Q: Ira, this is why I like the NFL model better. If the Dolphins don’t think Mike White is good enough to be backup, they can just cut him. In the NBA, once you make your bed, you’re stuck.
– Eddie. A: You might like it better, but the NBA players, with a much stronger union, would not. Basically, the NBA is you break it, you buy it.
No refunds. It makes each decision all the more critical. For example, with 14 players under guaranteed contract for the coming season, the Heat currently do not have room for another move without incurring significant restrictions under the second luxury-tax apron.
So while the Dolphins could sort through players during camp and the preseason, the Heat will start their camp process in a month essentially locked into place. If you make the right decisions, it is not a problem. If you don’t, there are no escape clauses.
Even at this early date, we essentially know that the Heat’s opening-night standard roster most likely will be Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Terry Rozier, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Duncan Robinson, Nikola Jovic, Kevin Love, Haywood Highsmith, Josh Richardson, Alec Burks, Kel’el Ware, Pelle Larsson and Thomas Bryant, with all 14 under guaranteed contract. Related Articles Q: Nikola Jovic is a natural backcourt player, an oversized Goran Dragic in a lot of ways, how he pushes the ball and creates one-man fast breaks, better vision and passing upside because of his height.
His handle isn’t as good, but he just has to keep sharpening it up by just drilling it. – Swann. A: Positional delineation, if Erik Spoelstra is even willing to let us go there, is more defined by who you defend.
And at this stage, with his limited lateral movement, I don’t see Nikola Jovic with much of a chance defensively against anything but power forwards or centers. Now, you could cast him offensively on the wing, because you then could have Bam Adebayo defend a wing. You also could cast Nikola in any role while playing zone defense.
But at that point, positional designations go out the door, anyway. Q: Thought on Bam Adebayo’s first pitch at the Marlins? – Adam. A: A bit low and inside.
But he reached the plate, which is what it’s all about In those situations..
