Miami Heat Floor Crew | Heat add Patty Mills, Spo wins Coach of the Month | Breakdown and Analysis

[Applause] [Music] welcome to the Miami Heat floor crew your weekly heat show on all things Miami Heat we're here with the boys Matteo Mayorga and we got Gad cadel Carta my man appreciate you guys joining us so early if you're not already make sure you guys like And subscribe they do have the postgame Edition going on as well um so if you want to check out just about this game tonight that's where you'll be heading but if you want to watch things about all things upcoming with the heat how they're looking on the schedule the addition of Patty Mills coach bow winning uh coach of the month last month and just kind of some more of those topics keep it right here we'll get you guys loader so let's get off right off the rip guys you know Miami Heat um is continuing to play very well post All-Star break right um since our last show getting a win against um the Jazz and obviously tonight against the uh Detroit Pistons and then falling short against the Denver Nuggets right so Mato give me a quick recap what did you feel like were some of the strengths that we were able to develop over the last week and what are some faults that you still are feel potentially still there going later into the season well one of the strengths that I've picked up on is that the Heat's defense has seriously picked up in uh December and in January it was hovering around middle of the pack levels and it's very encouraging how they went before this game against the Detroit Pistons four out of their last five the only loss coming against the Denver Nuggets which are pretty much a bad matchup for anybody in the league not really except for the Minnesota Timberwolves the group designed to take them out but the heat recently have been holding teams to 32% from three-point range they not counting today's game and with which is very good and what's also important to not is that you know Tyler herro has been out for some time uh Terry Rosier missed a critical spurt after he became a heel so the heat are slowly but shortly you know kind of playing their best ball of the season and um tonight you know they got a win it wasn't their prettiest because you know early Jimmy Butler was very passive adabo is getting outplayed by his counterpart on the other side who was much younger there was one play where Jaylen Duran busted out of the the post and dumped ferociously in the paint it almost raised an eyebrow thank goodness Caleb Martin and Duncan Robinson showed up blasting early but you know the difference later was you know a Jimmy Butler takeover and you know he showed that he can do that at the at the flip of a switch and I know it's the Detroit Pistons But Eric Eric Reed made a great point of this on the broadcast that is a team starving for win so they really wanted it tonight and despite it looking very ugly the heat managed to get one out of the mud again with without obviously you know hero and obviously um Josh Richardson absolutely the depleted Heat team still was able ble to get it done Gad I want to toss the name of Terry Rosier to you right because today marks a week where he's been back with this team and I really do think even though it hasn't been the most efficient things we' saw some good moments right we saw you know in tonight's game um really closing out the quarter getting close to the rim attacking the bucket getting the the score and then right after that getting the assist to Duncan Robinson for us to go up six points with you know just over a minute to go so I think Roser is starting to get you know a little more uh with the Feld for it obviously seven assists tonight eight assists his last game out over the last four games um looking at about 15 and a half 16 points a game you know what I mean between his last four games so you know he's starting to get his little Groove more what do you feel like has been uh and obviously naturally playing time will do that right CAD but what do you feel have been some of the positive improvements from Terry Rosier after his comeback in from injury yeah I think with Terry it's really just he is someone who was so not scared but so cautious of stepping on anyone's toes when he first got here that he was like all right I'm gonna let Tyler rock out I'm gonna let Jimmy rock out I'm gonna let bam rock out I'm gon even let Duncan rock out a little bit and then have all of them figure out how they want to play with me around and and all just fit in and I think what he's done at least over the last couple games is obviously like you said that natural progression when you grow you play with players you kind of understand each other a little bit better but at the same time I think he's figuring out where he falls in that pecking order and he's kind of had some moments where he's like all right it's Terry time like time for me to shoot the basketball time for me to take these pull-up jumpers that I'm used to right because the what the reason the heat got him is for what he showed he could do in Charlotte now obviously you're not expecting him to do the same exact things especially at the same exact volume but you still need that archetype that skill set of a pull-up score to be there so I think he's gradually working that into his game and slowly I think we'll believe I believe we'll see the three-point shooting the pull-up three-point shooting come into play as well um a little bit more than it has but he just looks a little bit more comfortable man like it just it takes time to figure out how to fit in on a good team I think that's one of the things that's uh hard for some people to understand is when you're playing on a good basketball team in the NBA as a scorer that's very hard because a lot of good teams have their scoring situations figured out they're not missing that so Terry coming into this is is a little bit harder and I think most new players would have their transition be in the middle of the season I think he's he's done okay with it so far and I think we're we're looking at we're starting to scratch the surface of who Terry might be now is he going to be a closer on this team I mean that's TBD but I think