Defense needs to be infinitely better against teams with superior guard play (76ers, OKC, Knicks, Wolves etc)

First tweet from Terry in 3 years (He wore 2 for Heat. So does Davion Mitchell). What a strange world.

Our opening night update from Heat North as Wolves keep stretching their lead: Milwaukee loses 128-116 in DC: Herro 24, Jaquez 22, Kas 15. Ware fouls out in 14 minutes. (Not going to do these tweets regularly obviously. Exception made for opening night)

Giannis (21 points) was a minus one in 1st half; 4 other Heat starters were a minus 14 to minus 16. Even on nights where the offensive contribution is simply OK/modest from those 4, you're going to need elite defense from that group, especially against a top-6 team like T-Wolves

Lots of Dolphins news today, with Heat down 10 at the half....

This Giannis, Larsson, Jovic, Hardaway, Portis quintet has been very productive without a natural quote/unquote point guard

ESPN's Field Yates has Miami picking OK State QB Mestemaker No. 2 overall is his first mock draft today... A quick look at the top QB prospects. And we explore several Dolphins personnel issues on offense that have begun to crystallize....

While there have been several analysts down on the Heat (Stan Van Gundy, Tracy McGrady, John Hollinger, etc.), the top ESPN people have been complimentary of what Heat has put together - including lead analysts Legler and Jefferson, who call tonight's game with Mike Breen.

Kenny Smith picks Heat to make NBA Finals (& lose to Spurs) in ESPN's ongoing Inside the NBA: "When [Giannis] is healthy, he has been 1 of the top 2 or 3 players in the NBA." Barkley picks 76ers but includes Miami among 6 East teams right behind them: "Obviously, Miami's good"

Canes this evening flip Class of 2027 LB Aston Whiteside from Texas A&M. Meanwhile, Canes are very much in the mix for at least 4 of the players ranked No. 1 at their positions in the 2028 class. Could Canes have their best consecutive recruiting classes in decades? Exploring...

Addington, Beal, Douglas, Kacmarek, Louis and Jaylen Wright were limited today... Reese Taylor was the one player on 53 who didn't practice

Couple notes from Dolphins locker-room: Jonah Savaiinaea (ankle) says he was able to take most of reps today... Zane Gonzalez said he has been healthy for several weeks; preseason injury wasn't major... Caleb Douglas non-committal about Sunday.

Only 10 of the 32 passes thrown to Chris Bell and Kevin Coleman Jr. have been caught. So what the heck is going on here? What advanced metrics say about who's accountable for this.