{"id":112143,"date":"2025-10-19T06:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=112143"},"modified":"2025-10-19T06:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T06:30:21","slug":"%f0%9f%94%a5-miami-mix-up-key-buzz-around-smith-herro-rozier-and-jaquez-rotations-in-flux-chemistry-on-edge-and-a-brewing-storyline-that-could-flip-the-heats-season-before-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=112143","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd25 MIAMI MIX-UP: Key buzz around Smith, Herro, Rozier, and Jaquez \u2014 rotations in flux, chemistry on edge, and a brewing storyline that could flip the Heat\u2019s season before it even begins.. ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-450196\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fdad1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/518817646_1116488187014858_9181890074991678359_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=109&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=BIs3a2JY_C4Q7kNvwEFKIbx&amp;_nc_oc=Adlb_RGJbuzWayGah1dRrA3b_r3Et0Xm3UEmbvMy_75qbDxkOvvIROOoXJJNVhEjZAw&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fdad1-1.fna&amp;_nc_gid=cVbwVMMQxaLgkxVS30AF_Q&amp;oh=00_AffnqjHZ1_kIN2rqjdvmPyWNvWkHTzAKlJhNYJ8UB8wdeQ&amp;oe=68FA71A7\" alt=\"Kh\u00f4ng c\u00f3 m\u00f4 t\u1ea3 \u1ea3nh.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October 18th 2025 at 6:30pm CST by Arthur Hill<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dru Smith<\/strong> continues his remarkable recovery from the Achilles tear he suffered last December and will begin the regular season without a minutes restriction, writes Ira Winderman of The Sun-Sentinel. <strong>Heat<\/strong> coach <strong>Erik Spoelstra<\/strong> confirmed that Smith received full medical clearance, but he plans to be cautious in how he uses the shooting guard, who has suffered two major injuries in the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s not on a minutes restriction,\u201d <\/em>Spoelstra said,<em> \u201cbut we want to be responsible right now. All of these are big victories. He\u2019s way ahead of schedule. We want to keep on just stacking up these wins.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Winderman suggests that Smith may be in the starting lineup for Wednesday\u2019s opener at Orlando, considering the injuries that have already affected Miami\u2019s backcourt. <strong>Tyler Herro<\/strong> is recovering from ankle surgery, while <strong>Davion Mitchell<\/strong> and <strong>Kasparas Jakucionis<\/strong> both missed time during the preseason due to physical issues.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said he has already overcome the mental aspect of returning to the court following a major injury.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhile I\u2019m out there, I\u2019m not thinking about it at all,\u201d <\/em>he said.<em> \u201cI\u2019ve been doing a lot more stuff pre-wise \u2014 like pregame, before the game, just to stay on top of everything, just take all the precautions that I can, to make sure that my body is ready whenever I do get out there. And after that, I\u2019m just playing basketball. At the end of the day, I can\u2019t control it. It is what it is, so I might as well just try to be myself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s more from Miami:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s almost certain that the Heat won\u2019t agree to an extension with Herro before Monday\u2019s deadline, league sources tell Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Chiang hears that Heat officials want to see how Herro follows up his career-best season before committing to a pricey extension, and one source says the team didn\u2019t make a formal offer during recent negotiating sessions. If no deal is reached, Herro will become eligible for a four-year extension worth up to $206.9MM next summer and could raise that ceiling to a five-year, $380MM super-max deal if he makes an All-NBA team.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Terry Rozier<\/strong> made his preseason debut Friday night after returning from a strained hamstring. The 31-year-old guard, who\u2019s in the final year of his contract and faces an uncertain future in Miami, told Winderman in a separate story that he wants \u201ca fair chance\u201d to prove himself after a forgettable 2024\/25 season. <em>\u201cLast season it was rough, definitely for me,\u201d <\/em>Rozier said. <em>\u201cSo I had a whole lot of the whole summer just to reflect on what I want to do and what I want to bring to this team. I\u2019m ready. Like I said, just hopefully I get the equal opportunity, equal as everybody. But if not, I\u2019m still going to be here in voice and be that vet.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jaime Jaquez Jr.<\/strong> hopes to rediscover the success of his rookie season by attacking the basket more often rather than spotting up for threes like he did last year, Winderman adds in another piece<em>. \u201cI just stopped putting pressure on myself to make or miss threes,\u201d<\/em> Jaquez said. <em>\u201cMake it, miss it, stop letting it affect me. I think last year I was trying to put so much emphasis and pressure on myself to try to just be that. And this year, I\u2019m just focusing on my strengths, and one of those strengths is just getting downhill, creating for my team and sometimes for myself.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dru Smith is fully recovered from his Achilles tear and won&#8217;t be under a minutes restriction when the season opens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":112144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1726,2411,1773,2572,116,117],"class_list":["post-112143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-davion-mitchell","tag-dru-smith","tag-jaime-jaquez","tag-kasparas-jakucionis","tag-terry-rozier","tag-tyler-herro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udd25 MIAMI MIX-UP: Key buzz around Smith, Herro, Rozier, and Jaquez \u2014 rotations in flux, chemistry on edge, and a brewing storyline that could flip the Heat\u2019s season before it even begins.. ll - 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