ESPN and the major sportsbooks have been less than impressed with the 2019-20 outlook for the Miami Heat, but at least one major prediction outlet has a rosier view of their future.
FiveThirtyEight’s CARMELO projection model expects the Heat to go 44-38 next season with a +1.1 net rating. In comparison with how they actually performed last season, they went 39-43 with a -.6 net rating last season, so this would be a marked improvement of five wins and a +1.7 net rating bump.
This record would place them fifth in the Eastern Conference behind the Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors.