"The F is for the failure to prepare for this scenario. The F is for the failure to pick a direction. Either s-t or get off the pot. Either buy or sell. The F is for the failure to be willing to move away from mediocrity, which has been the status quo for nearly a half decade. The F is for the failure to accumulate assets for your vets, especially when multiple of them are either expiring or in the penultimate year of their contract."
"I could go on, but it's hard not to feel deFlated, if you're not a Heat fan. The Heat are 27-25, stuck in the middle, the hardest place to build any sort of contender. You can't build from the middle. Yet, that appears to be unrecognizable for the Heat, who are blinded by their own hubris. Andy Elisburg and Adam Simon are two of the best at what they do. But Miami appears stuck running in a hamster wheel -"
Miami pursued a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks but was rebuffed despite offering what was requested. The only positive was that the Bucks simply said no, leaving Miami without culpability for that refusal. The organization displayed multiple failures: no contingency planning, no clear buy-or-sell direction, reluctance to exit mediocrity, failure to accumulate assets for aging or expiring-contract veterans, and lack of proactive, forward-thinking moves toward competitiveness. The team sits 27-25 in a difficult middle position for building a contender, and the roster appears stuck in repetitive stagnation despite respected front-office personnel.
Read at Hot Hot Hoops - Miami HEAT NBA Blog
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