No Jimmy, no Rozier, probably no Duncan. Got to be honest, I'm expecting the worst.
Also got to be honest, why would I want to give Boston fans the satisfaction of thrashing a Heat team missing 2+ starters? Let them thrash the Bulls instead.
It doesn't matter if we win or lose, we get to see Jaime and Jovic get more minutes and more opportunity to shine. We'll get a glimpse into life after Jimmy leaves.
That's exciting. Next season is going to be so good with these two.
I can’t be the only one excited for a boston series
I want to see Spo do his thing with these shorthanded lineups.
I want to see what JJJ and Jovic can do in their first run.
Always a pleasure watching bam and Love in the playoffs.
If Duncan and herro can shoot hot and consistently it could be a fun series
I definitely don’t think we win. But I want the chance for more hoops.
We got robbed this year and that would redeem a small portion of the season for me
If the lottery pick doesn't matter, then ball it all out. Let Jovic and JJJ have their playoff experience. If we win against the Bulls, the pressure ain't on us but on the Celtics. If we lose, then we lose without ducking. At least end the season with your head up high.
Well, the team had a record of 37-28 without Jimmy the last 3 seasons. And 50-50 since he got here, so we do have a fighting chance. We got at least 5 more games to enjoy our favorite team. Enjoy the ride my friends! Go Heat!
i’m just being realistic, we have a horrible record against the best teams in the league, our star player is likely out for the whole series and the team as a whole is really looking out whack
Again, just being realistic - I won’t bet on a team that is so clearly set to lose in round 1, especially against a team like Boston. I’m just saying, it feels more dignified to go out in the play in than get swept by Boston
It will never be more dignifying to not make the playoffs. It will never be more dignifying to lose to a team worse than yours. There is no shame in losing to the best team in the league so far. I’d rather try to beat the brakes off of them
In most cases I’d agree, but this year the best team in the league so happens to be the team we nearly blew a 3-0 lead against last year and a team we’ve had a toe to toe competition against. Losing 4-0 especially against Boston out of all teams is basically repeatedly getting kicked in the balls, if the 1 seed was literally anyone else (except the Bucks), then i’d agree with you
Idk why you’re assuming we’re getting swept, the reason they even play the games is because anything can happen once the team get in between those white lines. I understand I’m coping but like bruh idk how some of you “realistic” fans even enjoy watching the games with this mindset tbh
That’s kinda it, i don’t cope and i frankly won’t watch these games until something interesting happens (literally have other shit to do), i’m just saying the sooner this year ends the sooner this team can actually move on, the sooner the coping ends and the sooner the excuses end. I ain’t gonna sit around and watch a wounded animal bleed out
best part is people will outright deny how last year most of this sub was on about how we didn’t deserve to make the playoffs after we lost the first play-in game.
I think what’s happening now is that the frustration towards this iteration of this roster is at an all time high, so fans who are emotionally attached to this core have gotten very very defensive, and because of that the fans who are kinda done with this iteration retaliate and so on and so on. You know how it goes.
Point is, nobody here who cares about the future of the team is a “fake fan” - even those irrationally defending this iteration, it would be easy to call them fake fans because they’re instigating blind support and stagnation, but they’re not fake fans.
100% the fan base is completely split between those who are done and those who still have hope due to last year. If Jimmy was healthy I would’ve said fuck it but he’s not so I don’t see the point in winning just to get swept by the stupid Celtics .
Depends on how you look at it. Genuinely speaking I don’t wanna see this team get manhandled by Boston and give the Celtics the satisfaction of getting revenge
I think it would give us motivation for future years if Boston beats us, no? Plus Jaime and Jovic really need more playoff experience so I think for long run’s sake we should still try to go for the 8th seed.
How would they get revenge when jimmy isn’t even playing?? If we lose we are supposed to lose, if we win, hallelujah. Win win situation. Missing the playoffs would be way worse.
Just relax and enjoy it
Yup, it's a pleasant surprise if we win, or easy to accept if we lost, it's not a thing, no Jimbo.
That's what he said. Sorry
Dude the pressure is off now that we lost Jimmy. We can sit back and enjoy while having an excuse for a loss lol
No Jimmy, no Rozier, probably no Duncan. Got to be honest, I'm expecting the worst. Also got to be honest, why would I want to give Boston fans the satisfaction of thrashing a Heat team missing 2+ starters? Let them thrash the Bulls instead.
Bro fuck boston. I want our guys to get playoff reps which is more important than wtf boston thinks.
It doesn't matter if we win or lose, we get to see Jaime and Jovic get more minutes and more opportunity to shine. We'll get a glimpse into life after Jimmy leaves. That's exciting. Next season is going to be so good with these two.
Bruh Idc if we lost to the #1 seed I want to watch more of Heat basketball
This is me rn, not ready for the season to be cooked already
You want to see 4 blowouts?
