Five On The Floor: Miami Heat/NBA

Kai Jones, a first-round pick who was released by the Charlotte Hornets and has had trouble finding a home since, worked out with the Miami Heat on Monday. What could he offer if Miami signed him? Would they? Ethan and Alex discuss. Sponsors: PrizePicks.com (FIVE) and RealEstateShoppeFL.com Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, a...

We move around the Five Reasons Sports Network, and bring on draft specialist Digital Adel for his "word" on the state of the Miami Heat. Ethan Skolnick hosts. Sponsors: CashApp (ONTHEFLOOR) and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew and hang out wi...

In the third installment of the State of the Heat series, Greg Sylvander comes up with a more lyrical word for the Miami Heat's current situation -- and chooses between Brady and Alex. Ethan Skolnick hosts. Sponsors: CashApp (ONTHEFLOOR) and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/...

In the latest episode in our State of the Heat series, Brady Hawk goes a very different direction than Alex Toledo did. Ethan Skolnick hosts. Sponsors: CashApp (ONTHEFLOOR) and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew and hang out with other Heat fans. https:...

The Miami Heat have had an offseason injury. Haywood Highsmith injured his knee while working out in Baltimore; he's had surgery and is out 8-10 weeks. Who on the Heat will get more reps before Highsmith returns? Ethan and Alex discuss. Sponsors: CashApp (ONTHEFLOOR) and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider informat...

To start a new series in which other hosts of Five on the Floor and in the Five Reasons Sports Network share a word to describe the State of the Heat, Alex Toledo takes his turn with Ethan Skolnick. Sponsors: CashApp and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF cr...

The newest addition, Norm Powell, is on the last year of his contract. That has value in a possible trade and for future flexibility. But will the Miami Heat be so enamored with Powell that they extend his deal sooner than many expect? Ethan Skolnick and Greg Sylvander make their projections. Sponsors: CashApp and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat...

Ethan Skolnick and ESPN's Jorge Sedano go over the franchise-altering trade in 2005, along with everything that led to the historic 2006 Miami Heat championship. Sponsors: Cash App (code: ONTHEFLOOR), PrizePicks (code: FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew and hang ou...

It got lost in the trade of Duncan Robinson, but newcomer Simone Fontecchio has actually had some strong games against the Miami Heat. Can he help the Heat this season more than other fill-in players have? Ethan Skolnick and Brady Hawk discuss. Sponsors: C-ArmAndStaffing.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider info...

Well, Greg Sylvander got aggregated on social media, but not in a good way. Greg and Ethan Skolnick discuss a non-report that was framed as one, regarding Tyler Herro's contract "demands," and what he said (and meant to say). Sponsors: TheVaultTraining. Online and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider informa...

For what will be a month-long endeavor, Ethan Skolnick and Greg Sylvander start a series on the Miami Heat's first championship, back in 2006. What were the Heat before they broke through, and what were some of the reasons they got there -- when not many necessarily expected it? Sponsors: RealEstateShoppeFL.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most...

Ethan Skolnick, Alex Toledo and Brady Hawk come together to project their rotations for the coming Miami Heat season.... and compare to the one that came out of 2024 training camp. Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew...

Terry Rozier is still with the Miami Heat, and there was social media chatter about a trade for Marcus Smart that could have happened. Neither Ethan Skolnick nor Alex Toledo believes that was worth doing, not if a second-round pick was involved. But what about other possible targets?  Sponsors: TheVaultTraining. Online and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the m...

Brady Hawk joins Ethan Skolnick to share three innovations he'd like to see from Erik Spoelstra, to maximize the current Miami Heat roster. What can he do with Tyler Herro, Norm Powell and more? Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights...

The Miami Heat have an interesting young core. But is there a star in the mix? Someone who can make an All-Star game eventually, as Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro have? Eternal Bast says yes. He joins Ethan Skolnick to discuss five growing players. Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider...

With the addition of Norm Powell -- who was excellent in clutch situations for the Clippers last season -- it appears the Miami Heat have four closing spots set. Who should be the fifth? And what is needed most from the returning three, so the Heat reverse a bad crunchtime trend? Ethan Skolnick is joined by Geo Valdez. Sponsors: RealEstateShoppeFL.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off T...

Never too early for this. Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo review the list of upcoming free agents, while projecting which players may become unhappy in their current situations. Which player can the Miami Heat pursue, and actually get? And are we just circling back to LeBron James again? Sponsors: TheVaultTraining.online and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the...

The Miami Heat retained one of their summer league players -- for now. Ethan Skolnick and Digital Adel introduce fans to Myron Gardner. Sponsors: TheVaultTraining. Online and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew and hang out with other Heat fans. https://...

Jaime Jaquez Jr. has exceeded his draft position statistically over his first two seasons -- but the second one was definitely more of a struggle. Ethan Skolnick and Greg Sylvander examine what went wrong for the Miami Heat forward, and compare to others who have dipped after strong debuts. Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for...

Now that some time has passed, and Norm Powell has a number (24) and is integrating with the Miami Heat, Ethan Skolnick and Greg Sylvander look at some of the other consequences of his addition. Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from...

Major Passons tends to be one of the more positive fanalysts in the Five Reasons Sports Network. He joins Ethan Skolnick to dispute claims that the Miami Heat are in a bad spot. Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew an...

How would we separate the contenders from the pretenders in the weak Eastern Conference? And where do the Miami Heat fit? Ethan Skolnick and Alex Toledo divide into five tiers of three teams apiece. Sponsors: TheVaultTraining.online and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights...

Now that the Miami Heat roster looks fairly formed for training camp, what are the pairings we are most interested in watching? Ethan Skolnick and Brady Hawk go through their lists, and try to include everyone. Sponsors: InsuranceByLinnette.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/sta...

There are those who would like to see the Miami Heat do some things differently: @HotTakeHarry is one. Harrison Cytryn visits with Ethan Skolnick to go over moves he would have liked to have seen the Heat make, to increase their asset chest. Sponsors: PrizePicks.com (FIVE), InsuranceByLinnette.com Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider informa...

We gave you the best case. Now here's the worst. Is it about record or how it happens? Ethan Skolnick and Greg Sylvander go doomsday for a change. Sponsors: RealEstateShoppeFL.com and PrizePicks.com (FIVE) Join us on our Off The Floor Discord server for the most Heat anywhere! Get exclusive insider information, along with updates/stats/insights from the 5OTF crew and hang out with other Heat f...