The Miami Heat quietly checked off a couple of helpful boxes during the 2025 NBA offseason, but they failed to find an instant-impact floor general. That’s a worry for a lot of reasons, but the biggest concern is what this glaring absence on the roster will (or, more accurately, won’t) do for star center Bam Adebayo.

Pair him with a high-end shot-creator, and the possibilities could be endless. His finishing could perk up. His defense might grow even more disruptive since he’d be carrying a lighter offensive load. And if this floor general was a defense-bending sharpshooter from range, no one would bother worrying about whether Adebayo had finally harnessed his own outside shot or not.

With the roster as is, though, Adebayo remains without a perfectly complementary co-star. And that just might keep him—and this team—from maxing out their potential.

The Heat’s problems at point guard will impact Adebayo the most.

While the initial excitement surrounding the selection of Kasparas Jakučionis shouldn’t be thrown out the window, his rough showing at Summer League suggests he could face a steep learning curve while transitioning to this level. Davion Mitchell was great down the stretch last season, but he’s a defense-first contributor who’s never been regarded as anything close to an elite creator.

Tyler Herro is a capable playmaker, but he’s a scorer first and foremost. The less said about Terry Rozier, the better.

As far as the point guard position goes, that’s it. That’s all Miami has stored away for the 2025-26 season. Maybe the right trade target surfaces at some point, but there’s no guarantee that would happen, or even that Miami would place the winning bid if it did.

The Heat seem locked in with these lead guards, and that can’t make Adebayo feel great about his own outlook.

He’s a dominant defender who finishes with authority and makes good decisions with the basketball. He’s not, however, a make-something-out-of-nothing type of creator. There isn’t much self-sufficiency with his scoring. For his career, more than 63 percent of his two-pointers have been assisted, per Basketball-Reference.

And all of that is fine—or rather, it would be fine if Miami had a bona fide floor general leading the charge. The Heat haven’t given him that, or anything close to it for that matter. When Adebayo has to fend for himself, his efficiency goes in the tank. You’d think someone with his size, strength and athleticism would be unstoppable as a pick-and-roll screener, yet he was just a 32nd percentile scorer on those plays this past season, per NBA.com.

That’s an unforgivable number, and one that says just as much (if not more) about the players around Adebayo than it does about him. It’s also looking like it’ll once again be a weakness for the upcoming campaign, because Miami doesn’t have a player who can obviously and consistently get him the ball in the right spots.

He needs help on the offensive end, and the Heat could be kicking themselves for not providing it.