<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=16rJnc_0w8MUBrl00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=16rJnc_0w8MUBrl00" width="2048" height="1383" ><figcaption>(Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>While the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics are generally favored to win it all again this season, there is plenty of parity around the NBA, and another team could easily win the world title come June 2025.The Miami Heat are a team that has always been in the conversation when healthy in the last five years, but right now, they seem to be in a state of slow decline, and they didn’t make any significant moves or additions this summer.Stan Van Gundy, a former head coach for the Heat, doesn’t understand what the Heat organization is doing right now, per NBA Central.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">Stan Van Gundy says he doesn’t understand what the Heat front office is doing and believes the roster isn’t very good“I really don’t understand what’s going on there.They’re really a win-now team, which I respect, and they haven’t put a roster around there that has a chance. I… <a href="https://t.co/CPsPTsQQEu">pic.twitter.com/CPsPTsQQEu</a>— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDunkCentral/status/1846292513356734665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote>The Heat reached the NBA Finals, somewhat unexpectedly, in 2020 and 2023, and they came within one game of reaching the championship series in 2022, and while they have been a very good and tough team when healthy, they simply haven’t had the offensive firepower to go all the way.Midway through last season, they traded for guard Terry Rozier in the hopes he would give them some of the offensive pop they had been lacking, but he struggled in his 31 regular-season games with them.In the first round of the playoffs, star forward Jimmy Butler didn’t play, and they lost in five games to the Celtics.One could perhaps say it is unclear whether the Heat are truly trying to win now or simply positioning themselves to be competitive in the future once Butler, 35, leaves.Butler has been the subject of trade rumors in recent months, but according to a recent report, he wants to be in Miami and even wants a new contract.</div></body>

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Stan Van Gundy Is Confused On What 1 NBA Front Office Is Doing

While the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics are generally favored to win it all again this season, there is plenty of parity around the NBA, and another team could easily win the world title come June 2025. The Miami Heat are a team that has always been in the conversation...