My Words for Miami Heat Beat

Hi, with most of my written basketball content being on other platforms, I’ve decided to put all the articles from certain websites in one place and make this my portfolio.

I started writing for Miami Heat Beat in mid-April, where I broke down the playoff games, and this season, it’s a lot of film breakdown, Xs and Os, some random thoughts, player and game breakdown, and a weekly series.

This will mainly serve as a portfolio, but it will also be some extra thoughts and behind-the-scenes stuff that wasn’t particularly needed in those pieces — it might include some additional notes or tweets.

Twitter Threads

The majority of my work is on Twitter through a bunch of threads. Whether that’s individual game breakdowns or something more specific where I go in more depth. These film breakdowns typically go through individual plays.

• 2023–24 regular season content
• 2022–23 regular season game breakdown threads
• 2022–23 playoff threads

Miami Heat Playoff Breakdowns

Here’s a link to all of the playoff breakdowns I’ve done for the 2022 and 2023 playoffs. Each breakdown focuses on offense and defense, where I pick out some interesting themes, trends, schemes, or anything interesting from each game.

2023–24 Season

• Miami Heat 2023–24 Season In Review, 16/4/24
• Miami Heat vs Philadelphia 76ers 2024 Play-in Preview, 15/4/24
• The Launching Pad: Play-in Opponents & Their Clutch Offense Struggles Breakdown, 12/4/24
• The Launching Pad: Haywood NEEDS to Play More, Rozier C&S 3pt, Spacing, Doubles & Full Court Press, 5/4/24
• The Launching Pad: Top 3 Defense, Rozier’s Inefficiency, Bombing away from 3pt vs Pelicans & Bam’s Spacing!, 29/3/24
• The Launching Pad: Jovic’s Defensive Growth, Lack of Spacing, Duncan’s ghost screens, 22/3/24
• The Launching Pad: Rim defense, Jaime vs OKC, Offense vs Denver, 16/3/24
• How has Terry Rozier Looked So Far, 12/3/24
• The Launching Pad: Rozier’s increased role & how will everything fit with everyone back, 9/3/24
• The Launching Pad: Delon’s Debut, Stopping Zion, Heat’s Defense, & Much More, 2/3/24
• Looking at Past Miami Heat Deep Playoff Runs to Look at This Season, 10/2/24
• The Launching Pad: Butler Flips the Switch with the 2nd Unit, Rotation Changes & Trade Deadline Thoughts, 9/2/24
• What’s going with the Heat — Mid-season Review, 29/1/24
• How Kevin Love Rejuvenated His Career with the Heat, 10/1/24
• The Launching Pad: Running your Offense Through Duncan, 2nd Half Struggles & Thoughts on Butler Missing Time, 5/1/24
• The Launching Pad: Where do the Heat Stand Now, Rim Defense, Defending Maxey, 29/12/23
• The Tyler Herro Conversation Part 2: A Deep Film Dive into his start, 11/12/23
• The Tyler Herro Conversation Part 1: Role, Usage, Archetype, Impact, 10/12/23
• The Launching Pad: Duncan Making Defenses Scared, Is This the Best Team in the Butler Era? Orlando!, 8/12/23
• The Launching Pad: Is There a Conversation to Have with Jaquez & Herro, 2/12/23
• The Launching Pad: Are The Heat More Legit Than What Most Thought?, 24/11/23
• What’s going on with the Heat’s Scoring in the 4th, 24/11/23
• The Launching Pad: Are the Heat “really” better without Herro, 17/11/23
• The Evolution of Duncan Robinson — From Specialist to a Hooper, 17/11/23
• How Robinson Cooked Victor & the Spurs with Rim Pressure, 13/11/23
• A Deep Dive into Adebayo’s Scoring, Post Touches & Passing vs the Hawks, 11/11/23
• The Launching Pad: What’s Going on with the Offense? Bam & Herro’s Improvement & Pace!, 10/11/23
• Bam in Delay Actions, Memphis’ Adjustment & Pull-Ups, 8/11/23
• Butler in the Post & the Struggles, Duncan Cutting, Herro’s 1 Key Play, 6/11/23
• Herro’s Passing, Duncan’s Rim Pressure, Bam’s Defense, 3/11/23
• Plenty of Elite Defense, Bam Drawing Defenses, Poor Bench Offense with Butler, 1/11/23
• Butler Hunting Lillard, Herro’s Long-Mid, A lot of Good Jaquez Basketball, 30/10/23
• Jaquez Cutting, Herro’s PnR Scoring, Poor Offensive Possessions, 28/10/23
• Herro’s Offensive Breakdown, Heat’s Mid-Range, ISOs, Quick Offense, 27/10/23
• ISOs, PnRs Not Effective, 4th Quarter Breakdown, Poor Offense = Poor Defense, 26/10/23
• Miami Heat Pre-season thoughts, 21/10/23
• Where do the Miami Heat go from here?, 1/10/23
• Are the Miami Heat picks worthless?, 19/9/23
• Can the Miami Heat afford not to trade for Dame, 5/8/23
• Miami Heat vs Los Angeles Lakers 2023 Summer League breakdown, 4/7/23

