Miami Heat: Karma Is The Reason Heat Didn't Get No. 1 Pick

I am very happy the Miami Heat didn't get the No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft.

They didn't deserve it. Karma has set in and given them No. 2.

The Heat were dreadful this season and were one of the worst teams ever.

First, the Heat lost 15 games in a row. In one game, Miami scored just 54 points in a loss to the Toronto Raptors, which is the third lowest point total in the shot clock era. Only the 1998-99 Bulls (49 points against Miami) and the 2002-03 Nuggets (53 points against Detroit) have scored fewer points in a game.

The Heat broke their own record, by making just 17 of 59 field goal attempts in their loss to Boston, which is the lowest of all time in the shot clock era.

Injuries to Dorell Wright, Udonis Haslem, Alonzo Mourning, Shaq (earlier) and Jason Williams have been one of the main reasons the Heat played so poorly.

The reason I didn't want the Heat to get the No. 1 pick is because they gave up. Towards the end of the season, all they were thinking was the lottery.

The Heat played no-name players like Blake Ahearn and Kasib Powell towards the end of the season.

Pride means nothing to this Heat team. 

Other teams like New York and Minnesota were still playing as hard as they could the whole season and trying to improve, yet Heat coach Pat Riley went on a three-day trip to evaluate top college players.

He left his struggling team when they needed him most. I don't agree with this.

When a team has no hope of making the playoffs, you would think it would motivate them to finish the season well and try to improve as much as possible before next season.

Not the Miami Heat.

I feel sorry for the public who went to watch the Heat play, only to see them lose again and again.

They gave up and thankfully didn't get what they wanted. They are going to get an exceptional rookie in either Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose, but they won't get to choose which one.