Ira Winderman: Giannis or reset, but enough of Heat middling middle ground

MIAMI — Now. Or never. Either the Miami Heat pull out all the stops, see if even that is enough, or else move on from what they have cultivated for nearly a decade, this group of hard-working, persistent, industrious players that, at best, had succeeded in Jimmy Butler’s shadows. Add Giannis Antetokounmpo, and then having a group of hard-working, persistent, industrious players that succeed in the shadows is fine. Because Giannis Antetokounmpo was, is and will continue to be a better player than Jimmy Butler, whose coattails the Heat were able to ride to the 2020 and ’23 NBA Finals. But at a certain point, “Hardest Working, Best Conditioned, Most Professional, Unselfish,...