What the Miami Heat can expect from Kel'el Ware after drafting the center at pick 15 in the 2024 NBA Draft.
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I understand why a lot of people didn't want him, but I guess I just kind of preferred to lean into the offense, then the defense, because the heat have a lot of holes, and I know size is one of them. That is why I am very happy about Khalil Ware. So I gave kind of my instant thoughts there, but I wanted to come and give y'all more of a full breakdown and kind of explain what he would bring to the Miami Heat. So that's kind of the purpose of this video. Now there was some, there was a wide range, I guess, of where he'd get selected. I've seen him anywhere going from like 10 to the late 20s, as far as the most recent mock drafts, but shout out to the Ringer, even though it's led by that bumble Simmons, and their most latest mock draft right before the actual draft, they did have Khalil Ware coming to us at 15. So as far as value, I think the heat got pretty good value for him. I don't think they reached her or anything like that. Now some other news we did get is that he officially is going to wear number 7, which the last number 7 worn by a Heat player was Gorn Draget. Yes, Gorn Draget, I did not make a mistake there, but anyways, I do like a lot of things that we saw from Khalil Ware actually on draft night tonight. He was very emotional when his name was called. I thought that was very beautiful. I like seeing the emotions from these kids because you can tell how much hard work they really put into this. And I kind of think it's cool to see them, you know, not be afraid to cry on camera and show their true emotions, you know, because real Ben cried. So I actually do like seeing that from Khalil Ware. And I also like he, they already had some quotes and everything from him. And one of the things he said, he was asked about Spolstra and Pat Riley. And he said, those are huge figures. So just being able to build that relationship with them and even learn from them, just soak everything up like a sponge, I feel like that will help me out. Not just as a basketball player, but as a regular person. So I really like to see sort of the humbleness and willing to learn from Khalil Ware because obviously people had a lot of concerns about his motor, his energy, or at least there was a, or a lot of rumors that he was a bad effort guy. Now I did see some guys who are actually Indiana fans and watch Khalil Ware every game. And they said all that stuff was overblown. It was lazy analysis. And in their opinion, he tried hard in every single game. So that is a positive sign. But in reality, I don't even have to listen to Indiana fans. I don't have to watch the film myself. All I need to know to answer the questions about his motor is know that the mind, he'd actually drafted him. Because we know how much the heat love heat culture guys, they get all these guys because of their work ethic, because they know that they can develop them. If they didn't think Khalil Ware had that in him, if they thought he was just a lazy bum, they would not have taken him because they've interviewed him, they've done their due diligence. So for the Miami Heat who have taken him, that alone is enough of a reason for I think he fans to be really excited. So whether you're not, whether you're iffy on him or you think he's the next to song Whiteside, I've seen a lot of that too because of the laziness stuff. Even though y'all know Whiteside is my boy, but he was stacked hungry and he got lazy when he got paid and such. I've seen a lot of those comparisons, but for the heat to value him as an early first round pick, or I guess mid first round pick, that tells me that they really did not have a lot of concerns about his motor. And that gets me super, super excited. So before we get into his game at Indiana, I do gotta shout out his draft that it was clean. I love the all black with the silver watch in the silver chain. I guess he got his own logo. That's dope. I don't think that's necessarily humble. I know that he was also interviewed by Monica McNutt and they talked about he has a tattoo that says humble beast, which I think having the word humble actually tatted on you is the opposite of being humble. You know what I mean? People who are humble don't say they're humble. But anyways, I'm not going to hold that against them because again, the Miami he trusts them and like them as a person. So so do I, at least we'll see what kind of happens there. But Khalil Ware did spend two years at college, one at Oregon and then his sophomore season was at Indiana. And in that second season at Indiana, he played 32 minutes a night, averaged 16 and 10 with two blocks, 59% from the field. So he was super efficient and then the part that everyone gets excited about. He shot 43% from three, only on 1.3 attempts. But again, he was getting at least one up a game. So I think it's enough to maybe not get excited about, but to know that there is real, real potential there. Now he was only 63% from the free throw line on four and a half attempts. So usually when a guy, when you have some questions about his three point