Wes Goldberg

As long as something happens to the team, I don't care.

As long as something happens to the team, I don't care.

It's a great question. In terms of the first part, they've finally figured out how they want to play, the rotations that they want to get to. Eric Fulcher kind of had a pretty audacious plan going into the year, playing Terry Rozier and Tyler Hero together in that backcourt, playing Nikola Jovic at that starting power forward spot.

It's a great question. In terms of the first part, they've finally figured out how they want to play, the rotations that they want to get to. Eric Fulcher kind of had a pretty audacious plan going into the year, playing Terry Rozier and Tyler Hero together in that backcourt, playing Nikola Jovic at that starting power forward spot.

It's a great question. In terms of the first part, they've finally figured out how they want to play, the rotations that they want to get to. Eric Fulcher kind of had a pretty audacious plan going into the year, playing Terry Rozier and Tyler Hero together in that backcourt, playing Nikola Jovic at that starting power forward spot.

There was just so many question marks, not really knowing how that bench unit was going to look or how it was going to work. And... doing all that while also installing what was going to be essentially a five-out offense. They wanted to take a lot more threes. They wanted to reduce the amount of mid-range shots that they took. They were way over-indexed on mid-range shots last season.

There was just so many question marks, not really knowing how that bench unit was going to look or how it was going to work. And... doing all that while also installing what was going to be essentially a five-out offense. They wanted to take a lot more threes. They wanted to reduce the amount of mid-range shots that they took. They were way over-indexed on mid-range shots last season.

There was just so many question marks, not really knowing how that bench unit was going to look or how it was going to work. And... doing all that while also installing what was going to be essentially a five-out offense. They wanted to take a lot more threes. They wanted to reduce the amount of mid-range shots that they took. They were way over-indexed on mid-range shots last season.

The math just was not working in their favor. And so a lot of this stuff was very much like an upheaval, even though you think of Miami typically being this team that's been together for so long, but they were trying to play in a very different way.

The math just was not working in their favor. And so a lot of this stuff was very much like an upheaval, even though you think of Miami typically being this team that's been together for so long, but they were trying to play in a very different way.

The math just was not working in their favor. And so a lot of this stuff was very much like an upheaval, even though you think of Miami typically being this team that's been together for so long, but they were trying to play in a very different way.

And trying to change an identity of a team without changing very much of the personnel is a really tough thing, maybe even an impossible thing in pro sports. And so the fact that it took so long shouldn't be surprising. And then Eric Spoelstra finally found the rotations at work. Rozier to the bench. Duncan Robinson elevated back to the starting lineup.

And trying to change an identity of a team without changing very much of the personnel is a really tough thing, maybe even an impossible thing in pro sports. And so the fact that it took so long shouldn't be surprising. And then Eric Spoelstra finally found the rotations at work. Rozier to the bench. Duncan Robinson elevated back to the starting lineup.

And trying to change an identity of a team without changing very much of the personnel is a really tough thing, maybe even an impossible thing in pro sports. And so the fact that it took so long shouldn't be surprising. And then Eric Spoelstra finally found the rotations at work. Rozier to the bench. Duncan Robinson elevated back to the starting lineup.

You've got their own version of the Splash Brothers between Tyler Hero and Duncan Robinson now in that backcourt. You add Heywood Highsmith now at the fore on the wing next to Jimmy Butler. And now you've got another really strong wing defender in that group that kind of reduces some of the stress on Tyler Hero and Duncan Robinson defensively.

You've got their own version of the Splash Brothers between Tyler Hero and Duncan Robinson now in that backcourt. You add Heywood Highsmith now at the fore on the wing next to Jimmy Butler. And now you've got another really strong wing defender in that group that kind of reduces some of the stress on Tyler Hero and Duncan Robinson defensively.

You've got their own version of the Splash Brothers between Tyler Hero and Duncan Robinson now in that backcourt. You add Heywood Highsmith now at the fore on the wing next to Jimmy Butler. And now you've got another really strong wing defender in that group that kind of reduces some of the stress on Tyler Hero and Duncan Robinson defensively.

And then Terry Rozier off the bench, he could just focus on being a scorer, which is what he is. He's not really a point guard. He's just sort of a scorer in a point guard's body. And so now everybody's kind of playing more where they're comfortable. And they've figured out a rhythm here because of that. Also, Bam Adebayo got out of a shooting slump. Jimmy Butler is more engaged more frequently.

And then Terry Rozier off the bench, he could just focus on being a scorer, which is what he is. He's not really a point guard. He's just sort of a scorer in a point guard's body. And so now everybody's kind of playing more where they're comfortable. And they've figured out a rhythm here because of that. Also, Bam Adebayo got out of a shooting slump. Jimmy Butler is more engaged more frequently.

And then Terry Rozier off the bench, he could just focus on being a scorer, which is what he is. He's not really a point guard. He's just sort of a scorer in a point guard's body. And so now everybody's kind of playing more where they're comfortable. And they've figured out a rhythm here because of that. Also, Bam Adebayo got out of a shooting slump. Jimmy Butler is more engaged more frequently.