it's good that the Heat have some optionality with Terry being there definitely I think when you have him um and I mean with the next edition of Patty Mills which we'll get to um you know you have just a little more diversity of the offensive attack that you'll have in the point guard position right um obviously with the injury that we had with the point guard position and the Cleveland Cavaliers Court just being covered in paper covering holes you know we lost one of our backup point guards but we did end up signing Patty Mills today which was honestly a very surprising signing in my opinion I I feel like um you know he is a heat type player obviously went through the San Antonio Spurs won a championship with them was absolutely lethal 10 years ago against us in the finals wow that's been 10 years that's insane but um you know now he's obviously a little bit later in his career but still shooting I think Matteo checked me on this 38% from Deep right he's been doing a still a solid three-point shooter obviously um is one of those veteran players that can really fit well into a Zone even though he's not the most talented individual Defender he's someone that you can plug in because he's have that he's had that system that he's had to play into before so Mato what do you feel obviously his role is going to be minimal you know because of um Rosier being the primary guy here right and having bringing Del in as well right but what do you feel that Patty Mills maybe adds to this Heat team they just need him to shoot and he's pretty much seems like the insurance policy for Josh Richardson who hasn't returned yet listen he is a much older player he doesn't have the same burst off the dribble that he had 10 years ago when he was a spur and was one of the heat killers in the The 2014 Finals but he could still shoot very well he's shooting 38.2% from Point range actually he he was playing 10 minutes per game with the Atlanta Hawks in only 19 appearances listen defensively he's not really someone you want on the floor for too much time because especially in a playoff series he's someone that they would hunt down immediately and if he's not hitting open jump shots or you know buying you those possessions where he just pulls up off the dribble in transition he's not really giving you too much this this is really an insurance policy however I you do have to re remember this Kevin Love A year ago when he signed with the Miami Heat I was on the record I thought he was done and listen if you watch the games his his last tour in Cleveland he looked you know completely done himself and that was also partially because of the injury to his thumb and also he didn't want to be there anymore because he was told that his role wasn't going to be the same there is something to be said about players you know giving or being able to provide a little bit more to a situation when they want to be there but listen I I wouldn't expect him to be a very solid uh you know one of those main contributors he's going to be there just in case of an emergency yeah I think being a depth guy U is is super important right you don't want to um be in the case in a playoff scenario and obviously with Drew Smith getting injured right in a break a break glass in case of emergency you don't want him handling the ball um in a in a situation in the playoffs right you'd rather have a veteran doing that at least making um some really nice additions as well as we have Greg sander joining us as well so no never mind he's don't oh was he here um but well anyways he joined the wrong link yeah I think he joined the wrong link but anyways we got a surprise hop in by get Greg but um yeah so Gad anything else that you see or or do you think that's mostly a break glass in case of emergency type situation uh yeah I think it's just you look at the injury situations that they're already dealing with Josh Richardson Tyler herro I mean that there there isn't many options past that right so you look at the regular season I think he's definitely just someone that can come in and give you some fact simile of the type of offense that they would try to give you right like a little bit of Pull-Up scoring some catch shoot defensively is a liability but that I mean that kind of sounds a little bit like what Tyler herro and Josh Richardson do like really watered down so he can give you some semblance of what they've provided for this season obviously significantly worse than hero and I would say also worse than Josh Richardson which is there's a reason why he was available this late in the season but at the same time I'm gonna take a page out of my good friend Marco Romo's book here this is the type of signing that can also have a big impact in the locker room because one of the things that at least I personally have been saying a lot throughout this season is hey it feels like there isn't any other vet like a respected vet that's an outside voice that's really willing to say what needs to be said now I don't think the heater struggling with that problem considering the fact that they had the players only meeting Jimmy and Bam played a huge role in that and they've really turned the season around but at the same time you know if things do hit the fan later on in this season maybe Patty Mills can be one of the voices in the locker room like hey you know I just got here but I've been on champions championship teams before and this is what worked and this is what we're not doing and this is how we can fix this so maybe just like another perspective from the outside I think uh having a locker room guy that has has been a part of some really good teams before that can help that can help so obviously you're looking at the off Court value there because on court like Matteo said he's gonna shoot threes you're gonna hope that he hits him he's a shooter but that's all he is at this juncture in his career and that's fine like the Heat have made that work with players before so yeah I mean hopefully Patty Mills can uh just come in knock down a couple buckets and uh get the crowd going a little bit maybe he's a random scrub Milwaukee killer get the we get a little bit of random scrub out of Patty there but like