shooting, you look to his free throw shooting, it's not great for Khalil Ware, but you can't say Khalil was a 71% as a freshman. Now that was only on two attempts a game, but the form is decent. We'll kind of get into some of his shooting stuff later, but those are just sort of the numbers. Before we kind of get into his game, some player comparisons that I've seen that I think are actually very accurate is Jared Allen, who I do like a lot, Miles Turner and Brooke Lopez. I think those are excellent comparisons. And I don't need to explain to heat fans why a player of the Brooke Lopez Miles Turner mold would be perfect in this mind heat system. So even if that's the ceiling for Khalil Ware, I think that is a great, great pick. Now he's only 20 years old, so there obviously is a lot of potential there still, still relatively young. I do think he is close to the best of both worlds, best of both worlds as far as the guy that can contribute now, but also has some potential. So I do like that. And as far as the measurables, this is the official combine measurements. So it's not all these college guys saying they're three inches taller than they are. This is his actual measurements. He was seven feet tall with a seven, four and a half wingspan and 230 pounds. So he has legit size. I'm tired of the heat getting all these guys who play bigger than they are. Why not get someone who's actually big? That's what they did with Khalil Ware. Like they say, oh, Hayward Heisman Heisman, he's 6'4, but he has a big wingspan. He plays big, same with PJ Tucker. But then why do the heat still get killed on rebounds? Every single possession it seems like. So Khalil Ware is obviously a guy that's going to help out a lot with that. Now I want to pinpoint some things about his game, shout out to Brady Hawk. He put a nice thread on his Twitter. He also culminated these videos. So we're going to be looking into these and kind of explain what we're looking at here. Starting with his defense, he is a defensive beast. The way that he blocks shots is truly incredible to watch. I'm so used to as a heat fan watching our centers, not counting damn it about, of course, but all the other centers they brought in recently like Dwayne Deadman, Thomas Bryant, Cody Zeller, Omar Jurtzevin, Myers Leonard, they're slow-footed. They can't move. They don't rotate well. And because of that, Spostra has to be very creative and limited on what he can do on the defensive side of the ball. But if you give him a guy like Khalil Ware, who moves like this, has weak side shot blocking, great help defense, can stay with his man and then contest or block the shots. That is just an amazing tool to have for Eric Spostra. I love the way he moves his feet. I could see them using him in zone or in a one-on-one defense. I could see him covering up the other team center when Bam at a bow goes on the perimeter to guard Kyrie or Damian Lillard or all those other guards that Bam does that Bam guards so well, you know how Bam guards them? And then the other team ends up getting an offensive rebound because we have no other size. That's something I think Khalil Ware could really, really help out a lot on. And that has me super, super excited. So defensively, he is awesome. And that's something that I really wanted from the center position because I'm looking for guys that could help guard Yokich and Embied. And I don't know if Khalil Ware can do that, but he at least has the size to sort of match those guys. So we're not throwing a Kaitlyn Martin on Aaron Gordon or Yokich, anything like that. Now as far as offensively, I do like that he is somewhat able to punish mismatches so it's not like guys can just, so it's not like opposing teams can just hide their worst defender on him. He does have an ability to sort of catch the ball and oppose with his back to the basket. He's shown a decent jump hook is a very nice running hook. And that is something I love because at seven feet to have a running hook is almost unguardable. You talking about catching a ball in a post, taking a quick two steps down the center of the lane and getting up a fast hook, that is something that I love to see. He makes quick decisions. He doesn't sit on the ball, not a lot of turnovers there. And that is something that that's a sign of a player who is ready to play now. His face of game is also a bit interesting because the footwork is okay. I like the way he's somehow, he's sometimes able to get to that mid-range spot, fade away, get over guys, which again is super tough to guard at his height, you know, especially if he's fading away on guys out of the post. So that's something I like to see as well. And there is some potential there for him to sort of start stretching the floor, starting in that mid-range spot. But then obviously the thing everyone wants to talk about is whether he could stretch it to the three-point line. His form looks decent to me. I think it's very smooth. I think there's great follow-through, a little bit of hesitation, but it just looks like there's some small things that I think the heat could clean up pretty easily. I'm not saying he's a guy that's going to be a stretch four or a stretch