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Head coach Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat <\/p>\n
Fans of the Miami Heat<\/a> feel the time has arrived for wholesale changes after the franchise failed to qualify for the postseason for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n Erik Spoelstra\u2019s team suffered a 127-126 overtime loss to the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> in the NBA\u2019s play-in tournament on Tuesday. As the 10th seed (43-39), the Heat won\u2019t get any more chances to sneak into the postseason. Their season ended on a whimper.<\/p>\n Although the loss was marred by controversy \u2014 with Bam Adebayo sustaining a back injury in the second quarter \u2014 Heat fans were still livid that their team couldn\u2019t beat a young Hornets team with no experience in high-pressure games.<\/p>\n Miami Heat Fans Want Changes<\/p>\n One fan was glad the Heat lost in the play-in, as the front office would now be compelled to tear up the roster.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most logical answer is a Miami Heat loss tonight,\u201d wrote the fan.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe front office needs to witness this team miss the playoffs entirely so we can finally see real changes, they all need a wake up call.<\/p>\n \u201cAlso the possibility of getting a lottery pick would be a game changer.\u201d<\/p>\n Further to the fan\u2019s point, the one blessing in disguise is that the Heat now have a\u00a03.0% chance of landing the No. 1 overall pick and a 13.9% of a top-4 pick in the loaded 2026 NBA Draft class<\/a>. Those odds would have shrunk if the Heat qualified for the postseason as the eigth seed (which they would have done by winning two play-in games).<\/p>\n Miami Heat Stuck in Mediocrity<\/p>\n Since Jimmy Butler III led the Heat to the 2023 NBA<\/a> Finals, the franchise has been in a rut. In 2023-24, they finished as the eighth seed and lost in the first round to the Boston Celtics<\/a>. The following year, they again finished as the eighth seed but were swept by the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> in the first round.<\/p>\n The Heat made significant roster changes last summer, adding All-Star Norman Powell and 2022 NBA champion\u00a0Andrew Wiggins to the core of Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr. and Kel\u2019el Ware. However, they were simply not good enough.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah, I\u2019m confident now. This is the last game Tyler Herro plays for the Miami Heat,\u201d wrote X account HeatMuse<\/a>, urging the franchise to trade Herro this summer.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSai Mohan<\/a> covers the NBA for Heavy.com. Based in Portugal, Sai is a seasoned sports writer with nearly two decades of publishing experience, including bylines at Yardbarker, FanSided’s Hoops Habit, International Business Times, Hindustan Times and more. More about Sai Mohan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Heat\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Head coach Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat Fans of the Miami Heat feel the time has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-232481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}