that's actually a really good point that I mean I don't know why that's s my mind but I mean this guy is a championship you know has have Championship experience right and you want that especially when you're going into the playoffs you want multiple guys to have different perspectives on how is it best to win or get in deep into the playoffs right so just having another voice like you said Gad is an excellent point there um before we go into next week and breaking down some of that I do want to touch on coach B winning coach of the month right so Matteo obviously this has been a topic for a long time coach SPO not getting the recognition that he deserves this is probably just all he's going to get for this season I don't see him you know or I would be tough to see him winning a coach of the year you know just because of the way the team is currently and you know not maybe ere exceeding expectations as you would want as much Coast to the years typically do um but as for Coach SPO do you think that you know this is a season that he could potentially get that award or or do you think that this was maybe just a one- month thing and more so it's on the players I wouldn't count on him getting Coach of the Year this season right um despite the Cavaliers being in a bit of flux JB bicker staff has some noise behind him the Oklahoma City coach Mark do I hope I said his name right it has some love as well but speaking of spoler this is only the 10th time in his career that he's received this honor and you know the first since December of 2022 speaking more about what the heat did in February they held teams to 101 points per game and four of these teams that they held to under 100 points were the I wrote it down right here the New Orleans Pelicans who were sneaky good the Orlando Magic currently on a four game win streak the Milwaukee Bucks you know obviously doing much better and the Portland Trailblazers they beat those teams holding them all under 100 points which pushes the uh the total to nine and0 when holding teams under 100 points this is very good and I mentioned earlier you know it's it's very hard to win when you don't have you know your your full team available and Rosier was someone that heat got to be their starting point guard they missed four games without him and currently right now they they he have no backup point guard that's also part of the reason you know they probably got Patty Mills in into this but the heat are are playing their best basketball of the season and you know this was very welld deserved for Coach SP strip because again I mentioned earlier 32% from three-point range in February and this is just it just go goes to show you that you know the heat may start off slow but you know they they always kind of pick it up as the season goes along and it's very encouraging to see that right after the All-Star break and during the allar break of course no beautifully said beautifully said I do think that's you know the Improvement that he had from the month before to February right I think that was really the jump that allowed him to be coach of the year like you said creating really more so of that defensive identity that we've lacked throughout the earlier parts of the Season uh but closing out here guys obviously the last thing we like to do we like to break down the next week for you guys so the next three games that we got coming up we have the Mavericks um tomorrow we have the Thunder that we're going to take care of and then we're going to play the Wizards as well so that's actually two of those three games are pretty tough right with the Mavericks obviously Luca um they made some good additions as well I believe at the trade deadline um I can't remember the exact name but they made some you know they have a solid team just all around you know and then obviously the Thunder um those young picks that they got over the last couple years kind of like the magic they're starting to grow and and develop and become actual legitimate threats with the Spear of the tip being Shai gilis Alexander right so and obviously you have the Wizards with Jordan P but um Gad I'll let you I'll let you kick it off my man next three games how do you see this Heat team doing yeah man I am excited cuz it feels like throughout this heat run and how they've kind of gotten this defense going at an elite level over the past month or so they've faced a whole bunch of different things but I don't know if they've faced guards at the level of aay gilis Alexander and Luca donic and when you play against those types of players who you can game plan for you can throw the entire kitchen sink at them and they'll still give you 30 10 and 10 the results against those players and kind of how they get their buckets and if you're able to make them change their sty a little bit I think that really shows how you good how good you are as a defense right like ultimately they're going to get their buckets but are like are they working for are they really really having to just put their all in and kind of give you playoff type performances so I'm excited to see if the heat can find ways to slow down such elite floor generals because honestly I look at both of them in the same light they're they're both phenomenal they can break you down at all three levels they can get to the free throw line and Shay as well is playing a really good uh season on the defensive end so the Thunder are what the one seed right now in the Western Conference in a stacked Western Conference they're unbelievable I think the Mavericks are probably one of the teams that's I don't know if they're in the playin right now but like a yeah they're the eight seed they're the a seed yeah I think they're probably the playing Team Miami not withstanding that could make a run and maybe upset one of the top seeds in the first round I think I think that highly of the Mavs I think PJ Washington and Daniel Gaff were phenomenal pickups for them at the trade deadline and those guys to me make a lot of difference because they have PJ Washington who I think contribute can contribute a lot more than Grant Williams would have in a playoff series you have Derrick Lively getting older you have Daniel