five right away or maybe ever, but if he's a guy that could at least keep the defense honest by maybe taking one or two a game, I think that's something that's very important. We saw Thomas Bryan try to do that even though I cringed every time he shot or Lando Robinson took a couple of threes in his day. I just think Khalil wears a guy that could be more reliable. I remember Birdman towards the end of his career here, he started taking a couple, you know, threes like trailing threes, top of the key, that's something Khalil Ware can do. And although Birdman was never looked at as a shooter, I think it was enough for the defenses to at least start needing to start to, you know, come out to him at the three-point line, obviously allowing the space and driving lanes for Jimmy Butler and Bama DeBao and Terry Rosier and everywhere else. So that is something that's very exciting. Adam Simon even talked about his ability to stretch the floor. He said that he thinks there's potential there to play next to Bama DeBao, obviously Adam Simon being the scout for the GM, playing where at the four with Bama, or no, playing where at the five with Bama at the four is also something that Ware brought up in his post-game presser, so I think that would just be an absolutely interesting dynamic there. I mean, talk about a big lineup, I'd love to see Terry Rosier at the one put Yowich at the two and then give me Jimmy Khalil Ware and BAM because we already know there's questions about Tyler Hero and Terry Rosier's fit, put Yowich there, Yowich the guy that is excellent off-ball spotting up or he can be a secondary ball handler. He doesn't need the ball in his hands, but he is a guy that can give Terry sort of a break and that would be a nice two-man dynamic in the back court there and then you'd have just great size. Have Tyler come off the bench to be your six-man spark plug, I would just absolutely love that. Now, I do remember, you know, I'll bring a precious Chua again, that's part of the reason when the heat drafted him, people thought that maybe he could play next to BAM if he could start stretching the floor and eventually he did, we've seen Chua hit some threes against the heat, you know, with the Raptors and Nix, but obviously that never really worked out, so hopefully Khalil Ware is just a lot better than that and I think he will be, I think it's a dumb comparison with precious Chua because Khalil Ware is already a dominant shop locker, he can, he's already a better three-point shooter than precious Chua was at the time and also he's a true seven-footer, precious Chua was again like six-nine, so I do like that about Khalil Ware, I don't know if he's a switchable defender like we thought a Chua could be, but he's a dominant shop locker, so I don't care. And part of the reason he's so dominant on defense is because he is athletic as hell, for so many years now it seems like the heat have been old and slow, and they've been lasting pace in the entire NBA, I love to pick a Hammehawk his last year to bring in some athleticism and I feel like that's what they did with Khalil Ware as well, because you gotta be fast in today's the NBA, I think it'll help the offense, it obviously helps the defense and not only is he a guy that gets you some nasty put-back dunks and offensive rebounds, but he is a pick-and-law monster and Terry Rosier, back when he was with Charlotte, obviously he's sample sized with the heat wasn't huge, but with Charlotte he was one of the best pick-and-law throws in the league, I think he was sixth in the entire NBA and pick-and-law attempts, so now you give him another weapon like Khalil Ware, I love that. Tyler Hiro, he's gotten a little bit better at that as well, you know him and Bam have slowly started to get that connection, so now you got two super athletic big men that could cast lobs off the pick-and-roll, and that is the best way to get easy buckets when your offense is stagnant, so I love him as a weapon just with his athleticism there as well, so that's pretty much all I gotta say about Khalil Ware, let me know what y'all think down in the comments below, so far it seems like people are very excited, I love to hear that, I'm very interested to see him in Summer League and if that three-point shot is real, and I'll tell you what, if he comes into Summer League and cashes that first three of the game, ooh it's about to go now, I'm probably gonna throw a thousand dollars on Heath doing the championship, cause that's how he's gonna make me feel, now very likely in a week he could be traded for Don Vermitul, which would really thrill me, but we'll talk about that when the time comes, shout out to y'all for watching man, I greatly appreciate the sport we've got, and make sure to like the video because it helps the algorithm, and make sure to subscribe cause I'm on the grind to hit 5K subs by the start of next season, subscribing is absolutely free, so I do appreciate it if you can hit that button for me, that being said, I'll see y'all next time, peace out. 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What the Miami Heat can expect from Kel'el Ware after drafting the center at pick 15 in the 2024 NBA Draft.