2022–23 Season

• How This Could Be The End of a Remarkable Run from The Miami Heat, 11/6/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Throwing the Kitchen Sink at Murray & Jokic, No Easy 3s, Denver Adjusting to Butler, 9/6/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Duncan to the Rescue, Spamming Delay Actions, Defending Murray/Jokic Actions, 6/6/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Attacking Drop, Help vs Bam’s Rolls, Butler’s Aggressiveness, 3/6/23
• Why You Should Care About the Heat-Nuggets Final, 1/6/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Bam Closing Out Another Series, Martin’s Perfect Offense & Celtics Forcing Shots, 30/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Game 7 Thoughts, Butler Needs to be Better, Celtics Forcing Tough Shots, 29/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Passive Butler & Too Many Struggles on Offense, 26/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Isolation Not Working & What Happened in the Third, 24/5/23
• Miami Heat’s offense in the 2023 playoffs, 23/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Spamming Duncan-Bam Actions(Again), Protecting the Rim, Pushing the Pace, 22/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Vintage Duncan, Butler Goes Hunting, Caleb Punishing the Celtics, 20/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Isolation is Key to Draw Help, An Adjustment to Protect the Rim, 19/5/23
• Miami Heat vs Boston Celtics Series Preview: Generating Offense, Forcing TOVs, Stopping Corner 3s, ISOs, 17/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Bam Showing Up on Both Ends, Late Defensive Adjustments, 14/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Poor Offensive Possessions, Missing Looks, Too Much Fouling, 12/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Spamming Double Screens, Butler Drawing Defenses, Some Offensive Struggles, 10/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Not Allowing Penetration, Multiple Defensive Coverages, Butler Doubled, 7/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Tough Shot Making, Rim Pressure, A Whole Lot of Zone Defense, 4/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Defending Brunson, Using Butler Differently, Exploiting Knicks’ Overhelping, 1/5/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Plenty of Adjustments, Getting Gabe Going, Bam’s Defense & Running Point, 28/4/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Breaking Down Butler’s Legendary Performance, 26/4/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Protecting the Paint, Duncan’s DHOs, Defending Butler, Deflections, 23/4/23
• Playoff Breakdown: Size Matters, Need More on Offense, Targeting Portis, 21/4/23
• Playoff Breakdown: We Got Shooters(for now), Butler Taking Over & Bam Needs to do the Same, 17/4/23
• Miami Heat vs Atlanta Hawks 2023 play-in preview, 11/4/23
• Miami Heat 2022–23 Season Review, 10/4/23
• The Launching Pad: Zeller-Butler connection, Duncan, Bam in the post, 3/4/23
• Miami Heat Defense vs Cleveland Cavaliers Breakdown, 9/3/23
• The Launching Pad: Shooting is our only hope, Inverted PNRs, 6/3/23
• Kevin Love & Cody Zeller Debut for the Miami Heat, 5/3/23
• Miami Heat 2023 Trade Deadline Reaction, 11/2/23
• The Launching Pad: Trade Deadline, 6/2/23
• The Launching Pad: Bam’s Mid Range, What’s Going on With Herro, 31/1/23
• The Launching Pad: Taking Bam’s Roll, Pushing The Pace, Offensive Struggles, 23/1/23
• The Reasons Behind Miami Heat’s Lackluster Offense, 18/1/23
• The Launching Pad: Vincent Returning to Form, Oladipo’s Offensive Turnaround, 16/1/23
• Miami Heat Mid-season check in, 10/1/23
• Evaluating Tyler Herro’s Impact a Primary Creator, 8/1/23
• The Launching Pad: Butler’s Rim Pressure, Duncan Involved, Defensive Trio, 19/12/22
• Examining Bam Adebayo’s Role as a Creator, 18/12/22
• The Launching Pad: Oladipo PnR, Bam Drawing Attention, 12/12/22
• The Launching Pad: Haywood Closing, Lowry’s Screening, 5/12/22
• The Dilemma Between Zone or Man against the Boston Celtics, 3/12/22
• The Launching Pad: Hunting Kristaps, Bam’s Rotations & Herro’s PnRs, 28/11/22
• The Offense without Jimmy Butler, 25/11/22
• No Longer a Specialist: How Max Strus Rounded Out His Game, 22/11/22
• The Launching Pad: Quarterback Lowry, Jovic’s Showcasing Versatility, 21/11/22
• The Miami Heat’s Defensive Versatility vs Phoenix Suns Game Breakdown, 16/11/22
• The Launching Pad: Let Strus Be Loose, Hunting DHOs, Switching to Dropping, 14/11/22
• The Launching Pad: We Got Shooters? “Herro” Shots, Transition Defense Woes, 10/11/22
• The Launching Pad: Getting Killed on the Glass, A Whole Bunch of Zone, Herro Back to the Bench?, 31/10/22
• The Launching Pad: Corner Threes Galore, Celtics Repeat Defensive Script, Maximising Jimmy’s Advantages, 26/10/22
• Miami Heat 2022–23 Season Preview, 19/10/22
• Building a Contender: How the Miami Heat Should Approach Free Agency?, 30/6/22

