#miami-heat

#miami-heat

The Heat recently beat the Clippers in Los Angeles earlier this season in a tight game that played out until the final buzzer. However, LA has gone just an abysmal 2-8 over their last 10 games, including a current four-game losing streak. They have been one of the most disappointing teams this season- sitting at 13th place in the competitive Western Conference.

1. Pat Riley instilling #HEATCulture™ Say what you want about Riley's shortcomings the last few years, but without him laying the bedrock as the culture bearer, this franchise would be a nothingburger. 2. Erik Spoelstra He's the best coach in the NBA, and any team would kill to have him in their building. Instead, he's ours. 3. Dwyane Wade You thought I wasn't going to put Wade at No. 3? You're crazy.

Even though it's not too often that two rivals like the Knicks and Heat do business with each other, the former could be a soft landing spot for Yabusele. The Heat needs a big man and will likely attempt to add one after December 15. Who knows if the Heat would look to New York, but he's a player who does become trade-eligible on December 15, and one who does have characteristics of being a culture-type player.

If the Heat want to make a genuine run to the playoffs this season and be anything but an afterthought in the Eastern Conference, they're going to have to add some size to the equation. Unless, of course, the Heat believes Vlad Goldin could work his way to the point where he could factor into the rotation more during the second half of the season. However, considering he hasn't logged a regular-season minute for the Heat so far this season, that may be a stretch.

Miami has had to play New York three times, Cleveland twice, all on top of a West Coast trip against the top half of the Western Conference. Now factor in that Miami has had to go through this stretch of the season without Tyler Herro for all of it and without Bam Adebayo for a good chunk of it, combined with rookie Kasparas Jakucionis getting hurt and then getting sent to the G-League,