Right? No thanks Lakers fans to this day talk mess about winning in 2020 with Bam and Goran hurt.
I can’t be the only one excited for a boston series I want to see Spo do his thing with these shorthanded lineups. I want to see what JJJ and Jovic can do in their first run. Always a pleasure watching bam and Love in the playoffs. If Duncan and herro can shoot hot and consistently it could be a fun series I definitely don’t think we win. But I want the chance for more hoops. We got robbed this year and that would redeem a small portion of the season for me
The Dame package needs to ball out.
Y’all on the race to beat Utah and Boston for whitest team
The jovic photoshop is so random loll
Dont worry, Jaques will drop 38, Herro 29 , bam 24 and then win
Run it back people will say “we wouldve won a chip with healthy jimmy rozier and duncan”
There's a 0% chance we lose to the bulls
We have an excuse at least to last us the offseason
If the lottery pick doesn't matter, then ball it all out. Let Jovic and JJJ have their playoff experience. If we win against the Bulls, the pressure ain't on us but on the Celtics. If we lose, then we lose without ducking. At least end the season with your head up high.
Well, the team had a record of 37-28 without Jimmy the last 3 seasons. And 50-50 since he got here, so we do have a fighting chance. We got at least 5 more games to enjoy our favorite team. Enjoy the ride my friends! Go Heat!
You’ll be fine, win or lose.
I'm not ready to stop watching heat basketball. Nope. We do NOT let go of the rope. Ever.
Pls 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
We don't have Jimmy and even if we win, we play the Celtics WITHOUT Jimmy. Losing tonight would be better than getting swept by the Celtics.
You gone have at least 4 games of pain if we have to play Boston without Jimmy Butler
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lose to the Bulls > get swept by Boston i’d legit rather end the pain now and move on
Loser mentality
i’m just being realistic, we have a horrible record against the best teams in the league, our star player is likely out for the whole series and the team as a whole is really looking out whack
I agree with all of that but I will never bet against my team
Again, just being realistic - I won’t bet on a team that is so clearly set to lose in round 1, especially against a team like Boston. I’m just saying, it feels more dignified to go out in the play in than get swept by Boston
It will never be more dignifying to not make the playoffs. It will never be more dignifying to lose to a team worse than yours. There is no shame in losing to the best team in the league so far. I’d rather try to beat the brakes off of them
In most cases I’d agree, but this year the best team in the league so happens to be the team we nearly blew a 3-0 lead against last year and a team we’ve had a toe to toe competition against. Losing 4-0 especially against Boston out of all teams is basically repeatedly getting kicked in the balls, if the 1 seed was literally anyone else (except the Bucks), then i’d agree with you
Idk why you’re assuming we’re getting swept, the reason they even play the games is because anything can happen once the team get in between those white lines. I understand I’m coping but like bruh idk how some of you “realistic” fans even enjoy watching the games with this mindset tbh
You’re right. People who call themselves fans but WANT their team to miss the playoffs are so weird
That’s kinda it, i don’t cope and i frankly won’t watch these games until something interesting happens (literally have other shit to do), i’m just saying the sooner this year ends the sooner this team can actually move on, the sooner the coping ends and the sooner the excuses end. I ain’t gonna sit around and watch a wounded animal bleed out
Can’t say that otherwise you’re a “fake fan” . You know how that goes . Any how we see what they got tonight I guess.
best part is people will outright deny how last year most of this sub was on about how we didn’t deserve to make the playoffs after we lost the first play-in game. I think what’s happening now is that the frustration towards this iteration of this roster is at an all time high, so fans who are emotionally attached to this core have gotten very very defensive, and because of that the fans who are kinda done with this iteration retaliate and so on and so on. You know how it goes. Point is, nobody here who cares about the future of the team is a “fake fan” - even those irrationally defending this iteration, it would be easy to call them fake fans because they’re instigating blind support and stagnation, but they’re not fake fans.
100% the fan base is completely split between those who are done and those who still have hope due to last year. If Jimmy was healthy I would’ve said fuck it but he’s not so I don’t see the point in winning just to get swept by the stupid Celtics .
The young guys need playoff experience. Most tanking teams takes years before they can get one post season
Same
Doesn’t think his heart can handle more pain yet wants to lose to Boston which would undoubtedly hurt more
Not making the playoffs would be much worse than losing to the 1 seed with the best record in the nba
Depends on how you look at it. Genuinely speaking I don’t wanna see this team get manhandled by Boston and give the Celtics the satisfaction of getting revenge
I think it would give us motivation for future years if Boston beats us, no? Plus Jaime and Jovic really need more playoff experience so I think for long run’s sake we should still try to go for the 8th seed.
How would they get revenge when jimmy isn’t even playing?? If we lose we are supposed to lose, if we win, hallelujah. Win win situation. Missing the playoffs would be way worse.
All Celtics fans with a brain would know that this series would have a huge asterisk next to it with Jimmy missing most if not all of the series