Playful Kids — Bam, DJJ — want to take Heat into future

As we wait to see what the Heat will do with the 13th pick in the draft — and we say they take a risk rather than play safe — the Heat’s existing core of young players seems eager for more responsibility.

Justise Winslow has made it repeatedly clear he wants to be one of the new faces, if not the face, of the team.

And yesterday, close friends Bam Adebayo and Derrick Jones Jr. appears at a new Learn & Play Center at Jose Marti Park and expressed similar sentiments.

The great thing about this group is all have likable personalities. That’s a start. Now the question is how much they can grow, to fill a little of the void Dwyane Wade has left.

One of our Miami Heat Beat podcasters, Alex Toledo, was there, and posted the highlights on Twitter.

Here’s his string:

Should they let you guys run the boat?
–@Bam1of1 pic.twitter.com/ubGqdX9eO9

— Miami Heat Beat (@miaheatbeat) June 4, 2019

@Bam1of1 references D-Wade and UD’s leadership as the model for #TheKids to follow next season.

“We just gotta be leaders at the end of the day.” pic.twitter.com/rSYbuD47Re

— Miami Heat Beat (@miaheatbeat) June 5, 2019

Bam thinks DJJ is trolling about calling Bam the better leaper and a “shooter” pic.twitter.com/rftHpk7RuH

— Miami Heat Beat (@miaheatbeat) June 5, 2019

“I’m trying to come back next season with a game no one has seen before.”

-Derrick Jones Jr. on his offseason growth mentality pic.twitter.com/jtp0S0tzSb

— Miami Heat Beat (@miaheatbeat) June 5, 2019

DJJ on Bam’s shooting stroke, more to come next season on that apparently pic.twitter.com/KmeUvfxsZb

— Miami Heat Beat (@miaheatbeat) June 5, 2019