Miami Heat

Miami Heat

I regret many things. To not have learned English as a boy. I had the time to have at least studied English and I didn't do it. I deeply regret it. I experienced situations where I was with incredible and spectacular personalities to be able to talk and have a chat and you feel half ignorant.

For his final dunk, Johnson started behind the judges' table, took off from the free throw line and threw down a one-handed windmill jam. His first dunk earned a slightly higher score for a between-the-legs move. Bryant earned the contest's highest score for his first dunk in the final. He bounced the ball in front of him, caught it between his legs and dunked with his right hand, earning perfect 50.0 marks from all five judges.

As we briefed here, the Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors cannot legally do a one-for-one swap between Andrew Wiggins and Jonathan Kuminga. The Warriors are hard-capped below the second apron, and such a swap would put them over. The only feasible way is if the Warriors trim salary either 1.) in this trade or 2.) in a separate deal (as a salary dump). They are less than $300K away from the hard cap. There is little margin for error in what they can send out relative to what they can bring back.

While it doesn't look like it on the surface, the Miami Heat's 15-point win over the Atlanta Hawks was a good win. Miami got back to its identity, without two of its players in Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro, snapping a three-game skid. Though it will have a quick turnaround on Saturday night, the second night of a back-to-back, facing the reeling, beleaguered Indiana Pacers inside Kaseya Center. Tip-off is expected to be at 8:00 p.m. EST.

Even through all the ups and downs, third-year Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. has fit seamlessly into the team's new free-flowing, up-tempo offense. Jaquez is currently fifth on the team in scoring off the bench, averaging 15.4 points on 51.2 percent shooting and 56.4 percent true shooting. He's been one of the league's best sixth men, adding 5.8 rebounds and 4.8 dimes per game. Plus, he's finishing at the rim at a career-best clip (70.4 percent) while developing more counters to create advantages.

In addition, as NBA insider Jake Fischer notes, it'd also have to come in a buy-low scenario. But that's not just unique to the Heat. There aren't many teams in the league at the moment that are willing to go "all-in" for AD. At this stage of his career, and with his injury history, it just doesn't make sense for any team to put their prime assets on the table for AD.

Magic forward Franz Wagner suffered a high ankle sprain Sunday against the New York Knicks, his MRI revealed. An MRI conducted Monday showed that forward Franz Wagner suffered a left high ankle sprain. He sustained the injury during the first quarter of Sunday afternoon's game at New York.His return will depend on how he responds to treatment.

Miami's two-game road trip resulted in losses to the Dallas Mavericks and Orlando Magic, respectively. It is now 4-7 on the road this season and 14-9 overall. In the Heat's one-point loss to the Magic Friday night, Norman Powell led the way with 28 points on 9-of-18 shooting, while Bam Adebayo had 24 points on 9-of-15 with a game-high 15 rebounds, two steals and two blocks.

Before the season, I wanted the Heat to play faster. Well, they have done that, and then some. Through 20 games, the Heat are out-pacing the rest of the NBA, by a lot. They are first in PACE at 106.1, nearly two possessions per 48 minutes above the next-highest team (Bulls - 104.4). They are running and gunning by far the most of any Erik Spoelstra-led team behind their new free-flowing offenses that has all but eliminated ball screens from the equation.