Z-man: I don’t know how to feel about it. On one hand, it’s boring and annoying watching Bullock and Payton do their thing. On the other, he’s telling the young guys that you have to play better to get more minutes, which might help them play better. I mean, telling Obi that he needs to play better and smarter on D to get more minutes may actually be the best thing for him.

Yeah I think this is definitely fair. The placeholders (Bullock & Payton) were part of building that big initial lead in the 1st quarter and the young bench let it slip. Being able to perform/produce every game is the next step for young guys like IQ.

When IQ is the last line of defense on the break, you can have confidence . . . that an intentional foul is coming.

IQ needs to learn how to take them kyle lowry charges…

he shouldn’t have fouled there…take one for the team…

rivers is like a good spot player for when nothing else is working…

we need a serious upgrade at the 2 spot…we’re getting very little from bullock, burks or rivers…

Ok another front, the Heat are 7-14 and in danger of missing the playoffs. When was the last time a Finals team failed to make the playoffs the next season? The LeBron Cavs after he left for Miami?

It’s like he knows when the crows are circling in on his apparent carcass. He springs to life like, “SYKE! I AINT DEAD YET, SUKKAS”.

who knows what may be going on in elf’s life, maybe home schooling is kicking his ass, maybe he’s got some health thing going on…

seems though elf may need a little team pressure to be more offensively aggressive…like julius pointing out the fact that the team sucks offensively while you’re in, during a post game interview…

if he’s out on the floor he’s got to go at the rim, otherwise it makes no sense to have him on the court…

in today’s nba – it would seem your starting point guard needs to hoist up at least 10 shot attempts a game…if 8 of them are at the rim, oh well…he’s gotta try to score though…thibs needs to have a quicker hook for him…

As an aside, Daryl fucking Morey, people. Dude took a good but seriously flawed Philly team and in one fucking offseason was, like, “Okay, fixed this, that, and the other thing” and now the team is flying high, 16-6 and first place in the Eastern Conference. Dang, Morey! Now I want a show like one of those Gordon Ramsey shows where Ramsey fixes up a failing restaurant and/or hotel, only with Morey just going from franchise to franchise, fixing their shit.

It’s kind of funny to think about how the narrative was how good Thibs would be for Frank, right? Or how much Thibs would love Frank. And instead, Thibs is just outright benching the dude.