Thirty seven games into the season and the Miami Heat’s year has already been reduced to how many lottery balls the team can amass by this June’s draft. So it should catch no one off guard that ESPN’s Basketball Power Index (BPI) projects the franchise to finish with a record of 29-53. Neither should Chad Ford slotting them into the draft’s top 5.
What is surprising for fans, though, is Ford anointing North Carolina State’s Dennis Smith Jr. as the Heat’s Mock Draft pick:
“Finding a dynamic scorer to play alongside that duo is a must, and Smith has that ability.