2021–22 Season

• Playoff Breakdown: Historic Game From Jimmy Butler Forces Game 7, 30/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Lowry’s Immediate Impact, Oladipo’s Stellar Defense, Adebayo going to Work, 23/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Struggling to Create Advantages on Offense & Poor Defense Doesn’t Help Either, 21/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Turd Quarter, No More; Miami Heat Dominate in the Third, 21/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Miami Heat Annihilate & Eliminate Sixers, Back in the Eastern Conference Finals, 14/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Plenty of Defensive Adjustments, Shooters Shoot at Home, 12/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Get Jimmy Butler Some Help, Bam Denis Embiid as he Puts on Defensive Clinic, 10/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Miami’s Passiveness On Offense, Reluctance to Shoot & Dumb Defensive Mistakes, 8/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Tyler Herro & Bam Adebayo Connection, Isolation Hurting the 76ers, 5/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Jimmy Butler The Pick-and-Roll Maestro, Taking James Harden out of the Game, 5/5/22
• Culture vs Process: Heat-Sixers Meet Again (Second-Round Preview), 2/5/22
• Playoff Breakdown: No Kyle Lowry, No Jimmy Butler, No Problem, 30/4/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Victor Oladipo’s Debut, Defense Stepping Up, and Some PJ Tucker Love, 26/4/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Heat Falter Late, Clutch Time Tendencies Resurface, and Hawks Exploit Overhelping Defense, 24/4/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Jimmy Butler Showing He’s The Best Player In The Series, 22/4/22
• Playoff Breakdown: Heat Lockdown Trae Young In Game 1 With Elite Defensive Performance, 18/4/22