Pa Dana Gauruder | on September 6, 2026 at 5:46 pm
The Heat need to monitor the depth of the point guard, Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel opinion in his latest mailbag. For now Davion Mitchell deserves to get started, there are legitimate questions about scheduled backups Drew Smith and a two-way player Tre Donaldson on a team that aspires to be a contender. Miami should look for an alternative if the front office and coaching staff have lingering concerns about their point guards in the preseason or before the trade deadline.
Here’s more from the Southeast Division:
- Even with the addition Janice Antecumbaappear Heat Doomed to find themselves in a gaming tournament again? Winderman notes that FanDuel projects Miami and Toronto tied for sixth in the East with 45 1/2 wins. Only six teams in each conference receive an automatic berth in the first round. Winderman takes a quick look at the projected top 10 teams in the East.
- ESPN’s Zach Crum gives Hawks grade A for the offseason moves, raising the floor, significantly upgrading their bench. They added Lugentz is there, Aaron Wiggins, Devin Carter and Ryan Nembhard in professions and Kingston Flemings through the lottery. The biggest question on the minds of ESPN insiders is whether it will Jalen Johnsonnow the star of the franchise, can lead them to a playoff series win.
- The magic have named DAZN as their exclusive direct-to-consumer streaming partner for the upcoming season, according to reports team press release. All Magic regular season games, with the exception of nationally televised contests, will be broadcast on DAZN in the Magic’s local territory. Earlier this month, the Magic named WRDQ TV 27 and WFTV Channel 9 as the team’s on-air broadcast partners.