"The Miami Heat head into the 2025-26 season seeking a new identity following the departure of Jimmy Butler. They finished in the bottom-third in offense for the third-straight year and tied their worst record (37-45) since the infamous Big 3 split up. Miami Heat guard Nikola Jovic, who inked a four-year extension with the Heat earlier this week, offered a solution to their offensive struggles on media day: Push the pace."
"We have [Tyler Herro] who can score; we have [Bam Adebayo]; we have [Norman Powell]; and we have [Andrew Wiggins]. "How I look at is, OK, look at (the) Indiana (Pacers). Other than Pascal Siakam, I don't know who else I would give the ball and be like, 'OK, go score 30.' And the way they play is to run, take advantage of every little thing, catch and go, shoot the ball, easy baskets."
The Miami Heat enter the 2025-26 season seeking a new identity after Jimmy Butler's departure. The team finished in the bottom third offensively for a third consecutive year and tied their worst record at 37-45. Nikola Jovic signed a four-year extension and urged the roster to push the pace, noting the team lacks a single 30-point scorer and can benefit from running, catch-and-go actions to create easy baskets. Jovic pointed to the Indiana Pacers' tempo as a model and warned that playing slowly would hinder the team's ability to find offensive rhythm.
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