"Should that hold, theywill be a play-in team for the fourth-straight year. Miami traded a disgruntled Jimmy Butler last February and are still trying to navigate waters with Tyler Herro, Norman Powell and Bam Adebayo, the team's captain, leading the charge. Despite their success - or lack thereof - save for a miraculous 2023 NBA Finals run, former 11-year NBA veteran Austin Rivers is quite confused as to why they can't land star talent."
""Some of these cities I don't understand how no players ever get there. Don't get me started on Miami. The fact their free agency market and how they just don't get anybody just blows my mind. I don't understand the Miami thing for the life of me," Rivers said recently on his Off Guard with Austin Rivers podcast, according to Awful Announcing's Ben Axelrod. "What the f*ck are y'all doing? Why don't y'all have seven stars there? I don't understand. Who doesn't want to live and play in Miami?""
The Miami Heat currently occupy the No. 8 seed and face an eight-loss stretch, likely returning to the play-in tournament for a fourth straight year. The team traded Jimmy Butler last February and now leans on Tyler Herro, Norman Powell and captain Bam Adebayo to carry the roster. The Heat's 2023 Finals run stands as an outlier amid ongoing roster-building struggles. Star talent no longer frequently enters free agency, and Miami missed a key opportunity with Damian Lillard while possessing limited trade assets. Organizational asset management largely explains the franchise's difficulty landing elite players.
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