered the Finals, although they did not win the championship, but the strength they showed did not let any team take lightly.
The Miami Heat's record is related to their team culture and their head coach's ability to coach. Spo is the second-longest active head coach in the league, behind only Popovich.
Sponeng has been the head coach of the Heat for the past decade because he has a great coaching philosophy and his ability to motivate players and get them to the best of their basketball abilities. Spo always finds ways to make players better, however, this approach seems to be limited to players playing under Spo.
Recently, NBA insiders advised the league's 29 teams not to sign role players for the Miami Heat easily. The role players of the Heat who are being given up in Miami should not be signed, and the Heat, as the most inspirational civilian team, the players they don't want, prove that the player has a low ceiling and cannot continue to contribute to the team.
There's a cliché in the NBA scouting world: don't sign a Heat role player. If the Heat let them go, there's a reason — they tend to overdo it in front of coach Alex Poelstra. ”
This reminds us of Kendrick Nunn, who the Lakers signed the previous season, and averaged 14 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists per game in the 2020-21 season when he played for the Heat. After the season, he signed with the Lakers, but was injured in the 2021-22 season, resulting in the season being reimbursed. Returned in the 2022-23 season, playing 39 games for the Lakers, averaging 6 points per game. Subsequently, it was waived by the Lakers. After that season, he hadn't played in the NBA.
The 28-year-old Kendrick Nunn, around October last year, signed with the Greek team. In November, he also liked comments that Vincent had too many injuries to help the Lakers. Vincent is one of the Miami Heat's top-performing role players in the 2023 Finals, averaging 54 points and 30 assists. In the offseason, the Lakers offered him a three-year, $33 million contract.
After Vincent signed with the Lakers, he once said in an interview that he came to the Lakers for a big contract, not to get more honors and achievements. Obviously, for the Lakers who want to win a championship, Vincent is a disaster. Vincent played five games for the Lakers in the 2023-24 season, averaging 25 minutes per game, averaging just five points and one rebound per game. He shot 37 percent from the field and 11 percent from three-point range.
Remember, role players, choose from the Spurs, not the Heat. Derek White and Poeltl, please find out.