""The Heat have deployed 10 different five-man units to open games through 24 games - mostly due to injury - including seven times with Bam Adebayo and Kel'el Ware together. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has continued to experiment with the two playing together after they spent most of the latter stretch of last season alongside together. But the big man duo has been uninspiring to begin the new season.""
""Defensively, I see it as a pairing that could really be good," he said. "They can cover ground, rebound really well and protect the rim. So far, it hasn't necessarily been that. "Offensively, I'm willing to work through it because it changes some of the driving angles. But I'm willing to do that as long as it defends at a high level.""
The Miami Heat have used 10 different starting five-man lineups through 24 games, largely due to injuries, including seven starts with Bam Adebayo and Kel'el Ware together. Erik Spoelstra continues to experiment with the pairing because of perceived defensive upside: ability to cover ground, rebound, and protect the rim. Early-season metrics show the duo has a minus-13.4 NET Rating in 275 non-garbage-time possessions, with a 106.2 offensive rating and 119.6 defensive rating. Ware has shown rim-protection flashes but remains a work in progress against bigger, more physical centers and off-ball as a rim protector.
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