
Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets and Goran Dragic #7 of the Miami Warmth struggle for the ball (Photograph by Elsa/Getty Pictures)
The Miami Heat are within the Japanese Convention, which is broadly considered the more serious convention of the 2. This offers them a definite benefit on the subject of playoff seeding.
This isn’t to say that there aren’t different nice groups within the East, however simply that there’s much less competitors than within the West. Simply take a look at final years’ standings for a major instance.
The seven seed within the West final yr (Lakers) would have been the 4 seed within the Japanese Convention. That they had a greater profitable share than the Knicks, Hawks, Celtics, and Miami Warmth.
With the West being such a tough convention to play in, the Warmth ought to really feel fortunate to be within the East. They need to really feel even luckier that different prime groups are coping with a ton of drama.
The Philadelphia 76ers are seemingly wrapping up the Ben Simmons saga of the summer time. He caused the team a huge headache this offseason.
Simmons supposedly reported to Sixers camp on Monday after refusing to indicate as much as coaching camp. His agent, Wealthy Paul, reportedly informed the group that he needed each Simmons and his different consumer, Tyrese Maxey, out of Philadelphia.
This isn’t the one drama that advantages the Miami Warmth, although. The Brooklyn Nets are coping with some drama surrounding Kyrie Irving as of late.
The hope for them is that the problem is resolved by the beginning of the common season, however as of now, that doesn’t look too doubtless. What’s the concern with Kyrie Irving, and the way does the drama have an effect on the Miami Warmth?