Kel’el Ware is in tough times with the Heat. According to Coach Erik Spoelstra after the game, he speculated that Ware (as a young player) would play worse with less minutes, to justify being played more minutes. Spoelstra was visibly frustrated as he said it and he had a look like “he was done (with Ware’s immaturity.)”
Udonis Haslem’s comments
Many fans on twitter have clapped back at Coach Spoelstra on his treatment of Ware. It is an oversimplification because a basketball player can’t specialize anymore, i.e. only score, only rebound, only screen, etc. Dwayne Wade appeared on the show with Udonis and said that “it may e a misunderstanding” between Coach Spoelstra and Ware (because he didn’t understand why a player would play worse to get more minutes.)
Udonis and Malik Allen are mentoring Ware and Haslem helped Ware against the Knicks this season. Spoelstra and Ware should have a closed door meeting soon to “clarify things.” Ware obviously has hit a “maturity ceiling” this season and needs help. Spoelstra grimaced a couple of games ago after Ware took a three-point shot, so I empathize with Wade’s take.
Heat get dominated by the Celtics
The Heat played fantastic for three quarters against the Celtics. Then in the fourth quarter, they turned up their level of play a notch that Coach Spoelstra has said the Heat don’t have. A key sequence was late in the fourth with under four minutes. Norman Powell missed a layup and then:
- Derrick White blocks the shot
- Jalen Brown rebounds
- Jalen Brown shoots, misses
- Jalen Brown gets his own miss
- Sam Hauser misses a three-point shot
- Derrick White rebounds
- Andrew Wiggins fouls White
Derrick White then made his free throw shots and put the Celtics up by four. The Heat still had a chance down two and they had a sequence of intense play, but Kasparas Jakucionis committed an offensive foul when trying to shoot a three-pointer. In hindsight, there was some open space inside the three-point line where the two men could’ve shot a jumper.
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