Eastern Conference champs have been dealt a difficult hand with injuries and coronavirus.

But even then, not quite.

Look what we expected.

Take a look at the standings.

They currently sit in seventh place.

Of course, they're only a game out of fourth has been discussed in the previous segment.

Everyone's tied in the Eastern Conference virtually so.

Richard, let's start with you panic or patients.

And I do want to just say this part of the panic would be we got to make a move at the trade deadline, not panic.

We're gonna throw out the roster.

No, I think this is patience for the Miami Heat that they've always been a patient organization.

So nothing is going to change at this point in time for the I know, it's beautiful music.

Thank you.

I need to get that when I'm walking around.

But the reason why I think is I think that they had they had they weathered the storm.

Yeah, they weathered the storms.

Not having a Jae Crowder not having guys like that in your locker room.

You see the impact that he had in Phoenix?

They needed extra bodies that didn't happen.

But look with Butler with Butler, they're great.

Without Butler.

They struggled, But there's only one Jimmy Butler.

So I think it's patients.

Yeah, that roster.

You know, they're young.

I mean, like 90% of rosters on their rookie deal.

Probably still.

I mean, they have time.

I mean, I think you have to coincided with Jimmy's Butler's age, and you gotta figure Jimmy Butler has a lot of years left in the tank.

You know, when healthy, he's one of the best in the league.

And you know these other guys, they're young, they're getting better.

Bam.

He's become an all Star in this league, you know?

You gotta expect him to get back to the All Star Game eventually.

Maybe he's one of the snubs this year, and so it's nothing but patients here in Miami, you know, they were ahead of occurred last year.

Nobody saw them getting some finals.

And so for Jimmy Butler for Jimmy Butler?

Absolutely.

So it's a lot of patients that they need down there, all right, I'm kind of going to mess up producer Danny's game a little bit.

Can I say ponder the middle between one of them?

panic.

That's not one of them.

I would ponder a trade for Victor Oladipo since it seems he is going to be available.

I would just think about it and see what he says.

Otherwise, maybe you try to sign him as a hero patient.

Be panic.

Duncan Robinson under next up the Tampa Bay Raptors.

All, although maybe the championship time will wear up on them.

Everyone's a champion in Tampa.

This team started two and eight, but they're slowly climbing their way back to 500.

We all know this is a good team.

They just haven't quite looked like the rappers we've expected.

So here's another look at the standings.

Their 17 and 17 Very claustrophobic for through 10 in the East.

Paul, you've watched a lot of Toronto this year.

Are you panic or patients?

This is a panic for me.

This is a panic into patients because I think you have to find a way to get some value for Kyle Larry as they're getting older.

This team is not a championship team as built, and so if you can try to get some value, uh, salary and that's what I'm saying.

You make a trade and do, uh, salary adjust and get him on the team where he can probably try to win another championship.

But then it turns into patients because you get some young assets to build around, see outcome and vanvleet and move forward with this franchise, uh, to build their way back into the championship contender, I'm gonna say panic.

Also, I think you know, no one questions what Messiah is planning.

You know he's planning something, But I think right now you talk about Windows and we're gonna mention that a bunch I think the window for this team currently constructed to contend for a conference finals is gone.

So it's kind of like sell high.

If we can get some picks for this.

I'm not like you have great pieces.

Still, you know, there is no window for Van Fleet.

There is no window for Siaca.

But there is a window to get value from Kyle.

And so I think you do that.

You start not rebuilding, but reloading, right?

But right now you've got to give up some assets before you move forward.

Look, Embassy, as we've seen, is a pragmatist, right?

I mean, we know what happened with DEMAR DeRozan, and when he sees something that's going to improve his team, he goes for it.

I will say this.

If you look at the teams around the league who are positioned to maybe get Kyle Lowry to make that offer, you know who may be the best position team is with the assets.

The Philadelphia 76 years friends.

Do you know where Kyle Lowry is from?

Philly?

Philadelphia?

Nova Boy Next, everyone's favorite bubble team, the Denver Nuggets.

Despite an MVP caliber season from Yokich, so far, they just have not looked again.

Like the team that we thought was ready to take the next step.

So here's where they stack up in the West.

20 and 15.

They are seventh in the West right now.

Do you think panic patients, Paul?

I mean, they lost, You know?

What do you think this is a panic button for me?

I mean, you talk about a team that was in the conference finals a year ago, and now you have joker playing at an all time high level at the centre, Something we haven't seen in many, many years.

Uh, you gotta be able to keep this guy happy moving forward Because, as you know, you start wasting years like this that Joker's haven't.

And the only reason he won't get MVP this year because their team is not going to be in the top four the conference.

And so if there's a move out there you can make to vote this team back into the top four, I think you've got to do it.

And that may mean sacrificing Jamal Murray.

Uh, what you put Junior.

Listen, if you can get a bill for Murray, would you do it?

I mean, come on.

It's something you have to think about because they're not gonna just He has value, and that's this is not a knock on Jamal Murray.

But, you know, he has value over there.

Michael Porter, Jr.

We don't know who he is going to be yet.

And so, if you want something, you gotta give something.

If you want to take that next step, it's gonna cost you.

No, no, no.

Respectfully, respectfully.

To the Hall of Famer next to me like this is this is a patient's moment, right?

They have been progressing every single year.

I understand they had a shortened offseason.

They you know, look, Jamal got off to a slow start.

He's been playing well of late jokers playing at a high level.

But ultimately these guys are still like 25 years old.

So your window for them to be great.

It's still another 78 years.

So and, you know, and Michael Porter Jr is young, they got RJ Hampton on their bench.

They, you know, I like Zeke Nagy.

They have a ton of talent.

So there's no hey, when you look at the San Antonio Spurs over the Tim Duncan 20 years, there were years that they were first.

There were years that they were seventh.

There were years that they were eight.

There were years that they were third, so it was just like there's going to be years where you have up and down when you have talented young players stay Pat because they're still in the postseason.

They got off to a slow start, so this is patient.

So you think that Murray can be that Robin for Joker 100%?

I think he still has room to grow.

He's got room to grow.

He's and he just had a 50 ball with no Fritos, Craziest sport has ever seen.

At this point his career.

You thought he'd be an All Star by now.

You thought he'd be another All Star game and he's a great player in this league.

But you thought, at this point his development.

But if you look at the stats for the last three years, he hasn't got that much better.

Can I?

Director Cathy.

Can we get the patient's harps one more time to get those?

I've got no argument, but not that much better.

He's still a 20 point elite.

Point guards score.

He might just be outside the All Star Group.

He might just be outside the top seven, but yeah, thanks for watching ESPN on YouTube for live streaming sports and premium content.