Miami Heat Becomes the First Five Seed to Make the NBA Finals in NBA History

Miami Heat made history yesterday, becoming the first #5 seed in NBA history to make the NBA Finals.

The Miami Heat face their most formidable challenge of the playoffs, going against a LeBron James lead team and a dominant player in Anthony Davis, the Los Angeles Lakers. 

LeBron James accounted for two of three championships in Miami history; it’s a perfect storyline to play against the team. He won his first NBA championship and went against his former Head Coach Erik Spoelstra. 

Miami Heat lives for the underdog title and love taking down teams no one expected them to beat, such as the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics.

If you think the Los Angeles Lakers will have an easy walk into a championship win, you haven’t watched the Miami Heat play this year; they play gritty and with a chip on their shoulder. 

Jimmy Butler is the epitome of what the culture is with the Miami Heat a hardworking and leave it all on the court type player. Butler has been averaging 20.7 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, 4.5 assists per game, and 1.9 steals per game. Butler will need to average a little more then 20 points if he wants the Heat to pull the major upset over the Lakers. 

The young nucleus for the Heat has been the main reason for their late playoff run. Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson have played phenomenal. 

Tyler Herro has been a huge boost off the bench and will be a significant factor in the NBA Finals due to the scarcity of depth to the Lakers bench. Andre Iguodala will be another key off the bench; they need his championship pedigree to have the young guys ready for the bright lights since he is the only one on the team with championship pedigree outside of Udonis Harlem, but he doesn’t play. This is Igudola's sixth straight NBA Finals. 

Bam Adebayo has played phenomenal in the playoffs finishing last night game with 32 points, 14 rebounds, and five assists in an elimination game. He will need to come close to those numbers as he prepares to go up against the best Power Forward in the league in Anthony Davis.

The Heat's wildcard is Goran Dragic; if he plays in the NBA Finals as he did in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Lakers, who are suspect at best at the guard position, the Heat will give the Lakers all they can handle. 

Game 1 will be this Wednesday at 9 PM ET on ABC. 

I predict the series to go seven games, with the Los Angles Lakers winning the 2020 NBA Finals. 

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Philadelphia 76ers Makes Statement at the Trade Deadline

The Philadelphia 76ers made some very assertive moves during this year’s NBA trade deadline.

Going into the NBA’s trade deadline, the 76ers main problem was lack of depth, which was surprising, since last year it was one of their strong points.

But, trading for Jimmy Butler, they traded away key guys such as Dario Saric and Robert Covington.

The 76ers regained their depth, however, by trading for Tobias Harris, a well-needed stretch four and decent defender, Boban Marjanovic a 7’3 big man, who will definitely help with the lack of big man talent off the bench for the 76ers and Mike Scott. However, you have to give something up in order to get something in return, the 76ers traded away promising rookie Landry Shamet, Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala, 2020 first round pick lottery protected, 2021 first Miami’s pick, and 2021 and 2022 second round picks, to the Los Angeles Clippers, in order for the trade to be accepted.

The Philadelphia 76ers traded 2017 #1 overall pick Markelle Fultz to the Orlando Magic for Jonathon Simmons, a 2020 first-round pick top 20 protected pick from the Oklahoma City Thunder and a second-round pick.

The 76ers received James Ennis from the Houston Rockets in exchange for the right to swap 2021 second-round draft picks.

Also, the Philadelphia 76ers traded for Malachi Richardson a young talented guard and 2022 second round pick from the Toronto Raptors.


The trades definitely raise the stakes for the 76ers coming out the East Conference, as long as everyone stays healthy. Only time will tell if that’s true.