Five On The Floor: Miami Heat/NBA

Discussion: NBA Player Concerns About the Return

With the NBA season set to resume in Orlando on July 31st, everything is now again in doubt as a sizable group of players (reportedly led by Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving) held a conference call to discuss their concerns about the plan, in light of social unrest in the country, COVID-19 and the strict nature of the NBA plan. 

Alphonse Sidney and Alex Toledo join Ethan J. Skolnick to discuss those concerns, Irving as a "messenger" and whether they believe a season should and will be played. And they don't agree on everything.

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Jared Greenberg of NBA TV on LeBron, Giannis, more

We covered the five members of the Miami Heat with the most at stake as the NBA season resumes.

What about the rest of the NBA?

Jared Greenberg of NBA TV joins with his list.

LeBron's on it, of course. And someone on the 76ers. But a couple of the others will surprise.

And Heat fans will perk up at the Giannis talk.

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NBA, Miami Heat: Where do Bam, Butler rank among duos?

Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler developed chemistry this season and helped the Miami Heat surprise toward a top 4 seed in the East.

But where do they rank among NBA duos? 

Ethan J. Skolnick and Alphonse Sidney are joined by Brady Hawk to discuss his article.

The Lakers with LeBron James and Anthony Davis? The Clippers with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George? The Rockets with James Harden and Russell Westbrook?

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Miami Heat: Who Has The Most At Stake?

Ethan J. Skolnick, Greg 'Lefty Leif' Sylvander and Alex Toledo hop on to talk about the five Heat personnel with the most at stake with the NBA return and ensuing Playoff run this summer.

 

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Miami Heat: Butler, Bam and all are back

Now that the NBA season is coming back, on July 31, what does it mean for the Miami Heat?

Ethan J. Skolnick, Alphonse Sidney and Alex Toledo discuss the 8-game regular season schedule the Heat will likely face, the condition the players may be in, and the matchups they might want.

They all cover the meaning of "home court" seeding now that there is none.

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The NBA's Back! Sam Amick joins Five on the Floor

The NBA will return July 31.

That will be made official this week with the Board of Governors' vote, but ESPN and others already reported it's a done deal. It's 22 teams, including the Miami Heat, with 8 regular season games prior to a possible play-in tournament and then the playoffs.

Sam Amick, national NBA writer for The Athletic, joins Ethan J. Skolnick to discuss the plan and all of its parts. How will various teams be affected? Does LeBron benefit? Miami? Philadelphia? Portland?

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Covid. George Floyd. Should the NBA Come Back?

First, it was Covid-10. Now, the nation's crisis has gotten worse, after the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis.

Ethan J. Skolnick and Alphonse Sidney discuss a serious topic:

Should the NBA come back?

Are their players' voices needed in this crisis?

Or should the league just shelve the season, with more important issues at play?

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Miami Heat: Keeping the Fan Favorites?

Fans fall hard for certain players. 

Does that influence the way a team handles them?

Ethan J. Skolnick and Alphonse Sidney discuss how the Miami Heat have handled that balance over the years -- focusing now on Tyler Herro, Meyers Leonard and others. 

Miami will have difficult decisions to make to build a contender. Who do they keep? Trade? And how will fans feel about it?

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Miami Heat: Do they have the NBA's best young core?

Ethan Skolnick, Alphonse Sidney and Alex Toledo are joined by the youngest Five Reasons Sports contributor, Brady Hawk, to talk about the latest NBA developments and to rank the Miami Heat's young core (Bam, DJJ, Herro, Nunn, KZ) against the rest of the NBA? 

Better than New Orleans (Zion)? Dallas (Lukas)? Boston (Brown and Tatum)?

Memphis? Atlanta? Phoenix?

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Miami Heat: OKC Thunder, Chris Paul first round? Uh oh.

There continue to be reports about an NBA return in Orlando, and now there's more discussion about seeding the teams 1-16, without conferences.

That means the Miami Heat would play the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round.

On paper, that sounds like an OK matchup, but digging deeper, Chris Paul and company would present problems.

Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo break it down.

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NBA: Last Thoughts on Michael Jordan's Last Dance

Greg Sylvander joins Ethan Skolnick, Alphonse Sidney and Alex Toledo to discuss the entire 10-part series The Last Dance, about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.

How legitimate was it? How biased?

What did we all learn about the NBA then and now?

And how would life for the Miami Heat have been different without MJ around?

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Keith Smith on the NBA's Orlando return plan

Keith Smith of Yahoo! Sports may have willed it into existence. He wrote a month ago that the NBA should consider Orlando's Wide World of Sports as a site for its 2019-20 season return.

Now that site appears to be the frontrunner. 

Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo speak to Smith about all the developments. 

How would it work? Who would compete? How would they stay safe? What will it mean for the salary cap, and players like Giannis, Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Chris Paul and more?

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Miami Heat: NBA Awards for Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler?

We hope the NBA season isn't over.

But if it is, some Miami Heat players are in contention for awards.

We discuss two of those honors, Most Improved Player (Bam Adebayo, Duncan Robinson) and the All-NBA teams (Bam and Jimmy Butler). What are their chances? What biases may work against them? 

Ethan, Alex and Alf are joined by mega-Heat fan Luis Peters of LuisPeters.com (State Farm)

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Miami Heat, NBA: Dwyane Wade disrespected by ESPN list?

ESPN has released its list of the top 74 players in NBA history... and we have some questions.

Ethan J. Skolnick and Alex Toledo are joined by resident Five Reasons Sports NBA historian Ricky J. Marc to review the selections, starting with Dwyane Wade but also focusing on the other five players on the Heat (Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James, Alonzo Mourning, etc.) who played for the Heat. 

Sure seems like a lot of Boston Celtics bias on there. And what's Wade doing so far ehind Jerry West?

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NBA, Miami Heat: Season coming? And Pat Riley vs. Phil Jackson

In a double episode, Ethan J. Skolnick and Alphonse Sidney discuss the latest developments in the NBA talks toward playing this season. Things sound.... promising, especially with LeBron James involved. 

Then they are joined by Will Weinraub of the Lessons Via Leaders podcast to discuss the differences in leadership styles between coaches, specifically Pat Riley and Phil Jackson. How would each have handled the other's superstars?

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