{"id":366778,"date":"2026-08-09T10:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366778\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T10:52:09","slug":"would-miami-heat-be-wise-to-add-another-veteran-point-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366778\/","title":{"rendered":"Would Miami Heat be wise to add another veteran point guard?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Q: When you\u2019ve listed out point guards, you have Davion Mitchell, Dru Smith and then the two-way player, Tre Donaldson. Ira, how is that good enough for a contender? That\u2019s what we should be looking for. \u2013 Wes.<\/p>\n

A: But you also have to find players who fit. Russell Westbrook, for example, still is available, but does not come off as a player who would fit a team in need of spacing. If a decision is made to go with another point guard, accepting that it would have to be at the minimum, the belief here is that Gabe Vincent would be as good as anything that\u2019s left. But with only two standard roster spots to be filled before the season, the question becomes if there even is room for another point guard, considering the possibilities of Klay Thompson, DeMar DeRozan and Bradley Beal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Q: I was around and cheering the Heat during the Alonzo Mourning-P.J. Brown era, and then add Jamal Mashburn as the small forward. What an amazing frontcourt. It just so happened to be during the Michael Jordan era and the Jeff Van Gundy Knicks era, which had the Heat\u2019s number. But an awesome combo Zo and Brown were.\u00a0 \u2013 Douglas.<\/p>\n

A: Which was the point of the Sunday column<\/a>, to show that as much as Giannis Antetokounmpo-Bam Adebayo is expected to be special, there is a history of quality power players over the franchise\u2019s previous 38 seasons.<\/p>\n

Q: Headlined by Dwyane Wade and Shaquille O\u2019Neal, and then Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, the Heat were No. 1 finishers at the rim in two of three championship seasons. Last season, they struggled at the rim, comparatively speaking: ranking 25th of the 30 NBA teams. The NBA has gotten more efficient: In 2006 teams averaged .601 FG% within 3 feet, in 2026 .703 FG%. Antetokounmpo\u2019s .800% within 3 feet will help bolster that glaring weak point for Miami and create more spacing for shooters. \u2013 Leonard, Charlotte.<\/p>\n

A: Yup, finishing at times was painful last season and during recent Heat seasons. That should be a clear upgrade with Giannis Antetokounmpo. (If it isn\u2019t, the Heat are in trouble.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Q: When you\u2019ve listed out point guards, you have Davion Mitchell, Dru Smith and then the two-way player,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[17325,114,123,125,2490,16151,124,2295,110],"class_list":["post-366778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-ask-ira","tag-latest-headlines","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-heat","tag-miami-heat-blog","tag-miami-news","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366778","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=366778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}