During the Jimmy Butler era of the Miami Heat, betting against them once the playoffs arrived has been a bad decision.
Since 2020, the Heat has made three Eastern Conference Finals appearances and two Finals appearances. However, those deep playoff runs may be over as Butler plays for the Golden State Warriors. The Heat has also lost three straight games heading into the All-Star break and haven’t built enough chemistry between the new additions they received from the Butler trade.
Dwyane Wade also shares similar thoughts. On a Bleacher Report segment called “Guaranteed To,” alongside Candace Parker, Wade joked that “Heat Culture” is the only thing he can guarantee for this year’s Heat roster.
“The Heat are guaranteed to,” Parker asked.
“To talk about Heat Culture,” Wade replied.
“Aka, he doesn’t know if they’re going to make the playoffs this year,” Parker joked.
“But they’re guaranteed to talk about Heat Culture,” Wade continued.
The Heat are fortunate the bottom half of the Eastern Conference has been giving them plenty of breathing room to build momentum as they will attempt to avoid the Play-In Tournament for the third straight year. They currently sit ninth in the East with a 25-28 record and are three games behind the Detroit Pistons in sixth place.