The Miami Heat are keeping a similar roster to the one that finished in 8th last season. Is that a good idea for the team that was two spots behind the Pacers?
The Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers aren't the rivals that they were in the early 2010s, but they are still teams on similar contending paths right now. Two years ago, the Heat reached the Eastern Conference Finals and the NBA Final while this year, the Pacers made the conference finals themselves.
The Heat had a tough time taking those steps in the offseason. They're an expensive group, and they've had injury issues the last couple seasons. How does a team like that, with limited resources to get better and new cap rules holding them down, improve while still having the same general core? Instead for the Heat, their success will come down to their best player being healthy all year. Jimmy Butler, the head of the snake in every way for the Heat, missed a bunch of time last season. He hasn't played over 65 games in a season since 2017-18. Bam Adebayo is usually rock solid, but he can only do so much without Butler available.
Yet their off season still looks a little underwhelming, Burks might play off the bench a bit for Miami. Ware looks solid, and maybe he'll be the backup center. But the Heat didn't add a ton of talent elsewhere. What does that team look like when it all comes together? Do they actually have enough talent to move up in the East? They were only one win behind the fifth place team last year, and they could very easily have more help.
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