ASK IRA: Should Heat lean into their youth and go from there?
Q: The Heat played four guys in the regular rotation who had zero to two years experience to start the season: Jaime Jaquez Jr. , Kel’el Ware, Pelle Larsson and Kasparas. Jakucionis.
As they improve, the Heat will be better next year than this one, and again the year after that. Nobody on the roster is aging out, either. There are many fans who lack the ability to see beyond the current record, and therefore cannot project a team’s trajectory from the past into the future.
I guess some don’t even want to try. – Morgan, New Orleans. A: All of which can be true .
. . and still not be enough.
As often stressed in this space, the NBA is about superstars. Yes, the Heat are developing a nice element of complementary talent. But you need stars to complement .