"The professionalism inconsistency has to improve, and it is. Our standards are not going to change. Our expectations of how fast we want that to improve for him are not going to change. But he's got to get better at it. He has to take ownership of it."
"I'm not looking at the stat line. I think everybody is looking at the wrong thing. It's got to impact the game. I want him the next game to be a plus 20. That's what it's about. That's part of the maturation for a"
Kel'el Ware has responded to direct accountability with markedly improved performances, including a 21-point, 15-rebound Summer League game with three-for-three three-point shooting. Spoelstra publicly demanded better professionalism, consistency, and ownership from Ware. Spoelstra appears to favor Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo as the Heat's starting bigs to begin the year, likely keeping Ware off the starting lineup. Ware produced 18 points and 13 rebounds against Milwaukee but posted a minus-21 plus/minus after defensive lapses. Spoelstra emphasized that impact matters more than raw stat lines and urged Ware to translate effort into a positive game impact.
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