Gafford who can kind of give you some ability that Lively can also give you and you have Max cber getting healthy who in my opinion is one of the more underrated defenders in the league these are good teams the Mavs and the Thunder are good teams I'm excited to see how the heat Stack Up um defensively I want to see what the heat look like against the Mavs offensively I'm excited to see what the heat looked like against the Thunder because they're a good defensive team but at the same time if you want to hustle play strong and kind of get your bully ball on the Thunder have some weaknesses there a little bit they can kind of be taken uh to the Woodshed and you can really really force uh impose your will on the inside there if you're coming on the second effort so those two games very excited for wizards just handle business man they should win that game um I'm going to guess they go two and one over this stretch I think they he are playing good basketball couldn't tell you who the first win is going to come against but I know the last win will come against the Wizards and that alone is enough for me I think they go one and one in the big games for the rest of the week gotcha gotcha Mato I'm going to go three out of five I I have them beating the Mavericks and Dallas they are not a very good team in their building and they're going to lose tonight and drop to 18 and 15 o over in Dallas listen if you can well you really can't stop Luca and Kyrie but if you can stop Maxi Cleber from pulling up from the three-point line and also being disruptive defensively if you can hold Tim Hardaway Jr to some inefficient shooting and not and also prevent Derrik Jones Jr from getting loose off back door cuts and some putbacks you'll be in a pretty good position and I'm going to call the heat to win that game the Thunder is the one I really don't like you know Victor wanyama has been popping off lately and you know he's been amazing and I think Chad hren is secretly taking this personally and he might you know Come Out Swinging obviously not literally but you know figuratively against the Heats from court and he might be someone they might try to exploit because of his you know uh very thin frame but he truthfully as as a rookie is one of the better defensive players in the league I I think they could be they're going to be a very tough uh Team to to play Shay Gil just Alexander when you're guarding him it's very tough because as a guard he is fourth and paint points in the league the man is all about his business and doesn't settle for deep jumpers so it's hard to keep him away from the free throw line I I would go with an L against the Thunder the Wizards you know they better be win that game and I don't really need to explain much more than they are arguably the worst team in the league the Nuggets I think they're going to lose that one because I mentioned it earlier the nuggets are a bad matchup for most teams in the league and I think when Porter and Gordon are on the floor it really neutralizes the effect that Jimmy Butler can have to you know inflict damage on the onto the paint and because they are so tall and long on the drive and kick it's easier for them to contest against Shooters I'm going to go with an L of the heat for the heat on on that game but next they play the Pistons you know the Heat tonight kind of looked like uh Chuck DA's old Pistons from the 80s and the early 90s a group that when they saw the really inferior teams the really bad teams they only showed up for like 12 out of 48 minutes and it was enough to get it done I think that'll be the case against the Pistons too so give me three out of five in the next five beautiful we ask for three games he gives us five that's why he's one of the best guys that's why we love Matteo here but yeah I do think you know out of the next for me personally um for the next three games coming up till next um till next Wednesday because that's probably when we'll kick you guys another show I either Monday or Tuesday before that Nuggets game we'll make sure we get back to you guys um but other than that next three I do think we beat the Mavericks I think on the Thunder the second night of a back toback that's going to be a tough one to go and get you know I think with such a young team in the Thunder um and like you said with Shay and our lack of um you know point of attack defense obviously you can throw a couple of guys on there but um I think with him it's just no matter who you throw it's like I mean with Luca sgaa a couple of these guys it doesn't matter who you throw at him right it's all about like creating that system coach SPO does a good job of cutting the head off the snake but those are a couple team that have multiple ways that can attack you so I'm curious to see how coach SPO manipulates the defense to you know adjust to whatever threats that they bring offensively for those teams but I think we get it done against the Mavericks think we probably drop the one against the Thunder and I think we do get it done against the Wizards so I think we go two and one over the next week I think um we'll probably close next um or close yeah close next week going into um or the close of this week sorry actually wow the 28th of February blue my just made my mind not work but um yeah so yeah this closing out this week I I do think that we'll get things done we'll probably be in the five seed because right now I do believe that's where we're sitting at is a half game behind the Knicks um and the five seed I want to I want to say that these 76ers lost is that true Matteo did they end up taking the tonight I I uh yes they did they lost they lost by five cool so that's y we're looking at the five seed right now we're half game out of the four it's heating up guys playoff R coming around make sure you guys keep it lock here for the Miami Heat 4 crew appreciate you g appreciate you Matteo for bringing the heat as always thank you always to all the guy everybody that's watching Irwin in the comments thanks for for joining us man make sure you guys like make sure you guys subscribe um and we'll keep you guys live after the next uh the next Heat week so as always let's go Heat take care everybody